Does anyone know if Taco bell Taco salad is legal if I have it without the chips?

make sure you get it al fresco. no sour cream and no cheese... (they are both full fat)

yeah I have both cheese and sour cream in fat free here at home. :nod:

I love making my own taco salads I eat them 3-4x per week. I never buy the taco spice mix anymore and I would be suprised if taco bell didn't add sugar to theirs as well. all the pre packaged ones have added sugar and corn starch or flour... I make my own, after a few times I just started eyeballing the measurements or you can make a big batch up and then just use as needed...

1 teaspoon chili powder
1/4 teaspoon paprika
1 teaspoon cumin
3/4 teaspoon onion powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
dash of red pepper

These are just general guidelines like I said before- I just eyeball it...
Both df and I prefer it without all those fillers in it!

I think I did OK. DH had a dinner out with co workers last night so I was on my own.. otherwise I would have made Taco Salad here at home. **** if I don't have to cook I'm not gonna.

So I got the taco salad express (no hard shell).. with extra beef and lettuce. No sour cream or cheese (I added my own FF stuff here). And I didn't eat the chips. My kids ate them instead.

The beef will be high fat unless it's a light item. Try not to have it often. Good for you on working hard to find something that works! I make healthy taco salads all the time...lowfat sour cream and salsa, lean ground beef, refried beans or kidney beans, spring mix and spinach for nutrients, etc. Yum!

521 calories without the chips but with regular beef amounts. wowzers.

now I'm craving a taco salad....great, this stroganoff will never get made!

Quite honestly I didn't eat the whole thing... and that was my ONLY carbs for the day. Yesterday was a BAD eating day for me. As in I didn't eat enough. Before I had the taco salad I had 176 calories and 0 carbs for the entire day.

I wasn't trying to make you feel bad, Brenda.

Your choice was a great one considering all the other tempting options at Taco Bell.

Also, I'm sure you already know...but this isn't a low carb diet....just the right carbs.

I know!! I think phase I is hard because you can't have grains or fruit... which leaves only veggies and beans. The day before I had salad 3 times and was just all out of salad mojo.

I like to count the carbs and compare it to the proteins. I try to stay in the line of carbs = protein as far as balance goes. Heck one day I had over 100 grams of protein and only 30 carbs. Not something I was trying to do but it just worked out that way.

It's funny how it all works out when we're actually tracking our consumption. I do it still, less for weight loss reasons and more for baby health reasons....but it's still fun to watch.

Do you use fitday? Man, that program is the best.

I use my-calorie-counter.com.

Not sure how it differs from fitday. I just like that I haven't found an item yet that it doesn't have in it's database.

Oh BTW... I'm originally from Lake Charles... use to spend a ton of time in Lafayette. (drinking, mostly)

That seems to be a popular pastime here.

I'm originally a yankee - from Minneapolis. DH is a born and bred cajun.

I was born there.. moved here 11 years ago when I met my husband.. he's a yankee too.