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Permalink Reply by Brian (bsc) on January 6, 2012 at 6:09am

Chipotle

Burrito bowl, no rice, black beans, double meat (barbacoa), extra salad, cheese, sour cream, guacamole and extra red tomatillo sauce.

By my count, 55g carbs/ 23 g fiber. If you are real strict, skip the beans and it is 32g carb/19g fiber

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Permalink Reply by acidrock23 on January 6, 2012 at 6:35am

I've sort of moved away from "fast food" and mostly hit the sort of new fangled "order then we cook it" places like 5 Guys although the price of those places generally makes me hesitant. I can buy 3x greasy burgers for $15 and eat some borderline toxic fries or go get a pound of much better quality beef and some low carb buns for like $6-7.

Probably taco places are our current fave, Taco Fresca is a chain but they opened a new, independent place (Taco Diner, if you are in the Naperville/ Bolingbrook, IL area, very tasty stuff...) about 5 minutes from our house that has very good salsa, tasty tacos and other goodies, pretty much the whole menu, it takes 5-10 minutes to get a take out order. My main concern is that the food is tasty enough that if they get bigger, they will outgrow their hole-in-the-wall and move somewhere less convenient. I usually go w/ about 45G of carbs for 3 tacos and only eat one tortilla and run a shade low afterwards.

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Permalink Reply by Marie B on January 6, 2012 at 6:59am

they're only in DC and NYC but Chopt is really really good

https://twitter.com/#!/Chopt

I also like the Southwest grilled chicken salad at McDonald's

sorry
http://www.choptsalad.com/

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Permalink Reply by Kari on January 6, 2012 at 9:55am

Chipotle, like bsc. So much fresher than a lot of other things.

Side note...No offense, but the idea of Taco Bell makes me nauseous. In the past 6 years they've been involved in outbreaks of salmonella, e. coli, etc. I was at one once a few years ago out of desperation and had to leave without my food, because I was so grossed out....one worker dropped a spatula on the floor then picked it up and proceeded to use it on at least 4 peoples orders.

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Permalink Reply by Unknown Diabetic on January 7, 2012 at 6:22am

Chipotle sounds good but the closest one to me is 100 miles away.

The main reason I pick Taco Bell is it is the only place I go where it doesn't send my BG sky high.

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Permalink Reply by FHS on January 7, 2012 at 8:21am

In n Out:

Cheeseburger, Animal Style + Animal Fries

93 grams
6 g of fiber

When I'm bad, I'm bad. I usually just pick at the fries though.

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Permalink Reply by Mike S. on January 7, 2012 at 10:54pm

Myself, I go McDonalds.......maybe three times a year. I make it a "special" event when I go, and get a Big Mac, no fries, and a diet Coke. My lipid profile is just fine. Everything in moderation. I don't eat much red meat, fried foods , or cheese. I gonna live to see 100!

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Permalink Reply by christy on January 7, 2012 at 11:01pm

Um If Im doing fast food...Im going to go all out, and do What A Burger. Mmmmm making me so hungry. We have 1 that is about 20-30 min away here, but you find them more further south. We vacation most of the time in the south, go down for a week or so to Miami. So What A Burger is always a stop or two along the way. LOL.

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Permalink Reply by Leo2 on January 8, 2012 at 5:34am

It's McDs on the road. My husband has been unwilling to go elsewhere saying they have standards and are checked for them. BUT when I have to go there, it's the grilled chicken salad. I eat one of his Fries and make it last for at least a whole minute while I do mindful glorious reminiscences. To list what I used to eat at McD would start a mindful longing and that I will not do.

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