"I Lost Weight on a Fast-Food Diet"

My Day-by-Day Calorie Consumption

Breakfast: McDonald's Egg McMuffin (290 cal/11g fat)
Lunch: Wendy's Mandarin Chicken
Salad (480 cal/23g fat)
Dinner: Subway Classic Tuna Wrap (440 cal/32g fat)
Snack: McDonald's Apple Dippers (35 cal/0g fat)
Subway Berry Lishus Fruizle w/banana (140 cal/0g fat)
Wendy's almonds (130 cal/11g fat)
Total: 1,515 cal/77g fat

Breakfast: Subway Vegetable & Egg Omelet (210 cal/14g fat)
Pineapple Delight Fruizle w/banana (160 cal/0g fat)
Lunch: Blimpie 6-inch turkey sub, half (212 cal/6g fat)
Cup of Garden Vegetable soup (80 cal/ 1g fat)
Dinner: Burger King Cheeseburger (350 cal/17g fat)
Small French fries (230 cal/11g fat)
1 percent low-fat milk (100 cal/3g fat)
Snack: McDonald's Fruit 'n Yogurt Parfait (160 cal/2g fat)
Total: 1,502 cal/54g fat

Breakfast: Burger King French Toast Sticks (390 cal/20g fat)
1 percent low-fat milk (100 cal/3g fat)
Lunch: Blimpie 6-inch turkey sub, half (212 cal/6g fat)
Subway cup of Minestrone (90 cal/ 4g fat)
Dinner: Taco Bell Fiesta Taco Salad without shell (500 cal/27g fat)
Snack: McDonald's oatmeal raisin cookie (140 cal/5g fat)
1 percent low-fat milk (100 cal/3g fat)
Total: 1,532 cal/60g fat

Breakfast: McDonald's Scrambled Eggs (180 cal/11g fat)
English Muffin (150 cal/2g fat)
Small orange juice (140 cal/0g fat)
Lunch: McDonald's Caesar Salad with Grilled Chicken (210 cal/6g fat)
Newman's Own Low-Fat Balsamic Vinaigrette (40 cal/3g fat)
1 percent low-fat chocolate milk (170 cal/3g fat)
Oatmeal raisin cookie (140 cal/5 g fat)
Dinner: Subway 6-inch Veggie Delite Sandwich w/American cheese (270 cal/7g fat)
Snack: McDonald's Apple Dippers, 2 packages (70 cal/0g fat)
Subway Berry Lishus Fruizle w/banana (140 cal/0 g fat)
Total: 1,510 cal/37g fat

Breakfast: McDonald's Egg McMuffin (290 cal/11g fat)
1 percent low-fat milk (100 cal/3g fat)
Lunch: Arby's Martha's Vineyard salad w/Raspberry Vinaigrette (440 cal/22g fat)
Dinner: 10-ounce slice Sbarro Chicken Vegetable Pizza (530 cal/17g fat)
Snack: Wendy's Fresh Fruit Bowl (130 cal/0g fat)
Arby's sliced almonds (81 cal/7g fat)
Total: 1,571 cal/60g fat

Breakfast: Subway French Toast w/syrup (350 cal/8g fat)
Burger King 1 percent low-fat milk (100 cal/3g fat)
Lunch: Subway Grilled Chicken Breast & Baby Spinach salad (140 cal/3g fat)
Ranch dressing (200 cal/22g fat)
Dinner: Wendy's Jr. Cheeseburger (320 cal/13g fat)
Side salad w/Reduced Fat Creamy Ranch Dressing (140 cal/9g fat)
2 percent reduced-fat milk (120 cal/5g fat)
Snack: Wendy's Jr. Frosty (160 cal/4g fat)
Total: 1,530 cal/67g fat

Breakfast: Burger King Croissan'wich with Egg & Cheese (320 cal/19g fat)
Minute Maid orange juice (140 cal/0g fat)
Lunch: Subway cup of Vegetable Beef Soup (90 cal/1g fat)
Roast Beef Deli sandwich (220 cal/5g fat)
Burger King Mott's Strawberry-Flavored Applesauce (90 cal/0g fat)
Dinner: KFC Tender Roast Filet Meal (360 cal/7g fat)
Burger King Mott's Strawberry-Flavored Applesauce (90 cal/0g fat)
1 percent low-fat milk (100 cal/3g fat)
Snack: McDonald's Fruit 'n Yogurt Parfait (160 cal/2g fat)
Total: 1,570 cal/37g fat

Originally published in Fitness magazine, September 2005.