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Yep, you read that right. We’re talking about gestational diabetes fast food option! GD doesn’t mean you can’t rely on those quick and convenient meals from time to time!
We all know you shouldn’t have fast food all the time, but sometimes you just gotta. It might be a craving, it might be what’s easiest, it might be something else. No judgement here!
We are rounding up gestational diabetes fast food ideas for when that’s your best option. These are meals that other women with GD have eaten and been safe with. You, of course, might react differently, but it could be a good place to start if you’re looking to find some safe (and quick!) options while out and about, for delivery, etc.
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This post is all about gestational diabetes fast food ideas.
Common fast food chains can be a great option because their nutritional information (aka carb amounts) are easily available online! Just do a quick search for “restaurant + nutritional information” and it should pop up!
Subway
1. Wrap or a 6inch on wheat with double protein
2. Rotisserie chicken wrap with bacon, cheese, and sauce
3. 6 inch tuna on wheat bread with all the veggies
4. Chicken, bacon, and pepperoni on 6 inch white
5. 6 inch meatball sub on wheat
Taco Bell
6. Chalupa supreme
7. Chicken power bowl, add steak, refried beans, no rice no black beans
8. 3 Doritos locos tacos supreme with a zero sugar Mountain Dew
9. Chicken quesadilla with extra chicken
10. Nachos bell grande, only beef and nacho cheese, extra of both
11. Mexican pizza with extra beef & cheese
McDonald’s
12. Nuggets: 8 nuggets with 2 packs of apple slices, 10 piece nugget with ranch, two 10 piece nuggets, small fries and 6 piece nuggets
13. QP with no ketchup with no top bun with a small fries
14. Sausage egg McMuffin add bacon
15. McDouble with no top bun add a hot n spicy chicken patty, small fry
16. 2 sausage patty, 1 hash brown or 2 sausage patty, 1 hotcake
17. Bacon McDouble with extra cheese, mayo, lettuce, and a small fry
18. Big Mac with no bun and extra lettuce (they make it like a salad)
Chic-Fil-A
19. Spicy chicken sandwich without bottom bun, side salad with light Italian
20. 12 ct regular nugget with a few fries
21. Cobb salad with extra regular nuggets
22. Grilled nuggets and a small mac n cheese
23. Cool wrap with small fries
24. Kale salad with grilled nuggets
Wendy’s
25. Cobb salad
26. 10pc nugget with chili, a few fries, a bacon cheese potato
27. Bacon double stack with a lettuce bun and a small fry
28. Grilled chicken wrap
29. Lettuce wrapped spicy chicken sandwich with baconator fries
30. Jr bacon cheeseburger with a small Ceasar salad
Whataburger
31. A double meat with no buns and few onion rings
32. Sausage, egg, cheese taquito
33. Kids burger and a small fry
34. Cobb salad with grilled chicken
Chipotle
35. Salad with chicken, cheese, salsas, fajita veggies, and guac
36. Bowl with chicken, light rice, light black beans, guac, double cheese, fajitas veggies and tomatillo green chili salsa
Panera
These are all you pick two meals
37. Tuna salad sandwich and Caesar salad
38. Broccoli cheddar soup and chicken Caesar salad
39. Asian sesame salad and a bowl of chili
40. Broccoli cheddar or tomato soup and Fuji apple or Greek salad with chicken.
41. Napa almond chicken salad sandwich and Fuji apple salad with chicken
LOTS of options! See, plenty to still enjoy, even with GD 😊 If I left out any of your favorite fast food places, just let me know and I’ll add them! I’m thinking of doing a series for each restaurant and breaking down tons of options with nutritional information alongside them!
