I understand Ray but, is there any way you can bring in a lunch from home? The fast food places are really not a great choice at all and the carbs and sugars in their foods would really scare you! For myself, if I go out to a restaurant, I will do either a ladies size portion or even go with two appetizers as opposed to a big honking lunch. Some of the fast food chains now offer salads but REALLY be careful of their salad dressings. So many of them are super high in sugars. Sorry to be such a downer.

cheers,

lary

Sometimes I'll stop by a grocery store w/a salad bar and get some raw veggies and protein that I can eat out of the box. Most of the bars have sliced chicken or the fake crabmeat (bad choice if you're watching sodium). Maybe some hummus or cheese to go w/the sliced up veggies instead.

I went through the same thing with I first found out I had diabetes. I printed the nutritional facts from every fast food place around my job just in case I forgot to bring lunch. I would look at the facts that they have listed and decide what I'm going to order before I would leave my office. It's never as healthy as bringing your lunch but it gives you a general idea of what to stay away from.

Kay

in the beginning it is wise to plan your meals from home, give yourself time to learn portion controls, fat contents etc, once you get this down, you can learn to add restaurant foods. Most restaurants now have healthier meals, stay away from french fries, etc, salads are good tho watch the salad dressings

Being a swim coach, business owner, father of twin 5 year olds, and having a crazy schedule, I have had to utilize the convenience of fast food. I will actually pre-check a number of fast food places online to find out nutritional values of their food choices, including their dressings. This way, I know what I can eat, and have options before going. This has prevented me from guessing. I now have several options as to what I can have when I do go out.

Salads with grilled chicken, croutons, and a diet soda, tea, or water are usually super filling and keep me on track. I have to admit, I occasionally feel like I am a rabbit some days, but dropping 10 lbs in the last month alone and feeling great makes it all worth it. I will even bring my own splenda for coffee or tea. McDonalds has even been kind enough to offer diabetic meal suggestions right on their website, with the carb points figured out for you. http://www.mcdonalds.com/content/dam/McDonalds/Documents/McDonalds_SimpleSteps_Diabetes.pdf

Subway is one of my favorites, and although they do not have a national compaign yet ( I did send them a pretty long e-mail ) some of their restaurants in the Kansas area started a Diabetic Friendly Campaign called Scoopit. The would "scoop" most of the bread out of the sub leaving a crust shell to fill with their sandwiches and fixins', plus sugar free beverage options. I now request scooped subs at our local Subway and have had great blood sugar, even after a 12 inch sub. Again, you need to watch dressing and sandwhich choices to further eliminate carbs. http://www.subwayscoopit.com/testimonials.html

You may have to do some pre-planning, but it is possible to eat out, even at fast food joints, and still stay on track with limiting your carb intake. Again, it is all about educating yourself, and putting in a little legwork. Once you do that, it will become second nature. It is just a little bit harder for us old dogs to learn.

love the scooping out at subway! I will try that! at most fast food places they have grilled chicken options. either salad or the sandwich...a bun is about 30 grams of carbs usually...well within a meal allowance. Granted...fries can't be ordered...I personally would eat it without the bun and get a fruit and yogurt parfait, but that's just me. :)

Jim and I would get subways every Friday, and still do but now I do their veggie salad, I cannot handle their breads whatsoever.

They tried to change the way to do the salads once, which totally was stupid lol..but I wrote an email complaining, told them not a single restaurant I know of makes a salad as dumb as they tried and sure enough I walked into our favorite subway, the manager gave me a high 5 and said, he didnt know what I said, but knew it was me (since i had a hissy fit over the way they did mine and said I was complaining to headquarter) and salads are now made the way the customer wants ROFL

Hang in there Ray U will work this out. I am learning new ideas all the time.
Ray a lot of times I order a small steak and the restaurant's fresh steam vegetables.
Most of the time they will let me have a side salad in place of the baked potato with a side of olive oil for the salad dressing or just extra steam vegetables.

There are many things that U can order. I go to the web sites of the resturants and look up their nutritional values on their menus.
I know how hard it is to learn the new way of eating we have to learn when we are handed this new curve in our Journey of Life here on earth.
It will take a while but you will learn what works best for U.


Todd I went to the Subway site that you provided.
The nutrition information show a lot of carbs for the Subway Sandwiches.
Is the Carbs of the Sandwich before the bread is scoopit out or afterwards?
Do u do the scooping or do the people that are making your sandwich do the scooping?
Never though of scooping the bread out! LOL Sometimes I wonder about me. LOL

I have taken the top half of the bread off before; and if the sandwich has large leaves of lettuce I threw away the bread and used the lettuce leaves like u use the bread.

I have not eaten there in ages. The water sounds great.
Thanks for the Info