Welcome to Diet and Fitness Podcast, a free audio podcast sponsored by Diet.com. This is your fit, fun, and fabulous host, Lady Diet, ready to give you the skinny on the latest diet fitness health tips and news.

Let’s face it – not everyone has time to prepare every single meal. Sometimes we’re faced with a tough decision: eat fast food or don’t eat anything at all! And since Diet.com doesn’t promote fasting or skipping meals, we’ll dish out our healthiest five ways to eat better on the run:

5. Treat yourself to wheat. Whether you’re grabbing a burger, a sub, or a pizza, ask for it to be served on whole wheat bread, roll or dough. Thankfully, the world of fast food has embraced whole wheat. When it’s an option, always choose wheat over white!

4. Super size for super thighs. If you’re a fan of excess fat, then by all means go ahead and order the Quadruple Quarter-Pounder with Gobs of Cheese and Super Size fries. But if you’re trying to be healthy while eating conveniently, you should stick to small serving sizes. “Go big or go home” should never apply to your fast food meals…or your butt!

3. Fountain soda is NOT the fountain of youth. In fact, it’s more like a fountain of rotting teeth, excess sugar and empty calories. You get the point. Go for water instead!

2. Opt for grilled. Fried food may smell terrific, but it never feels terrific once you’ve consumed it. Order your McDonald’s chicken sandwich grilled, rather than fried or battered, and save yourself a stomach ache (and a diet catastrophe).

1. Nutrition on the Go. And the number one way to enjoy your fast food without tossing your diet to the sharks is to use Diet.com’s brand new Nutrition on the Go cell phone feature! You put your phone in text message mode, type in the restaurant name and the menu item you need help with, then send that info to DIET1 (34381). In a flash you receive a text with the nutritional information you requested. It takes the guessing out of eating out!

Not every trip to a fast food place for some convenient dining has to end in diet trauma. When you can’t avoid fast food, you can still eat easy knowing that options are available for you to make the healthiest choice. Keep these tips in mind and you make your on-the-go meals as nutritious as possible!

If you have any comments or suggestions about today’s podcast or any fun health diet or fitness tip, please feel free to email me at ladydietpodcast@diet.com.

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