Cyndi's Secrets™ The Nation of Fast Food
By Cyndi Targosz www.starglow.com
Fast-food restaurants are everywhere. Whether you are single or married, and certainly if you have kids fast food is convenient and usually inexpensive. I don't recommend you frequent them often. They are havens for overly processed food and double doses of excess fat. However, to be realistic I know a drive thru is probably in your future. Just try to limit the number of times you eat at them. Be sure to balance fast-food meals with other foods lower in fat and calories throughout the day.
To keep your diet in line, stay away from double burgers, double cheese or double anything. Skip the bacon, large fries, and super-sized beverages. They can offer large-sized problems. Stick with regular or even child-sized portions.
Look for baked or broiled chicken sandwiches, even vegetarian burgers. Add lettuce, tomatoes, and pickles on a whole-grain bun, without mayonnaise. Try a sub sandwich once in a while. Sliced turkey or roast beef with shredded lettuce and tomatoes are good choices.
Limit any food that may be oily, creamy, or salads like tuna or chicken full of mayonnaise. These may sound healthy, but the extra oil and mayonnaise added to them makes them very high in fat.
Keep baked potatoes plain. When you add toppings, your potato can become laden with a lot of extra fat and calories. Top with fresh vegetables and maybe some lower-fat cheese.
Salads can be a good choice but not so good, if you include higher-fat selections like cheese, croutons, and higher-fat dressings. Opt for many vegetables and top with a lower-fat dressing. Also, beware of taco salads. These can be full of fat and calories. Fried taco shells, guacamole, sour cream, and refried beans can do wonders to adding up unnecessary calories and fat.
Always order your sauce on the side. It's best to add it yourself. Lemon juice, lower-fat salad dressings and mustard offer better choices than higher-fat sauces and dressings.
If you are going out for pizza, opt for the thin crust with vegetables, and if you're daring, ask for lower-fat cheese. Pizza can be loaded with fat if it has stuffed crust, double cheese, sausage, pepperoni, or other high-fat meats.
Choose water, 100 percent fruit juice, or diet soft drinks over regular soft drinks, especially large-sized ones. Twelve ounces of a regular soft drink alone contains 10 teaspoons of sugar. How about those30-ounce beverages, filled with 25 teaspoons of sugar everyone is drinking? WOW!
Be careful with desserts, especially pies, cookies, and brownies. Choose an occasional small low-fat frozen yogurt cone. These are tasty and not too fattening either.
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Cyndi Targosz is an Internationally known Celebrity Image Consultant, Certified Lifestyle Counselor, Comedic Actress and Best Selling Author of several books including TEN MINUTE TONE-UPS FOR DUMMIES (Wiley),DATING THE YOUNGER MAN(Adams Media),THE ONLY DIET BOOK YOU'LL EVER NEED(Adams Media),ERASE YOUR WAIST(Sourcebooks),YOUR BEST BUST(Sourcebooks) and her CYNDI'S SECRETS DVD fitness series. She writes the Cyndi's Secrets™ blog in the LIFE section of the DETROIT FREE PRESS. Originally from Detroit, Cyndi is passionate about her city and loves the people there. In fact she has offices in both LA and Detroit. Cyndi invites you to visit her site www.starglow.com where you can find more information and get a complimentary subscription to her weekly Cyndi's Secrets e-zine.
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