![]() Each of their ingredients are separately listed in MFP, which makes it mindless to plug in your exact order! You also have complete control over what goes into your meal, so that's a plus when it comes to tracking macros too! Chipotle: Chipotle is one of the BEST restaurants as far as tracking goes.My Favorite Macro Friendly Restaurants and What I Order So there's definitely more than one advantage to ordering from the kids menu! For example, at McDonalds, you can't order apples as a side unless you order a happy meal. By ordering a kids meal, you get smaller portions, which automatically means more macro friendly, and sometimes you even have more options as far as sides go. More often than not, if I'm eating fast food, it's just to hold me over until I can find healthier options, so I don't usually need a huge, adult sized meal to keep me full for hours and hours anyway. This may sound funny, but I do this ALL the time when I'm eating fast food.Don't be afraid to order the kids meal!.My advice is to order the entrée only (ie: chicken sandwich, no fries), but if you're really hungry and want a side to go with your entree, order a fruit or vegetable instead! By skipping out on the carbs, you're allowing yourself more room for flexibility later on in the day when you have more nutritious carb options! As an added bonus, when you swap the carbs, you're also skipping out on a lot of unnecessary fat from the fries/tots/etc.Ordering something with lots of protein is going to keep you full a lot longer than something carb heavy, like a milkshake or french fries. Ie: salad with chicken, chicken sandwich, chicken wrap, etc. My advice is to stick to having something with a good amount of protein. But when you're in a pinch and need to grab something quick for lunch mid-week, it's not the first thing I would choose. Are those things okay every once in a while/in moderation? Of course. See my previous post/thoughts on this here. Just because you have room in your macros for a milkshake and medium fries from McDonalds doesn't mean you should get them every time you eat out.Stick to something with lots of protein!.Is it going to be exactly the same? No, but it's better than not entering in anything at all, or just completely guessing at the carbs/protein/fat. For example, if I'm eating at a fast food restaurant with no nutrition facts available in MFP, and I choose to get chicken nuggets that are fairly similar in size/taste to McDonalds, I would just enter the chicken nuggets from McDonalds. ![]() Do not let this scare you away from eating there! Entering a similar item is better than not entering anything at all. Not every restaurant you ever go to will have its food in MFP (I wish they did!).
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