How to Eat Healthy at Checkers

Checkers is known for its ambiance and great food; unfortunately, it has also received some flak from the media for not making its nutritional information widely available to the general public. So, if you want to eat at Checkers without blowing your diet, you may have to rely on an understanding of portion control and choosing wisely to find the healthy options. Read on to learn more.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderate

1. Limit portion size. When choosing sides and drinks, it's important to choose the smallest serving possible. For instance, a regular order of fries is 210 calories with 11g of fat, while an X-large serving of fries has 425 calories and 21g of fat. You're better off skipping the fries altogether to save the calories.
2. Avoid the Big Buford. This huge burger has 745 calories and 48g of fat. The double cheeseburger is just as bad, with 760 calories.
3. Choose the chicken filet or small chili burger. The chicken filet sandwich has only 400 calories and 15g of fat. The small chili burger has 360 calories with 22g of fat per serving.
4. Skip the cheese. It may seem like a small thing, but omitting that one slice of cheese can shave almost 60 calories off your burger or chicken sandwich.
5. Drink water or diet soda. A 12-ounce soda has around 150 calories and a small vanilla shake has 320 calories, which can increase your calorie count quickly. Instead, ask for water or diet soda, which has zero calories and fat grams.

Tips & Warnings

• Most restaurants have nutritional information available to their patrons, so make sure to ask for a copy.
• The calorie counts reported by each establishment are estimates, and may vary by location or portion size. Always use common sense to stay healthy when dining out.