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"It&amp;#039;s true: You can eat healthy on the road. Of course, fresh fruits, vegetables, whole grains and lean meats you&amp;#039;ve prepared yourself is always a better choice but sometimes the fast food restaurants are all you&amp;#039;ve got. That happened to me this weekend on a road trip, and I&amp;#039;m happy to report that I think I did pretty well. First stop was breakfast at McDonald&amp;#039;s. I got an Egg McMuffin\u2014and at just 300 calories this is probably my most favorite breakfast ever! Plus you get 290 mg of calcium. You could even do this one yourself and cut back on the salt\u2014and probably calories if you use low-fat cheese\u2014a bit: Basically it&amp;#039;s egg, cheese and one slice of Canadian bacon on an English muffin. I also had an iced decaf latte with non-fat milk (part of their &amp;quot;McCafe&amp;quot; line) and I have to say it was absolutely delicious. Didn&amp;#039;t really taste any different from the lattes I get every morning at shops known for their coffee. Now I know they&amp;#039;re promoting these drinks hard-core, but honestly, I was so impressed that I may be switching over. Just remember that when it comes to keeping your calories in check, the same rules apply here as they do in the fancier places: Skip the whip cream, mocha chocolate sauce-stuff and you&amp;#039;re getting a drink around 150 calories (or less depending on how much milk you add) that&amp;#039;s also got some calcium.  For lunch we pulled into Wendy&amp;#039;s and I got the chili taco salad. The chili&amp;#039;s fabulous, but to stay virtuous with this one you pretty much have to ditch all the &amp;quot;sides&amp;quot; that come with the salad, including the taco chip strips and the super-creamy chipolte ranch dressing. I just pour the chili over the salad and use that as my &amp;quot;dressing,&amp;quot; and voila, my meal has gone from 640 calories to 400.  A quick sidenote: For snacks, I love the apple, yogurt and nut plate from McDonald&amp;#039;s which clocks in at 200 calories. I often skip the walnuts which are coated in sugar. When dinnertime rolled around we decided to try Taco Bell, and I was pleasantly surprised by their Fresco Menu (although I grimaced when I read the huge sign on the entrance encouraging everyone to eat a &amp;quot;fourth meal,&amp;quot; and promoting their late-night hours!) I mixed things up and got a Fresco Ranchero Chicken soft taco (just 170 calories and 4 grams of fat!) and a Fresco Grilled Soft Steak Taco (160 calories and 4.5 grams of fat). My meal came in at a neat 330 calories; pretty reasonable for tacos and fast food to boot! Which means I had room to split a small Frosty (300 calories) with my husband. Cool! -Amy Brightfield, Health Director "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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