Eating Out, Guilt Free

Answer 1

When it comes to losing weight a lot of us have it down to a fine art when we are in our own homes. In your own home you can control what comes in and what goes out. In their own home you can control how is the food you eat or prepared. You can also control the size of the portion that is put in front of you. Eating in is relatively easy. It is eating out that is a little bit of a sticky wicket for many weight-loss strivers. Does that mean you can never eat out again? Of course not! You are just going to have to learn to be a little bit smarter about what you do when you eat out. That is why today we are going to talk about strategies that will help you to eat out without the feelings of guilt that come with knowing that you have gone way over on your calorie budget for any given meal. Skip The Apps Appetizers are very yummy, but they are also usually deep-fried and covered with cheese in most restaurants. As you can imagine this makes the nightmare calorie bombs. So go ahead and skip on them, I promise it will make your experience any less enjoyable. As a matter of fact you might enjoy your main meal more when you are not halfway to stuff already. Salad Traps Salad can be a great alternative way to start your meal, but it can also be a little tricky. The best thing you can do in this situation is to make sure you avoid salads that are topped with cheese, and get the dressing on the side. That way you have control over what, and how much are going on top of those seemingly healthy veggies. Salads by themselves are healthy, salads smothered in ranch or blue cheese are calories bombs waiting to go off in your body. The Main Dish It goes without saying that you should probably avoid anything that is associated with words such as: pan-fried, deep-fried, cheese or cream sauce, or butter. What you may not know is that not every dish that is prepared that way is labeled as so in the description. Don’t be afraid to ask the server in detail how a specific dish is prepared. You may find that something you thought was baked is fried, or that something that you thought was fried is actually prepared in a more healthful manner. You also should be wary of anything breaded, or topped with strips of a chip like tortillas. Remember anything that adds extra carbs add extra calories to the dish. And all of those calories will be empty junk calories. The only thing left to talk about really is desert. I could tell you to choose fruit, or simply have a cup of coffee. Either of those are good options, though not particularly practical if you’re the only one of the table skipping. Try finding a partner in crime to split it with.