"protein style" is the no bun with lettuce wrap, but you also have to say "no spread" to avoid the thousand island-type sauce (which they give you extra of when you ask for "animal style", as you discovered)

i was going to say the same thing. it would be so challenging to live without any food prep or storage capacity. do-able, but challenging!

It doesn't appear that that salad dressing is in the list of ingredients for the salad in question but there sure are a lot of other stuffs in there FWIW i listed stuff in red that I steer clear from - but I understand having to eat out...

https://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en-us/...ed-chicken.html

ARTISAN GRILLED CHICKEN FILET

Ingredients: Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast with Rib Meat, Water, Salt, Sugar, Garlic Powder, Lemon Juice Concentrate, Honey, Onion Powder, Natural Flavor, Dried Vinegar, Rice Starch. Grilled with Clarified Butter (Pasteurized Milk [Butterfat]).

SALAD BLEND

Ingredients: Romaine Lettuce, Baby Spinach, Carrots, Baby Kale, Lollo Rossa Lettuce, Red Leaf Lettuce, Red Oak Lettuce, Red Tango Lettuce, Red Romaine Lettuce, Red Butter Lettuce. Ingredients May Vary.

SOUTHWEST VEGETABLE BLEND

Ingredients: Roasted Corn, Black Beans, Roasted Tomato, Poblano Pepper, Lime Juice (Water, Lime Juice Concentrate, Lime Oil), Cilantro.

CILANTRO LIME GLAZE

Ingredients: Water, Corn Syrup Solids, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Sugar, Distilled Vinegar, Olive Oil, Soybean Oil, Freeze-Dried Orange Juice Concentrate, Cilantro, Salt, Freeze-Dried Lime Juice Concentrate, Xanthan Gum, Sodium Benzoate and Potassium Sorbate (Preservatives), Garlic Powder, Propylene Glycol Alginate, Spice, Onion Powder, Citric Acid.

SHREDDED CHEDDAR/JACK CHEESE

Ingredients: Cheddar Cheese (Pasteurized Milk, Cheese Culture, Salt, Enzymes, Annatto [Color]), Monterey Jack Cheese (Pasteurized Milk, Cheese Culture, Salt, Enzymes), Potato Starch, Corn Starch, Dextrose, Powdered Cellulose (Prevent Caking), Calcium Sulfate, Natamycin (Natural Mold Inhibitor), Enzyme.

LIME

Ingredients: Lime.

CHILI LIME TORTILLA STRIPS

Ingredients: Corn, Vegetable Oil (Corn, Soybean and Sunflower Oil), Salt, Maltodextrin, Sugar, Dried Tomato, Dextrose, Spices, Onion Powder, Green Bell Pepper Powder, Citric Acid, Autolyzed Yeast Extract, Malic Acid, Paprika Extract (Color), Disodium Inosinate, Disodium Guanylate, Natural Flavor, Lemon Extract, Spice Extractive.

GRILL SEASONING

Ingredients: Salt, Pepper.

It's hard to avoid those yucky ingredients at the fast food joints. You just have to do the best you can when you go there. They have online menus with nutrition facts, so if you're ambitious you can study up and write down the lowest carb, least lethal options. Just avoiding the breads, sauces and dressings is a big help.

Well if you have access to In & Out then you have access to Carl's Jr. they offer all of their burgers low carb style i.e. Lettuce wrapped. Just don't order anything breaded and you are pretty safe there.