How to Eat Hamburgers When You Are on a Diet

[PAiN]

How to Eat Hamburgers When You Are on a Diet

When you're trying to lose weight, you don't have to make all of your favorite foods off limits. Choosing a diet plan that you can actually maintain is more nutritious in the long run than eating salad for a week and then quitting. If you enjoy eating a hamburger occasionally, don't deprive yourself. It might only make you frustrated and feel tempted to quit your diet. Instead, make your hamburger healthier. Talk to your doctor before making any changes in your diet, especially if you have health conditions or allergies.

Step 1

Make a healthier hamburger at home by shaping lean ground beef into a small patty, then placing it in the broiler until it is cooked through. A fast food hamburger contains 265 calories and 9.75 grams of fat, while a broiled hamburger made at home with 95 percent lean ground beef contains 140 calories and 5.37 grams of fat.

Step 2

Order a turkey burger instead of a beef burger when you go out to a restaurant. A turkey burger is just as tasty as a beef burger, but it is leaner and contains fewer calories and saturated fat.


Step 3

Go easy on the condiments -- especially mayonnaise and special sauce. Condiments are high in saturated fat, sodium, sugar and calories, making an already fattening hamburger even more unhealthy. Use condiments, extra lettuce, tomato and onions to add flavor to your burger instead.

Step 4

Eat the burger, but not the bun. Hamburger buns contain simple carbohydrates, which turn to sugar in the body when they are digested. Opt for a whole grain bun if you're cooking at home, or eat only half of the bun when you're out at a restaurant. Eat the burger along with a side salad to fill you up without packing on too many additional calories.

Step 5

Choose hamburgers that are made with "choice" or "select" grade beef, as opposed to "prime" beef, according to the American Heart Association in the article "Cooking for Lower Cholesterol." If you regularly substitute "choice" beef for "prime" beef, you'll eliminate unnecessary saturated fat and calories and lower your cholesterol levels.


References

• USDA Nutrient Database: McDonald's, Hamburger
• American Heart Association: Cooking for Lower Cholesterol
• HelpGuide; Healthy Fast Food: Tips for Making Fast Food Healthier; Maya W. Paul; September 2010
• USDA Nutrient Database: Beef, Ground, 95% Lean Meat / 5% Fat, Patty, Cooked, Broiled

[bobhead]

Thanks, I gonna have to make a bison burger now.

[Blazer]

Sometimes I'll make turkey burgers with olive oil mayo, avacodo, onions and tomatoes and wrapped a lettuce leaf around it.
Pretty fricken good actually!

[NightHawkDC2]

How to Eat Hamburgers When You Are on a Diet

Step 2

Order a turkey burger instead of a beef burger when you go out to a restaurant. A turkey burger is just as tasty as a beef burger...

Lies....Sorry, PAiN...but that's a f*cking lie!