Wahoo's Fish Taco

For those of you in California, Colorado, Texas and Hawaii, there is an awesome place that I am sure you have eaten at. Wahoo's. I love Wahoo's because there are a few great healthy and low point choices and you don't feel deprived.

A great addition to any meal is the Chicken Tortilla Soup. Without the tortillas, it is only 1-2 points per bowl, and is great. It is a little on the spicy side, but delicious.

For a 4-5 point lunch I get the soup and a taco. They have great fish, chicken, or veggie tacos and the point range is between 3 and 4 points each.

For dinner, a great option is the bonzai burrito. It is a delicious burrito filled with teriyaki grilled veggies, and beans, rice and your choice of meat. It is a huge burrito, and the fish is only 12 points, the chicken 14. Another option is to get the soup and split the burrito in half and you have a very filling meal.

Last, the kids bowls are another lunch option. For the fish bowl, that comes with rice and black beans it is 7.5 points. Chicken is 8. Much better than the adult sized bowls, which range from 18 to 21 points.

For those of you who live in other states, I am so sorry. Wahoo's is one of my favorite places!

Lunch Musings

Today I went to lunch with my daughter. I was going to take her to McDonald's so she could play, but when I walked up, I looked in the window and saw the line a mile long. So we decided to go somewhere else. We ended up at Baja Fresh, and I looked up on my blackberry what I could eat there on Dotti's Site. (She has tons of restaurants and the nutritional value of menu items.) I found that their baja ensalada with chicken was only 6 points, so that is what I got. As I ate my healthy salad, I started to think about my eating habits in the past. I used to get burritos with rice and chips, or even the loaded nachos. Burritos are a whole day's worth of points/calories for me. (20 something) Nachos? 2 DAYS worth of points/calories. (50!) No wonder American's have such a hard time with being overweight. Things people THINK are healthy are full of more fat and calories than they could possibly imagine. I am so glad that I am making this change in my life. I want to be healthy. I want my family to be healthy. I will do everything I can to make this happen.

Subway

You may all have figured this out by now, but Subway is also a good lunch-on-the-go option.
For 5 Pts you can get the following 6-inch sandwiches:

Roast Beef
Turkey
Turkey and Ham

All of these are on whole wheat rolls and do not have mayo or cheese. If you want cheese, add 1 point, and if you want mayo, add 3 more Pts! Yikes.

A Veggie Sandwich on wheat is only 4 pts.

For white breads (except for the cheese breads) you would need to add 1 point.

Rubio's Health Mex

One of my favorite places to either eat lunch or dinner out and be able to stay on program is Rubio's Baja Grill. Their Health Mex burritos and tacos are really good.

Health Mex Chicken or Mahi Mahi taco- 3.5 Pts ea.
For lunch I usually eat one of each and a diet coke.

Health Mex Burrito -either chicken or fish- 10.5 Pts.
I usually need to eat a lighter breakfast and lunch to have enough points left for this one, but it is really filling and delicious.

I often have this same conversation with my husband: He claims that when he eats out for lunch, there is no place to go to get a lower calorie/healthy meal. I will keep trying to prove him wrong.