Gold Star Chili

Gold Star is workable. The move is chili in a bowl instead of over spaghetti: an 8 oz bowl with beans is 17g of protein and 7g of fiber in 270 calories. A plain Cheese Coney is 300 calories with 14g of protein.

• →Order ahead online to skip the line where your location offers it.
• →Ask for the chili as a bowl and add beans for fiber.
• →Cheese roughly doubles the calories of an 8 oz bowl, so order it on the side.
• →Oyster crackers are free on the table; a handful goes a long way.
• →Water and diet sodas are both zero-calorie and work well here.

In your first few months, an 8 oz bowl of chili with beans is the easiest order. It is 270 calories with 17g of protein and 7g of fiber, and it is small enough to finish.