Eating out- low carb options/alternatives?
What are some restaurants/fast food places that have options that are low carb and good for diabetics? What places do you eat at and how many carbs are typically in that meal?
ex. subway, chipotle, panera, etc.
diagnosed last week, i'm trying to see what are some good options and alternatives for eating out
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Permalink Reply by Zoe on -
I may be biased but I don't think any fast food places are good for diabetics (or much of anyone actually). But I realize the places you listed are more like chains. I'm not familiar with the second two but I would doubt Subway has anything good for diabetics - all those huge soft rolls...nope. But other chains might and they also might have carb lists if you google them.
What I recommend in general for eating out are eating simple things like salads, meat, fish and vegetables and skipping the high carb foods like bread, pasta, potatoes, breaded foods. Also some sauces and salad dressings have lots of hidden sugar. You might want to get yourself a good carb list whether online, an app or old school paper. That way whatever you eat you can look up and get some carb numbers for. After awhile you will get familiar with places and things you normally eat and their carbs. Bottom line, eating out isn't as easy as eating at home but it is possible with a bit of work and experience.
Oh yeah and it's best to wait until the food comes till you bolus because even if you ask for an eta, food gets delayed and until you see it you might have a wrong idea of what it contains carbwise.
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Permalink Reply by Jen on
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I often bolus a few units when I order (like not many, equivalent to 10-20g depending on what I am eating), and then make up the rest when the food arrives. I always have a granola bar and glucose tablets on me, if the food should take a long time.
As for low carb, a lot of places will offer a "lettuce wrap" for their hamburgers, where they use lettuce instead of buns. It's kind of messy to eat, but it's virtually zero carbs and I actually like it better than a hamburger. I find if you tell a server that you are diabetic and looking for low-carb options, sometimes they even offer to prepare something not on their menu that will meet your needs.
Most chain restaurants have their menus and/or nutritional information online, which is vital for knowing what you are eating and bolusing accurately for it. I always try and have this information on my iPhone/iPad as the restaurants themselves don't always have it available.
I generally avoid Subway, but years ago they used to offer sandwiches on buns sort of like hamburger buns. It's still about 40g carbs but much less than their usual subs which are 60-100+ carbs and (for me, at least) still spike me hugely even when I look up the nutritional information.
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Permalink Reply by BadMoonT2 on -
Don't eat much fast food but Subway works for me, I just don't eat the bread part, which leaves me with meat, cheese and veggies. Hardies has a low carb burger which has no bun, instead it's wrapped in romaine leaves, never tried it but sounds like it should work. Also most places have some type of salad with something like grilled chicken on it, be careful about the dressings though they are sometimes loaded with sugar. Ranch or Blue Cheese are usually safe choices but you really have to read the label.
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Permalink Reply by Shawnmarie on -
The great thing about the places you listed is that you can get all their nutritional info online. When I'm hankering for a burger, I usually opt for the junior cheeseburger at Wendy's. A not bad fast food breakfast choice is an egg McMuffin for 30 carbs and 300 calories. You can get a Subway sandwich and just eat part of the bread. Lots of different ways to keep from feeling too deprived.
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Permalink Reply by Jim on -
Traditional wings with traditional sauce from Buffalo Wild Wings or most any restaurant that serves wings that are not breaded.
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Permalink Reply by Parrformance on
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BBQ sauce high in sugar, Hot sauce not usually.
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Permalink Reply by Jim on
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Right...typically wing sauce has no carbs. If you cover the wings in sugar, you will have issue
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Permalink Reply by Zoe on
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What do I know about chicken wings - I thought it was barbecue sauce. I know barbecue sauce varies from a sweet variety to a hot variety, but I just assumed even the hot variety has some sugar in it. So it's just pure hot sauce?Like tabasco? No ketchup or anything?
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Permalink Reply by Maycri on -
Yeah, my husband loves his hot sauces and there are thousands of different options (many of them sitting on my fridge), there's not only BBQ, some are just as simple as a bottle of chilies and vinegar mashed together but there are sooo many different kind of spicy pepppers, chilies, chipotles, cherry bombs, tomatillos, garlic, salty, sweet... lots of choices if you are into torturing your tongue ;)
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