Subway Diet
Subway: Eat Your Way To Health
Most of us tend to think that fast food is the only food
at lunchtime. Due to the fact that we are always in a hurry
to get back to our workday, so we choose food based on convenience
rather than nutritional value. And today, several fast food
outlets have attempted to add more health-conscious foods
to their menu; for the most part, these consist of salads
and fruit cups. While they may have fewer calories than standard
fast food, they may not taste as good.
In many cities, there is an alternative food to the regular
burger-and-salad fare, which is the famous Subway, it is a
restaurant which specializes in six inch and foot-long submarine
sandwiches. By just looking at their menu, you might not think
that Subway is suitable for dieters since it offers carbohydrate-rich
bread and fat-filled cheeses.
However, to Jared Fogle, Subway is like diet Nirvana, due
to the fact that Jared lost 245 pounds through what he calls
the Subway diet. His routine lunch included of a six-inch
turkey sub, sans mayonnaise and cheese, potato chips, and
a diet drink. And his dinner is made up of a foot-long veggie
sub, also without condiments, and more diet cola. Given to
his experience, Jared has become a spokesman for Subway.
Whenever exercise is concerned, Jared avoided it because
he found it hard to move weighing more than 400 pounds. As
he started to lose weight, he began walking to his college
classes instead of taking the bus. Slowly, he began walking
1.5 miles each day.
One of the key advantages of Jared’s Subway diet is
the convenience it provides. It is quite easy to walk to a
Subway restaurant and order subs twice a day. You can save
the time of going shopping for food and preparing meals. If
you enjoy sub sandwiches, you will find this diet easy to
maintain. Since you are only having about 1,000 calories,
weight loss will also be guaranteed.
Of course, there are also some disadvantages to the Subway
diet. Eating the same type of subs repetitively can be hard
on the stomach. And, you might not have enough nutrition,
such as lack of vital vitamins and minerals such as vitamin
D and zinc.
Besides, the diet offers nothing in the way of breakfast,
so you will be sacrificing the nutrients from what the healthy
breakfast can provide. Subs might also be too expensive for
you to purchase every meal!
However, it’s possible for you to vary Jared’s
diet and continue to lose weight. Subway offers several sandwiches
with six grams of fat or less. These include the six inch
ham (290 calories), the six-inch chicken breast (330 calories),
the six-inch roast beef (290 calories), the six-inch club
(320 calories), the sweet onion chicken teriyaki (380 calories),
the turkey breast (280 calories), turkey breast and ham (290
calories), and veggie delite (230 calories).
Subway also offers carb-conscious wraps as an alternative
option to sub buns. This carb-friendly includes chicken bacon
ranch wrap, tuna wrap, turkey and bacon melt, and turkey breast
wrap. On top of that, the restaurant chain now also provides
choices of salads which are also a healthy alternative to
normal fast food fare.
One of the best things about Subway is the large amount of
fresh vegetables that you can choose to add to your sandwich.
There are spinach, tomatoes, lettuce, olives, green peppers,
and sweet peppers for you to choose from. Besides, you can
also select different types of vegetables everyday to vary
your meals.
However, the major challenge with any Subway-based diet is
the discipline required. Everyday, you have to limit your
food intake to only what is served at the Subway counter.
This can be quite a challenge. While you can choose from different
lunch meats, and combine the choices of vegetables, but you
are still quite limited in your menu choices.
If you are hooked to subs and hate to cook, Subway may be
the best option for you. But, if you are not fond of subs
and you want a lot of variety in your diet, you may just have
to look for other diet plans.
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