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Trim Healthy Mama Fast Food Guide For S Meals

January 12, 2019 by Stacy Craft Leave a Comment

Eating out does not have to be detrimental to your waistline. You can eat according to THM principles using this Trim Healthy Mama fast food guide for S meals!

Trim Healthy Mama Fast Food Guide for S Meals

You have the plan down while you are at home but you know that eventually you will have to venture out into the real world. At some point you will probably find yourself sitting in the drive thru line needing to grab something quick.

Will you just have to start again in 3 hours after eating something fatty and loaded with carbs? Nope! Use this Trim Healthy Mama fast food guide to give you easy “S” meals that you can eat on the run.

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Trim Healthy Mama Planning For Success On the Go

Ok, ok. I know that the reason you are sitting in that fast food drive thru lane is because you didn’t have time to plan. The kids have practice or your meeting ran late at work and you need quick and easy.

What I mean is to plan for this emergency to happen. The biggest complaint that I have with eating fast food out on plan is that sometimes the meal seems kind of dinky.

You know what I mean? A cheeseburger without a bun, while ok sometimes, doesn’t always seem as satisfying as it would with that big huge bun.

To combat those dinky meals, you can literally stock your car, purse or top drawer at your office for success. Here are the things that I like to have to help make my meal out more substantial.

Stock Your Car

If the conditions are extreme outside, you may be better keeping these things in your purse so that it moves in and out of the element with you.

But you can be the judge of that! Here are the things that I think make this Trim Healthy Mama fast food guide more substantial.

Joseph’s Lavash or Pita Bread – These make great vehicles to wrap up your low carb burger or grilled chicken to make it more filling. You could even dump part or all of a side salad in with your meat to bulk it up.

Mission Low Carb Tortilla – If you want something amazing, stuff a Taco Bell protein bowl into one of these tortillas for a delicious S taco on the run.

Lily’s Chocolate Bar – I like Lily’s but I also eat other brands of on plan chocolate. By keeping a piece of chocolate with you, you can finish off your fast food meal without being tempted by a milkshake or cookie.

True Lemon – I broke my addiction to diet soda but I am still sometimes tempted by a big Coke when I am in line. A packet or two of the true lemon takes up no room in your purse and will give your water a little flavor.

Pork Rinds or Whisps – Ok, we might be getting outside of what can comfortably fit in your purse unless you are Mary Poppins. But unlike the chocolate, I think both of these would be safe to just keep in your car. These will help you have a good “side” to go with your bunless burger.

Protein Bars – While these might not really go with a fast food meal, they are a great last minute option to keep in your bag. Here are 11 on plan or personal choice protein bars for THM.

Want a guide to a variety of sit down restaurants and take out options? Pin it Here. 

Trim Healthy Mama Fast Food Guide for S Meals

Arby’s

Roast Turkey Farmhouse Salad

Any meat with no bun (they will put it in a bowl for you) and a side salad (dump the meat on top of salad or put it in a wrap you brought from home home), French dip meat on a side salad, Beef N Cheddar in a wrap (that you bring from home) would be amazing but the cheese will be your choice – it has additives that won’t be on plan. But still way better than eating that big onion bun, in my opinion!

Burger King

Whopper (burger only with toppings – no ketchup) and side salad

Captain D’s 

Wild Caught Salmon or other grilled fish with either broccoli or green beans.

Chick-fil-a

Grilled Chicken Cool Wrap with the Avocado or Ranch Dressing

Cobb Salad with Grilled nuggets

Five Guys

You can ask for any burger without a bun. They will put it in a bowl or a lettuce wrap – your choice. 

In-N-Out

Burger “Protein Style” – They will wrap your burger in lettuce if ordered like this.

Jimmy Johns

Unwhich – Sub ingredients wrapped in lettuce.

McDonald’s

Bacon Cheeseburger (no Bun) & Side Salad

Grilled Chicken Bacon Ranch Salad

Grilled Ranch Snack Wrap (The ranch sauce has some less than desirable ingredients. You could use a little of their ranch dressing which is also not perfect but ok for Drive Thru Sue’s; Also throw out the tortilla it comes in and replace with a low carb tortillas). This is less than $2.

Popeye’s

Blackened Chicken Tenders with Green Beans

Starbucks 

Egg Bites

Subway

Chopped Salad with lots of veggies, cold cuts or grilled chicken, cheese.

Sandwich Filling into your own low carb tortilla (feed the sub roll to the birds)

New Protein Bowls – Avoid the Sweet onion and the meatball bowls because those have too many carbs/off plan ingredients. All the rest would be fine. 

Taco Bell

Grilled Chicken Protein bowl (no rice or beans). Bring 2 low carb tortillas and you can make 2 huge tacos.
*Note* The official THM recommendation is one tortilla in a serving. However, I often eat 2 when I have Taco Bell because I love TB and it works for me. 

Taco Salad (No Beans, Rice or Shell)

Wendy’s

Baconator and side salad

Parmesan Caesar Chicken Salad (They even have Parm Crisps instead of Croutons that come with the salad – it is like it is made for THM)

Southwest Avocado Chicken Salad 

Whataburger

Grilled Chicken Melt (no Bun) & Side Salad

I hope this Trim Healthy Mama fast food guide helps you make easy and good choices at your favorite drive thru. Don’t forget to stock your car or purse up so that you can round out your meal in the most cost efficient method possible.

My Favorite THM Drive Thru Option

Here is an example of how I used the Trim Healthy Mama fast food guide and a stocked car to have an amazing Drive Thru Sue lunch the other day.

I ordered the Taco Bell chicken protein bowl with no beans or rice. I was kind of worried that the remaining food was going to be small (you know these restaurants love to bulk up meals with the cheap fillers). But I was pleasantly surprised. Excuse the lap picture but here is what it looked like in the bowl.

Updated to Note: According to Pearl and Admin’s on FB site, you can eat the beans that come with the power bowl. It is likely <1/4 cup of beans and stays an S. At the worst, it might move to an S helper. So have your beans if you want to get a little more for your money.

Taco Bell Protein Bowl No Rice or Beans Trim Healthy Mama Fast Food Guide S Meal

I took the lovely spork that they gave me & divided it out into 2 Low Carb Tortillas. It was so good!

Taco Bell Protein Bowl No Rice or Beans THM S Taco on Low Carb Tortilla

Pin this Trim Healthy Mama Fast Food Guide to your THM board so that you have some good S Meal ideas to choose when you are out. It is so nice to know that you can stay on plan while still living your busy life.

Additional Resources:

Eating Out on THM – A guide by cuisine to help you eat at ANY restaurant

Free 7 Day Drive Thru Sue No Cook Menu Plan

Follow my THM Instagram daily Food Diary – Connect, ask questions and get inspiration!

If you would like to read more about my journey on THM postpartum, how I make the plan work for me and a free 2 week meal plan, read this post. 

Filed Under: Featured, Plan, Trim Healthy Mama Tagged With: Drive Thru Sue, Fast Food, Fast food guide, S meals, Trim Healthy mama

Trim Healthy Mama Weekly Meal Plan 1

December 7, 2018 by Stacy Craft 6 Comments

A 1 week photo diary of everything I ate for one week. Dig into this Trim Healthy Mama Weekly Meal Plan 1 and stay tuned for subsequent weeks!

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Trim Healthy Mama Meal Prep

I was planning to meal prep a few things to make my week easier. Here are the things that I was hoping to get done during my 1 hour meal prep.

  • Make baked oatmeal (will eat this throughout the week for breakfast or even a snack)
  • Make sausage crumbles for the microwave egg scrambles
  • Boil Eggs
  • Cook & Shred Chicken thighs
  • Chop Turkey ham for ham and beans.
  • Wash fresh fruit and veggies and prep in ready to go containers

Since I was also in charge of keeping my 11 month out of trouble and entertaining 747 questions from my 4 year old, getting snacks and a bottle, I didn’t quite get everything accomplished that I was hoping for.

I missed making the sausage crumbles, boiling eggs and chopping the turkey ham. Geez, I was only at 50%. I did also get our dinner made in that 1 hour prep, so it wasn’t a complete miss.

More THM Meal Plans: 

7 Family Friendly Frugal THM Dinners

THM Weekly Meal Plan 2

What I Ate for A Week on Trim Healthy Mama

Here is everything that I ate for a week. There are lots of pictures and I included recipes where I could. Seeing pictures and other trim healthy mama meal plans helps me to stay on plan and get new ideas so I hope this helps you too!

I aim to keep Trim Healthy Mama ultra simple. Complicated recipes and special ingredients do not often make it to my table. The only thing remotely “special” that I frequently use are the Mission low carb tortillas and Dreamfields pasta. Those are usually in my pantry but they are easy to find at my Walmart and reasonably priced.

Day 1:

Breakfast: Jimmy Dean Simple Scramble Copycat (would typically add some berries with this but I am a mom on the go and the clock said it was time for school so I missed that) (S)

I think this is such a pretty little cup of eggs. I hardly believe it came out of the microwave in less than 2 minutes!

Lunch: Turkey and cream cheese pinwheels, pork rinds, mini bell peppers, 4 oz blackberries (S)

I don’t have a recipe for the pinwheels but they are super simple. Spread a little softened cream on the Mission Low Carb tortilla, spread on some spicy mustard on top of the cream cheese. Add some deli meat and shredded cheese. Roll the tortilla up and place in the fridge for 10 or 15 minutes to help set it up. 30 minutes is probably best but I can’t ever wait that long! Slice them up with a sharp knife. I love these for a quick lunch.

Low carb Tortilla Roll ups with Pork RInds

Snack: string cheese and 2 oz of nuts (S)

Dinner:  Hummus crusted baked chicken with roasted carrots, bell peppers and green beans (E or XO) I am calling it an E because I only used about a tablespoon of hummus. Hummus is a crossover typically because of the oil and beans mix the fuels. However, since my meal was very low fat otherwise, I call it an E (carrots and my dessert give me the carbs to make it an E). Just be aware if you are using a lot of hummus or have other fats in your meal that you may go into XO territory which is still on plan but not as good for weight loss.

Hummus Crusted Chicken Trim Healthy Mama E Meal

Dessert: Baked oatmeal with non-fat greek yogurt (E)

Evening Snack: Baked Tortilla chips and Salsa (E) I don’t usually eat after dinner but I was really hungry. Possibly because this was my first full day back on THM and I had gotten used to eating a sugar filled dessert after dinner? Habits are hard to break.

Day 2:

Breakfast: Baked Oatmeal (E),  topped with nonfat greek yogurt

Baked Oatmeal topped with Peaches Baked

Lunch: Cold Cut Roll Up Salad (S), Ranch Dressing

Low Carb Cold Cuts Roll Up Salad

Dinner:  Easy 15 Minute Turkey Ham & Beans (E) – I know everyone gets scared when you start talking about E meals. My whole family gobbles this meal up with no complaints and it is literally quicker than strapping my kids in car seats and driving to a fast food drive thru.

Seriously, add this to your trim healthy mama weekly meal plan now!

Snack: Nuts,String Cheese (S)

Day 3:

Breakfast: Sprouted Toast, Small amount of greek yogurt cream cheese, All Fruit Polaner’s Jelly and a side of plain greek yogurt with a tiny bit of polaner’s mixed in (about 1/2 teaspoon). (E)

Please excuse the lighting on this photo. I was up early, working on the computer and eating breakfast. That is what us working mamas do! Am I right?

Sprouted Toast with greek yogurt cream cheese and Polaner's Jelly Trim Healthy Mama E Meal - Healthy Carbs and Low Fat

Lunch: Salsa Verde Chicken Mini Pepper Nachos (S)

My most popular recipe on this site is the 30 minute Cheesy Salsa Verde Chicken with Cauli Rice. I took the filling from this recipe and stuffed it in a pepper for lunch. Delish. Here is the recipe for the Salsa Verde Chicken Pepper Nachos.

Cheesy Salsa Verde chicken Nachos for Keto Diet

Dinner: Grilled Pork Chop, Mac and Cheese Zoodles and Spinach salad (S)

Ya’ll – we eat this cheesy zucchini at least twice a week. And that is saying something because I am not huge on repeating recipes. 

It is a macaroni and cheese sub for me. It is so cheesy and rich, it goes great with grilled chicken, pork or steak.

Keto Pork Chop and Low Carb Cheesy Zucchini

Day 4:

Breakfast: Breakfast Taco and strawberries (S)

After living in Texas for 5 years, I learned breakfast tacos are life! I made this one on a Mission Low carb tortilla. It’s so good and it is something you can roll up and eat in the car on the way to work.

Mission Low Carb Tortilla Breakfast Taco - Trim Healthy Mama S Meal

Lunch: Loaded Tuna Salad on Sprouted Bread (E) with a small apple and raw veggies. You won’t miss the mayo in this quick and easy tuna salad recipe packed with protein!

THM E Loaded Tuna Salad

Dinner: Spaghetti with ground beef meat sauce on Dreamfields pasta, Salad with ranch (S)

Dreamfields pasta is a personal choice item but my body does fine with it so I use it. I can usually find it at Walmart for less than $2. My kids adore spaghetti and the texture of this pasta is really similar to regular pasta. In fact, I can’t tell a difference at all. Spaghetti on a “diet” – Yes please!

Spaghetti with Dreamfields Pasta and Salad with Ranch - Trim Healthy Mama S Meal

Day 5:

Breakfast: Leftover baked Oatmeal with Greek Yogurt (E)

No sugar added THM E Baked Peach oatmeal with Greek Yogurt Serving

Lunch: Chicken & Cheese quesadilla on a Mission Low Carb tortilla with pork rinds and raw veggies (not pictured) (S)

Low Carb Quesadilla Lunch - Trim Healthy Mama S Meal

Dinner: Cheesy zucchini with Ham (S)

Told you that we love this zucchini at my house. Here I just made the cheesy zucchini and added some ham that was lightly browned in a skillet. It is grown up Mac n cheese with hotdogs (don’t judge!). So good and it takes less than 30 minutes to get this on the table.

Cheesy Zucchini with Ham - Low Carb Keto Recipe

Day 6:

Breakfast: Easy 2 Minute Microwave Eggs I usually eat the same thing for breakfast a couple of times during the week. It doesn’t bother me and makes planning easier.

Keto Scrambled Eggs in a mug in microwave

Lunch: Baby Spinach, Cheese Cubes, Steak and Ranch (S)

My husband brought home some leftover steak. A delicious yet simple steak salad was calling my name.

Low Carb Keto Steak Salad for Trim Healthy Mama S Meal - Great easy lunch or dinner idea

Dinner: Sausage, fried radishes and green beans (S)

No Trim Healthy Mama weekly meal plan would be complete without some weird ingredient would it? I don’t know about you but radishes were not on my list of things that I would eat before THM. I finally got brave enough to try them and you know what? They aren’t half bad.

I don’t usually make different meals for my family but my kids aren’t eating radishes. I can promise it. So I made them sausage and potatoes and I subbed radishes for mine. Now let me tell you the truth. You are not going to bite into it and think yum a potato. But if you go into it with an open mind to try a new veggie, I think you might just like it. I did.

Fried Radishes, Sausage and Green beans for a Low Carb - Keto - Trim Healthy Mama S Meal

Day 7:

Breakfast: Ham slices, scrambled eggs and berries (S)

Ham Scrambled Eggs and Berries

Lunch: Sprouted Sandwich, carrots, apples and a small amount of ranch (E)

Sprouted Bread Sandwich Apple and Carrots

Dinner: Grilled pork chop, Wedge salad and Fried cabbage (S)

I hope you enjoyed this Trim Healthy Mama Weekly Meal Plan. I will continue to periodically post what I eat over the course of a week to try and give you ideas! THM really doesn’t have to be hard or complicated. If you have any questions, leave me a comment.

If you liked this weekly meal plan, check out some of my other popular posts that are THM friendly!

Cheesy Salsa Verde Chicken with Cauliflower Rice (S Meal)

Pin it Here!  

Salsa Cream Cheese Cauliflower Rice

Low Carb Cajun Shrimp Casserole (S)

Pin it Here!

Low Carb Cajun Shrimp Casserole for Keto Diet. Easy recipe for a Trim Healthy Mama S Meal (THM). The traditional rice base is replaced with Cauliflower rice for added vegetables and lower carbs.

6 THM Lunch Ideas for Work (E’s & S’s)

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6 Trim Healthy Mama Lunches You can Take to Work

My THM Weight loss Story & Free 2 Week Meal Plan

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Filed Under: Featured, Plan Tagged With: E meals, easy recipes, healthy carbs, ideas, Keto, low carb, meal prep, S meals, Trim Healthy mama, weekly meal plan

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