The Subway Diet Review
The Subway diet is basically a successful marketing campaign by the fast food franchise, featuring spokesman Jared Fogle who lost over 200 lbs eating Subway sandwiches twice a day and following a rigorous walking plan. During his first three months, he lost over 100 lbs. As a result of an interview that Jared had given about his weight loss and his unique diet, he was contacted by Subway to appear in some tv ads and it just sort of took off from there.
Eating fast food as a way to lose weight?
Who knew? Of course, this isn’t burgers and french fries we are talking about. I must admit, Subway restaurants provide a different kind of fast food. As far as I know, none of their food is fried. Their subs come with several healthy options for the health conscious eater who doesn’t have time to cook.
As far as Jared’s plan, he ate a six inch sandwich for lunch. Subway offers several six inch sandwiches that have less than six grams of fat per serving. The choices are good for this meal. The sandwiches do not include mayonnaise, oil, or cheese. By adding these ingredients you are also adding calories to the meal, which is why Jared left them off. He did have a bag of Baked Lay’s® potato chips with each lunch however.
For dinner Jared allowed himself a foot long veggie sub. Again, this sub did not contain any oil, mayonnaise, or cheese. All total, he consumed very few calories each day. For a man who weighed in at over 400 pounds, the weight would start to come off rather quickly.
Since Jared began making Subway restaurants chic again, their menu has changed. They offer even healthier fare, including wrap sandwiches. Their potato chip line includes varieties of baked and fat free options as well. Breads include wheat, white, honey oat, Italian herb and cheese, and more. The restaurant’s cheese is not fat free yet, but cheese can be omitted or a lower fat version can be added when you get home.
For combo meals, customers can have yogurt instead of chips along with healthy alternatives to soft drinks. Fresh vegetables are available like always as well as light mayonnaise. The revamp resulted in more choices for customers who want to eat out but not ruin their diet.
Choosing the Subway diet as a way to lose weight is plausible if you happen to like their food. I personally don’t care for Subway sandwiches and much prefer Quizno’s. Boredom with eating the same sandwiches all of the time could lead participants to stray. But, if it works for you, the sacrifice will be worth the rewards. There is something to be said for consistency. If you know what you will eat you have less temptation to look around for unhealthy alternatives. But it seems to me that a tastier and healthier option would be to simply make the same subs at home and take them to work with you.
The Subway experience can get pricey if you eat out every day, but if you were already eating fast food twice a day then it may not make too much difference to your wallet. You simply substitute a visit to Subway for wherever you were going previously. The diet also doesn’t stop you from cooking if you have a family at home. The Subway diet probably works betst for single folks who work long hours. Kids would certainly tire of eating the same sandwiches every day. It worked for Jared and others, but if you have a family, you may want to keep looking.
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