High Point Fast Food Choices
Weight Watchers Point System Plan Restaurant Nightmares
Feel like a Monster Thickburger? How about a BK Quad Stacker? Here are some incredibly high point fast food options.
If you're on Weight Watchers and are looking for low point fast food options, there are plenty of choices-- but watch out! Fast food restaurants offer more healthy choices than they used to, but many of their selections are still diet nightmares. Some of the high-point options are obvious, as you don't have to be a dietitian to know that a hamburger with multiple slices of beef, bacon, and cheese and a big smear of mayo is an unhealthy choice. But some of the most unhealthy fast food selections will surprise you. Here are some seriously high-point selections at fast food places.
Taco Bell
Taco Bell has some delightfully low-point options, especially since they started their "Fresco style" option, which allows you to substitute cheese and other fatty topping for low-calorie Fresco sauce. However, there are also some high-point doozies on the menu to avoid.
- Fiesta Taco Salad: 20 points, 860 calories, 46 grams fat
- Zesty Chicken Border Bowl: 17 points, 730 calories, 40 grams fat
- Southwest Steak Border Bowl: 15 points,690 calories, 28 grams fat
- Nachos Bell Grande: 18 points, 790 calories, 44 grams fat
- Grilled Steak Stuft Burrito: 15 points, 680 calories, 27 grams fat
- Grilled Beef Stuft Burrito: 16 points, 720 calories, 32 grams fat
- Grilled Chicken Stuft Burrito: 14 points, 670 calories, 25 grams fat
Burger King
In recent years, McDonald's has made an effort to put more low-calorie items on their menu. At Burger King, the opposite seems true. Although a few lower-point options are available, including one of the few fast food veggie burgers on the market, a good many of Burger King's offerings are a nutrition nightmare.
- Triple Whopper with Cheese: 31 points, 1230 calories, 82 grams fat
- BK Quad Stacker: 25 points, 1000 calories, 68 grams fat
- Tendercrisp Chicken Sandwich: 18 points, 780 calories, 43 grams fat
- Original Chicken Sandwich: 16 points, 660 calories, 40 grams fat
- BK Big Fish Sandwich: 14 points, 630 calories, 30 grams fat
- Double Crossan'wich with Sausage, Egg, & Cheese: 18 points, 630 calories, 30 grams fat
- Large Hash Browns: 15 points, 620 calories, 40 grams fat
- Large Chocolate Shake: 21 points, 950 calories, 29 grams fat
McDonalds
Although McDonald's does have more healthy items than in the past, they still offer some foods you should probably never eat. Watch out for the Chicken Selects Premium Breast Strips. They sound pretty healthful, but they're not! And watch out for the McFlurrys.
- Chicken Selects Premium Breast Strips, 5 pieces:15 points, 630 calories, 33 grams fat
- Chicken Selects Premium Breast Strips, 10 pieces: 31 points, 1270 calories, 66 grams fat
- Double Quarter Pounder with Cheese: 17 points, 730 calories, 40 grams fat
- Big Mac: 13 points, 560 calories, 30 grams fat
- Premium Crispy Chicken Club Sandwich: 15 points, 680 calories, 29 grams fat
- Large McFlurry with Oreo Cookies: 18 points, 820 calories, 29 grams fat
- Large McFlurry with Snickers: 20 points, 900 calories, 31 grams fat
Dairy Queen
Dairy Queen offers smaller cones and sundaes that are definitely Weight Watchers friendly. But their larger treats are high-point shockers, especially those candy-filled Blizzards! Some of the entree items are incredibly high-point as well.
- Small Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Blizzard: 16 points, 720 calories, 28 grams fat
- Large Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Blizzard: 30 points, 1320 calories, 52 grams fat
- Small Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Blizzard: 14 points, 600 calories, 21 grams fat
- Large Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Blizzard: 24 points, 1050 calories, 38 grams fat
- Peanut Buster Parfait: 17 points, 730 calories, 31 grams fat
- Triple Chocolate Utopia: 18 points, 770 calories, 39 grams fat
- Small Chocolate Malt: 14 points, 640 calories, 16 grams fat
- Large Chocolate Malt: 29 points, 1320 calories, 35 grams fat
- 6-Piece Chicken Strip basket: 26 points, 1120 calories, 60 grams fat
- Half Pound Grillburger with Cheese: 23 points, 930 calories, 60 grams fat
Hardee's
Anyplace that advertises a "Monster Thickburger: (which has 107 grams of fat) is bound to have some incredibly unhealthy choices. Here's some of the doozies on the Hardee's menu.
- Monster Thickburger: 28 points, 965 calories, 107 grams fat
- 2/3 Pound Double Bacon Cheese Thickburger: 33 points, 1300 calories, 96 grams fat
- Chili Cheese Fries: 16 points, 700 calories, 39 grams fat
- Big Chicken Sandwich: 18 points, 70 calories, 36 grams fat
- Loaded Biscuit 'n' Gravy Bowl: 19 points, 770 calories, 54 grams fat
- Big Country Breakfast Platter with Steak: 28 points, 1150 calories, 68 grams fat
There's no reason you can't indulge in fast food on Weight Watchers, especially since so many fast food chains are catering to people who are looking for something lighter. But they're also catering to people with some big appetites, so watch out!
