How to Eat Healthy at O'Charley's

Eating healthy at fast food restaurants is very challenging. However, they are making it easier. You can now find nutrition charts for many fast food restaurants, which will give you the number of calories and grams of fat for every item on their menu. O'Charley's is one that gives you the information. So you can begin to eat healthy at O'Charley's. Read on to learn how.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Challenging

1. Have a salad; the best one to order is the house salad which has 245 calories and 14 grams of fat. You can even order the ranch reduced fat dressing which will only add 30 calories and 1 gram of fat. The Island Chicken Salad with dressing is the salad to avoid, since it has 1,464 calories and 30 grams of fat.
2. Order breakfast. A meal of 2 eggs with 2 links of sausage has 370 calories and 31 grams of fat. The Pecan Waffles have 1.225 calories and 63 grams of fat.
3. Choose a sandwich. The Chicken Sandwich without a side item has 470 calories and 21 grams of fat. The Three Cheese Bacon Burger without a side item has 1,304 calories and 88 grams of fat.
4. Select dinner and have a Petite Sirloin Steak or a Grilled Salmon Filet which have 317 and 324 calories and 13 and 20 grams of fat, respectively. You should avoid the Full Rack of Ribs which has 2,872 calories and 190 grams of fat. This does include French Fries and Cole Slaw so if you just ate the ribs you could reduce your meal by 600 calories and 35 grams of fat.