There’s no need to restrict yourself from getting fast food when you find yourself in a time crunch or traveling in the car just because you’re on a wellness journey. With spring break and summer being just around the corner you may be planning a vacation or a family road trip and find yourself having to stop for fast food.
In fact, my family and I are heading on a road trip at the end of the week and I thought I’d put together a few of my favorite low point fast-food restaurants and some low point menu items that you may find useful for your upcoming travels as well.
It’s easy to plan ahead by using the WW app, iTrackBites app or My Fitness Pal to search for fast food options that gives you the Smart Points values and/or calories of various menu items. Planning ahead and knowing the point values of the menu items will allow you to make good fast food choices.
Here is a list of a few of my favorite fast food restaurants and low point menu items:
The Smart Point values are for the current WW Freestyle program.
1. Mcdonald’s:
Southwest Grilled Chicken Salad: 6 Smart Points
Southwest Dressing: 4 Smart Points
Artisan Grilled Chicken Sandwich: 8 Smart Points
6-piece Chicken Nuggets: 7 Smart Points
Hamburger: 8 Smart Points
Small Fries: 7 Smart Points
Yogurt Parfait: 6 Smart Points
Egg Mcmuffin: 7 Smart Points
2 Breakfast Scrambled Eggs: 1 Smart Point
McDonald’s Southwest Grilled Chicken Salad: 6 Smart Points
2. Burger King:
Whopper Jr. without Mayo: 7 Smart Points
Whopper Jr. with Mayo: 10 Smart Points
Small French Fry: 10 Smart Points
Grilled Chicken Sandwich without Mayo: 7 Smart Points
Grilled Chicken Sandwich with mayo: 9 Smart Points
Value Onion Rings: 5 Smart Points
10- piece Chicken Nuggets: 12 Smart Points
Cheeseburger: 9 Smart Points
Burger King Whopper Jr with Mayo. :9 Smart Points
3. Subway:
Fresh Fit 6 inch Turkey on Wheat: 6 Smart Points
Fresh Fit 6 inch Roasted Chicken on Wheat: 6 Smart Points
Fresh Fit 6 inch Subway Club on Wheat: 7 Smart Points
Mayo or cheese for a 6 inch: 2 Smart Points
Fresh Fit Rotisserie Style Chicken Salad, no dressing: 0 Smart Points
6 inch Turkey and Black Forest Ham: 7 Smart Points
Subway 6-inch Turkey Breast on Wheat: 6 Smart Points
4. Popeyes:
5 Blackened Handcraft Chicken Tenders: 1 Smart Point
Biscuit: 8 Smart Points
Mashed Potatoes with gravy: 4 Smart Points
Green Beans: 1 Smart Points
Red Beans and Rice: 6 Smart Points
Regular Cajun Fries: 9 Smart Points
Cole Slaw: 5 Smart Points
Bold BQ sauce: 2 Smart Points
Popeye’s Blackened Grilled Chicken Tenders (5) with Green Beans: 2 Points
5. Wendy’s:
Small Chili: 3 Smart Points
Large Chili: 5 Smart Points (this used to be 4 points but was recently updated to 5 points)
Grilled Chicken Sandwich: 7 Smart Points
Small natural cut fries: 10 Smart Points
4 piece Chicken Nuggets: 5 Smart Points
Garden Salad no dressing: 0 Smart Points
Jr. Bacon Cheeseburger: 12 Smart Points
Jr. Cheeseburger: 9. Smart Points
Ultimate Grill Chicken Sandwich: 6 Smart Points
Plain Baked Potato:8 Smart Points
Jr. Hamburger: 7 Smart Points
Spicy Chicken Fillet ( no bun): 7 Smart Points
Wendy’s Large Chili: 5 Smart Points
6. Taco Bell:
Crunchy Taco: 5 Smart Points
Fresco Soft Taco: 4 Smart Points
Bean Burrito: 8 Smart Points
Soft Taco with Chicken: 4 Smart Points
Pinto’s N’ Cheese: 3 Smart Points
Spicy Tostada: 4 Smart Points
Soft Taco with Beef: 6 Smart Points
Fresco Crunchy Taco with Beef: 4 Smart Points
Crunchy Taco Supreme: 6 Smart Points
Taco Bell Fresco Crunchy Taco with Beef: 4 Smart Points
7. Chipotle:
Brown Rice: 6 Smart Points
Fajita Vegetables: 0 Smart Points
White Rice: 6 Smart Points
Pinto Beans: 0 Smart Points
Romaine Lettuce: 0 Smart Points
Barbocoa: 4 Smart Points
Flour Tortilla (burrito size): 9 Smart Points
Kid’s Tortilla Chips: 4 Smart Points
Carnitas: 6 Smart Points
Steak: 3 Smart Points
Chicken: 3 Smart Points
Cheese: 3 Smart Points
Tomatillo Red-Chili Salsa: 0 Smart Points
Vinaigrette Dressing: 9 Smart Points
Chipotle’s Chicken Salad with Vinaigrette dressing: Points can vary depending on what you add
8. Panda Express:
Mixed Veggies: 0 Smart Points
Chicken and Mushrooms: 6 Smart Points
String Bean Chicken Breast: 3 Smart Points
Broccoli Beef: 4 Smart Points
Vegetable Spring Roll: 6 Smart Points
Kung Pao Chicken: 8 Smart Points
Black Pepper Chicken: 8 Smart Points
Honey Walnut Shrimp: 12 Smart Points
Teriyaki Chicken with rice and veggies: 8 Smart Points
Kid’s Chow Mein: 8 Smart Points
Panda’s Express Chicken and Mushrooms: 6 Smart Points
9. Chick-fil-A
12-piece grilled chicken nuggets: 0 Smart Points
Grilled Chicken Sandwich: 6 Smart Points
Small Waffle Fries: 9 Smart Points
8-piece breaded chicken nuggets: 6 Smart Points
Fruit Cup: 1 Smart Points
Grilled Chicken Cool Wrap: 7 Smart Points
Breaded Chicken Sandwich: 12 Smart Points
Large Diet Lemonade: 4 Smart Points
Chicken Noodle Soup: 3 Smart Points
Chick-fil- A 12-piece Grilled Chicken Nuggets: 0 Smart Points
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This is great .. thank you so much for taking the time to research all of this.
Hi Mary Anne,
You’re very welcome!! I hope you find it useful on your journey.
Have a great day!
Linds
This is so Awesome !! Thank you
Well appreciated!!
Thank you for putting this together.
Hi Lynette,
You’re super welcome! Hope you find it useful.
Have a wonderful day!
Linds
This is going to be so helpful while on 2 trips I’ll be taking in the near future! Thank you so much!
Hi Beverly,
That is so great to hear! I agree, it’s great to plan ahead and know exactly what the low point menu items.
Enjoy your upcoming vacations!
Thank you, Lindsay!
If the WW app is correct if you only used half a packet of dressing, then the McDonald’s Bacon Ranch Salad with grilled chicken is only 5 points and with the breaded chicken is 6 points. The thing is that McDonald’s doesn’t have that salad on the menu board for some reason, but you can ask for it and 9 times out of 10 they have it. The main difference between the two salads is the little packet that they give you with the dressing and stuff.
Thank u for this! Im in school and work 2 jobs so im constantly on the go! This is immensely helpful!
This is super helpful! Thank you so much for putting it together. Regarding the Panda Express veggie egg roll…do you know if the points are per egg roll or per order (I think you get 3 in an order?)
Hi Mary,
You’re very welcome. Glad you find it helpful.
Yes, so according to the ww app the Panda Express egg rolls are 3 point per roll (not per serving.)
Hope that helps!!
Thanks so much,
Linds
Hey Linds! Just an FYI- I eat Wendy’s large chili at least once a week and the point value per the app is 4, not 5. Thank you so so much for EVERYTHING you do!!!!
Hi Alyson,
I know, I eat it quite often myself and it looks like ww may have changed the point value for the large Wendy’s Chili. While I was researching the point values for this post-I went on to the ww app it came up as 5 points now.
Try it and let me know if you’re getting something different as of right now on your ww app.
Thank you
I pulled it up before I posted my comment just to make sure and it came up as 4. I just checked again and it’s still showing as 4 for me.
Actually, I just realized if you go to the restaurant menu it comes up as 5, but if you type it in, like I have been doing, it comes up as 4. How weird???
Have you updated your app? Mine changed to 5 points when I updated the app in both spots (typing it in and the restaurant guide)
That is strange! That is what happens to me with the Chick-Fil-A fruit cup!
Wow – Just what I was looking for before we travel this spring and summer. Thank you so much! I love your website and recommend it to all my friends at WW.
This is GREAT!!!! Thank you SO much. Everywhere one looks, any one of these fast food places is there and it’s just so tempting to stop but I always pass by because I don’t want to “overkill” my points. You have now made it easy for me because there are so many choices 🙂
Hi Denise,
Thank you for your comments and feedback! I am so happy to hear that you’ll be able to use this post as a reference!
Have a great day!
Linds
Thank you, this is very helpful! Don’t know what I would do without your recipes!! You are awesome. 🙂
Just had a large chili from Wendy’s for dinner. I added diced onions from home and shredded fiesta cheese for 2sp. So 7sp total for dinner!!! Quick and low on points lol
Hi Summara,
Oh that is awesome! I love this Chili. It’s my go to menu item at Wendy’s!
Thanks for the great review
Wow! So helpful! Thank you for all the great recipes, too!
So glad I found you! Thanks for the info. I can’t wait to try your recipes
Thanks so much for all your help .I buy the large chili at Wendy’s and a side salad and pour the chili on top of the salad. It is so good and filling.
I absolutely love the Grilled Chicken Southwest salad from McDonald’s. I always ask for it without the cilantro lime dressing on the chicken and it reduces the points by 2. In my opinion it does not change the taste at all!