The 7 Worst Fast Food Meals For Weight Loss
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Avoid These Scary High Calorie Fast Food Menu Items
On today’s episode of Live Lean TV, I’m sharing the 7 worst fast food meals for weight loss from some of the most popular fast food restaurants.
It’s no secret that fast food restaurants are not the place to Live Lean.
Although some fast food restaurants are providing “healthier” options, there are still some gut exploding meal options that I wouldn’t recommend anyone eat.
During my research, I went to the nutrition information section of each of these 7 popular fast food restaurants.
I then picked out the worst options based on what everyday people may choose to eat when ordering a meal.
Each analyzed meal contains a typical main item, a side item, and a drink.
If you want to know more about the healthiest options at these fast food restaurants, I did videos each one below:
Are you eating any of these 7 worst fast food meals?
This is going to be scary.
All right, let’s do this.
The 7 Worst Fast Food Meals
Here are the worst of the worst fast food meals, starting in order with the lowest calories to the highest calories.
#7. Tim Horton’s
Here is the worst fast food meal for weight loss at Tim Horton’s:
- Large BLT Sandwich
- Blueberry Fritter
- Extra Large Candy Cane Hot Chocolate
Nutrition Facts:
- Total Calories: 1620
- Protein: 39g
- Carbohydrates: 246g
- Fat: 53g
The majority of the 246g of carbohydrates comes from the extra large candy cane hot chocolate.
This is the type of hot chocolate that is not your friend to Live Lean.
All right, let’s move on to number 6.
Here are the Healthiest Foods At Tim Hortons.
#6. Subway
I could say so many different things when it comes to the chemicals and unhealthy ingredients used in the foods at Subway.
However, for this video post, we are simply sticking to analyzing the calories and macronutrients of the meals.
So let’s get into it.
Here is the worst fast food meal for weight loss at Subway:
- Footlong Spicy Italian
- 2 M&M Cookies
- 21oz Coke
Nutrition Facts:
- Total Calories: 1640 calories
- Protein: 44g
- Carbohydrates: 227g
- Fat: 68g
- Sodium: 3195mg
That is a crazy amount of sodium for one meal.
Here are the Healthiest Foods At Subway.
Let’s move on to number 5.
#5. Chick-fil-A
Here is the worst fast food meal for weight loss at Chick-fil-A:
- Spicy Chicken Sandwich Deluxe
- Large Waffle Potato Fries
- Large Peach Milkshake
Nutrition Facts:
- Calories: 1940
- Protein: 55g
- Carbohydrates: 266g
- Fat: 75g
- Sodium: 2530mg
Here are the Healthiest Foods At Chick-fil-A.
Let’s keep this going.
#4. McDonald’s
Here is the worst fast food meal for weight loss at McDonald’s:
- Angus Deluxe Bacon And Cheese Sandwich
- Large Fries
- Large McCafe Vanilla Chai Tea Iced Frappe with Whipped Cream
Nutrition Facts:
- Calories: 2050
- Protein: 53g
- Carbohydrates: 224g
- Fat: 103g
- Sodium: 2750mg
The large McCafe vanilla chai tea iced frappe with whipped cream is dangerous.
Here are the Healthiest Foods At McDonald’s.
#3. Chipotle
Here is the worst fast food meal for weight loss at Chipotle:
- Steak Burrito with:
- white tortilla shell
- white rice
- pinto beans
- fajita veggies
- corn salsa
- sour cream
- cheese
- guacamole
- lettuce
- Chips
- 21oz Coke
Nutrition Facts:
- Calories: 2225
- Protein: 69.5g
- Carbohydrates: 280g
- Fat: 95.5g
- Sodium: 3345mg
Here are the Healthiest Foods At Chipotle.
#2. KFC
Here is the worst fast food meal for weight loss at KFC:
- Chicken Pot Pie
- Side Potato Wedges with Creamy Ranch Dipping Sauce
- 64oz Tropicana Twister Orange
Nutrition Facts:
- Calories: 2470
- Protein: 40g
- Carbohydrates: 407g
- Fat: 88g
- Sodium: 3425mg
Yes, KFC offers a 64oz serving of soda.
Here are the Healthiest Foods At KFC.
#1. Wendy’s
Here is the number 1 worst fast food meal for weight loss from Wendy’s:
- 3/4 lbs Triple W Hamburger
- Poutine (fries, cheese, and gravy)
- Large Caramel Frosty Shake
Nutrition Facts:
- Calories: 2730
- Protein: 106g
- Carbohydrates: 300g
- Fat: 124g
- Sodium: 3830mg
Damn that’s not good.
Here are the Healthiest Foods At Wendy’s.
In the comments below, tell me, have you ever ordered any of these fast food items?
If not, which of these is your favorite fast food restaurant?
Don’t be shy, we all know you eat fast food every once in a while.
I do too.
Bottom Line On The 7 Worst Fast Food Meals For Weight Loss
Depending on your body type, just one of these fast food meals could contain over double the number of calories you need per day.
Every one of these unhealthy fast food meals have the following in common:
- Low quality fake ingredients
- Lots of calories
- Bad types of fat
- Loads of sugary carbohydrates
- Little fiber
- Low quality protein
- A heck of a lot of sodium
Stay away from these unhealthy fast food options unless you’re training to be a sumo wrestler.
As always, the best option is to control the ingredients going into your food, by cooking for yourself in bulk.
Then take leftovers with you to eat throughout the day.
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I don’t eat those meals but a love Turkey Bacon Avocado from Subway…
I like Subway and Wendys, but damn!!!!! If i ever ate like that I think I
would start hopping into my coffin pretty fast.
But I like Chipotle 🙁
At least in the US, there are no more Angus Deluxe burgers
Good video…these meals sound like artery clogging meals…lol…
If I have a cheat day, it’s Wendy’s….smh
Hey man any suggestions on staying lean while working on the Canadian oil
sands? Thanks
OMG?!?!?! FAST FOOD IS BAD FOR YOU??????
Thank god no ..subway any thing 6inch ..no sauces
I only have the subway sandwhich I don’t get cookies or coke
Nice video to point out what NOT to eat. BUT sometimes like you said we all
fall for the urge..how about taking the same restaurants and telling what
is the best option available in the menu instead?
bummer. i love chic fila. especially the spicy chix sandwich.
I was expecting to see something from Bojangles on here. Not sure if you’re
familiar with it.
What about the 106 grams of protein
Where’s Long John Silver’s at?
how is there possibly a drink at a fast food restaurant that is nearly 2
Litres ?? ( 64 oz ) ??????????????????? WTF
heart attack waitin to happen… n nope i have not! water is the only
liquid going in this body! n those burgers ew ew ew.. how can someone feel
awesome after eating this!
I know where I’m going for my next cheat meal hello Wendy’s
The burgers are fine guys…jus skip the shakes,beverages and fries….
Subway salad s all right…dont fuckin exaggerate
oh my god…
1:35 Subway, ufff! I’m glad those stupid ads with “Gerad” that wuss
spokesman are no longer aired. Guy starved himself and ended up looking
like a deflated Michelin Man. Wobbly and unhealthy.
I want to throw up
Great information I learned a lot but I have a question do you ever eat out
if so where what happened
Hey there You look great great information but I have a question do you
ever eat out if so where
IM SO SUBSCRIBED TO THIS CHANEL THANKS BRO…
BRAD THANKS FOR THE VIDEOS BRO IM EATING HEALTHY NOW A DAYS YOU HAVE
CHANGED MANY THINGS HOW I VEIW THEM SPECIALLY FOOD…..
Who can eat these monstrous meals? lol
Hey brad jus here showin apreciation to your page, since i followed yu and
watched your videos i have learned alot, thanks to the way you break things
down and make it easy to understand. I just wanted to make a request or two
on the next videos that you will upload to see if yu can explain the
bulking and cutting phase. Does it work? If so can anyone do it? If not
what is the right method or an alternative? Or what do you suggest? The
other one is, the advantages and benefits of supplements for example, if
your lifting heavy what should yu take or what woud be a good source of
supplements for that kind of training, same goes for HIIT, light weight
training etc. I feel that this would be very educating to myself and others
who need the explanation from an expert in the educating way that you do
it. Not like other channels who make it sound like they are just
advertising a product in your face and almost bsing you to buy it. Well
hope to hear from ya man. Keep doing what youre doing, like your videos!!
Thank you for this Brad. Unfortunately I had both the McD and the
Chick-fil-a meals within the last six months. C.f.a. as resent as two weeks
ago..The peach shake was awesome, but seeing the calories is making me
rethink that choice. I will be passing this video on to others that also
eat these meals. When you know better you do better.
I don’t usually eat at any of those places ever. To be honest the only
restaurant I have eaten at in the past year is subway.
I had no idea they carried that much salt! Gross
Can you please talk about the chemicals in the fast foods? I woul love to
know.
Man, you’re getting big as fuck…
I’ve never ordered none of these meals thank god.. I do love chipotle but
alway take away the rice, sour cream and cheese
forget the numbers look at the ingredients!!
So you dont recommend cheat meals?
better off to hit the salad bar !
OK……show alternatives at same restaurants to cut those numbers way
down. BTW …..Great work……You’re AWESOME
This is discusting, im never eating fastfood ever again.
I’ve been in all of these spots and I had most of these items except the
drinks (64oz ?!?!) I have had the Chipotle meal . Damn!
Hey brad on those days when you are out in the city and need to grab a
quick bite with friends what is the BEST fast food to get?
totally rethinking my fast food! Avoiding it like the plague!
Wowzer! That’s horrible! Not had a McDonald’s in years don’t know what
you’ll find in the meat!
Because of this video, i crave cheese fries and milkshake
GLUTEEEN!!!! :))
I love subway
Ahhhh
OMG!! Really?? I really like Subway but definetly i can’t see it in the
same way now!!
OMG, each of these meals worth daily amount of calories. And people still
wonder why they are fat, indeed, why?
chipotle!!!!!!
Chipotle burrito bowls are the bomb, but the put enormous amounts of salt
in there rice
I was scared once I saw number seven…
Wendy’s Asian cashew Chicken salad is only 390 calories including the
dressing. 33g carbs, 37g protein, and 13g fat. Got a bit of sodium, but on
days I can’t pack a lunch, that and water make a pretty decent lunch.
Thanks for the info, but yes we go to Chick fil A, I get a salad or grill
chicken salad/water, also subway I get roast beef no mayo and all veggies
w/ vinager&oil on 6in. WWbread. I always get the same thing but its not
every week every now then… I try to live lean like you two to keep myself
healthy. You guys look amazing.
Sodium should be the least of your worries if you dont suffer from high
blood pressure!
Wow out of that list we only got Micky Ds subway and Wendy’s…I have no
clue what the others are
I barely ate Subway. I just order a chicken bacon ranch whole sandwich.
That’s all. 😀
My favorite Subway sandwich is the Foot long Spicy Italian and I have
gotten it a few times. NOT ANYMORE!
More info on subway please. I thought I was eating healthy because all the
veggies.
Brad, I always like to watch your videos and actually try a lot of your
HIIT workouts after weights. Just curious what you eat on your cheating
day? I’ve got two kids and sometimes just have to eat whatever is left on
the table. But I’ve been keeping ~10% of body fat level for years thanks
to 6-day workout, usually I do supersets followed by HIIT type of cardio. I
love your short-time workouts, I know for sure they work – of course I do a
lot of different things too 🙂 Thanks and keep it going for people like
me who is quite but watching your great work!
I stay eating those chipotle burritos with extra brown rice and I still
have abs!!
High five!
Hell no haven’t had not none of them so glad thanks for this!
Subway…? The coke has about 500 calories by itself… Not counting the
cookies. You can go into any restaurant and order a milkshake or ice cream
with a salad it would still be bad
Subway 🙂
Those choices r high in protein but if u don’t have the sides or drinks n
not a lot of bread it be ok right I do like my chipotle now n then but only
get one of the carbs n have a bowl not burrito
I just like fries
The video should have been,If I HAD to eat fast food what are the
healthiest choices I could make at each restaurant
Chick fil A and Wendys
i got to Wendy’s but get their salads that have chicken on them and
generally don’t add the dressing.
Kfc once a year
My favorite restaurant of those is chick fil, I haven’t been in a while but
when I go I have a deluxe spicy chicken sandwich
And I thought subway was a healthier option, what chemicals do they use in
their food?
What about Whataburger Brad?
Oh man, Subway has that many calories?? Eye opener there. Thanks for the
info! 🙂
The 7 Worst Fast Food Meals