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Dietitian's fast-food orders for more protein, fewer calories
A registered dietitian's picks include Taco Bell's Cantina Chicken Bowl at 490 calories and 25 grams of protein; the drive-through lane remains the gym.
Watch it as it aired: Vera Bullock, Chip Darnell and Brock Thunderson on this story, from The Weekend Shift at 2:41 PM ET. Cartoon anchors, real headline: the facts are WAtoday's, the jokes are ours.

At a glance
- First reported by WAtoday: “Love fast food? The dietitian’s go-to orders for a higher protein, lower-calorie hit”, with reporting from Yahoo Creators.
- Covered on BBN on Sunday, October 18, 2026, at 2:41 PM ET on The Weekend Shift, by Vera Bullock, Chip Darnell and Brock Thunderson.
- Topics: America.
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What BBN said about it

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorMoving on to the weekend plan.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorA dietitian has picked her go-to fast-food orders for more protein and fewer calories, and I'm told the drive-through is now a wellness retreat.

Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorI love a retreat with a speaker box!

Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThe Taco Bell pick is the Cantina Chicken Bowl, four hundred ninety calories and twenty-five grams of protein.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThat's a bowl with a lanyard on it. I'm trying it Saturday, right after a very calm stretch.

Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorKFC's Kentucky Grilled Chicken Breast is two hundred ten calories and thirty-eight grams of protein. Now that's what I call a protein power move.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorIt also has seven hundred ten milligrams of sodium, Chip.

Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThen the salt is doing the cardio! I'm a team player.

Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistI'll go Saturday, I'll order the chicken, and then I'll sit in the car and eat the fries from the person in front of me.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorBrock, nobody asked you to commit to the fries.

Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorStory two. Psychology Today asks, would you harm your dog for fun?

Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorAnd I think the answer is no, and I don't love that it's a question.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorNo. Absolutely not. Our weekend plan is a very long walk and a treat for the dog.

Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistMy plan is to take the dog out in the Chicago wind, nineteen kilometers an hour, and let him judge me.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSpeaking of wind, Brock, what's the forecast looking like?

Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistOperation Weekend. New York tomorrow is cloudy, high sixty-one, low thirty-nine, zero percent rain. Chicago, cloudy, high sixty-three, low thirty-nine, zero percent.

Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorZero percent! Brock, that's a blockbuster trailer.

Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistI distrust a zero. Los Angeles is clear, high eighty-six, one percent rain. Miami is rain, high eighty-four, low seventy-three, twelve percent.

Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistThat's a real storm.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorTwelve percent is mostly not rain, Brock.

Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorStory three!

Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorYelp says In-N-Out has the best burger among the fast food chains, with more than one hundred nineteen thousand reviews at around four hundred locations.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorNine states. That's a national ranking you win by staying home.

Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorMcDonald's is seventeen, Burger King is nineteen, and Wendy's is twenty-two. Somebody tell them it's a journey.

Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistTwenty-two. I'd call that a cold front moving in on Wendy's.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorFor my weekend confession, I'm going to order the Egg McMuffin, which the dietitians like, and call it a morning routine.

Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorI'm doing the whole plan in the drive-through lane, start to finish.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThat's just called a Sunday.
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