disclaimer: not pro anything but I support those struggling with eds
✨We all know that eating at a fast food restaurant with an ed can be a nightmare so I’ve compiled some tips and lower calorie options to help you guys. keep in mind I live in Australia so I found all the info for US restaurants online✨
General tips
Get your food in a take-away bag, and don’t take it all out of the bag. if you lay your meal out it might draw attention to the fact that you’re not eating as much as your friends or family. If you just reach into the bag, the people your with will see your bag of food and you eating and will not suspect anything.
Opt for 0 cal drinks. Most cups in fast food restaurants aren’t see-through so no-one will be able to tell the difference between a coke and a coke zero or a water and a sprite. they’ll just see you drinking a soft drink and ‘someone with an eating disorder wouldn’t drink a soft drink’
google the menu and calories before you leave. This way you will be able to plan better and not accidentally go over your calorie limit
Plan around it. If you know that you’re going to a fast food restaurant save up your calories and get a burger. If people see you eat a burger they won’t suspect anything, after all, ‘an anorexic girl wouldn’t eat a burger’
Ask for your burger without cheese. A piece of cheese from most fast food restaurants is around 60cal and getting rid of it lowers the calories a bit. And it’s so easy to make excuses about it too, ‘the cheese here tastes weird, it makes me feel sick ect.Â
When choosing meat go with chicken, that will bring down the calories in whatever your getting
Get an ice-cream. If you don’t want anyone to suspect anything get an ice-cream cone. most soft serve cones are about 200 cal (less than a burger or nuggets) and no one will suspect anything because ‘someone with an anorexia wouldn’t eat ice-cream’
McDonalds
under 200
4 piece McNuggets – 190 calories | Premium Caesar Salad with Grilled Chicken – 190 calories | Fruit ‘n Yogurt Parfait – 150 calories | One 2 oz Hashbrown – 150 calories | Premium Bacon Ranch Salad w/o Chicken – 140 calories | Premium Southwestern Salad w/o Chicken – 140 calories | Kids Fries – 100 calories | Premium Caesar Salad w/o Chicken – 90 calories | Side Salad – 20 calories | Apple Slices – 15 calories
Taco Bell
Drinks
16oz brisk iced tea and lemonade – 80 cals | all diet drink and sobe lifewater – 0 cals | brisk drinks are safe | All other 16oz drinks are about 200-220 cals
Burritos/bowls
Chilli Cheese Burrito – 370 | Bean Burrito – 370 | Catina bowl veggie – 510 cals | the average on the Catina options is 600-700 cals
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