subject: 5 Tricks To Eat Healthier At Restaurants [print this page] Dining out is a major component of many people's lifestyles. Perhaps you have to dine out frequently because you entertain people at dining establishments. It's possible you don't even desire dining out. Irrespective, if you want to keep a fine attractive figure, eating place food can present for you a bug barrier to get over. Actually, eating out at restaurants is one of the main reasons why so many people add pounds while traveling.
Below, I'll give you a few very easy tactics you can use to eat better and stay lean even while dining out at restaurants...
The 3 key things to avoid that are everywhere at restaurants are:
deep fried foods (anything battered that got a scorching bath of trans fats)
refined starchy foods
any sodas, juices, or other sugary foods (except whole fruits, which are great)
If you can steer clear of these primary culprits, this eliminates the primary food sources that do the most damage in our food supply - trans fats, refined vegetable oils, refined starchy carbohydrates, and processed sugars.
This means you should try to steer clear of the table bread, refrain from the french fries that come with every single sandwich on every menu known to man, and reduce all of the mountainous portions of pasta and rice that are often loaded on the plates as well.
Instead, strive to order just meat with side vegetables, and a salad, asking for the vegetables or salad as a substitute for the typical French fries, pasta, or rice, that most restaurant plates usually come with.
most every establishment I have ever eaten at will always let me to substitute salad or vegetables for the French fries or chips that almost always come with burgers or sandwiches.
It's worth mentioning, it always shocks me how many people scrutinize me because I substitute veggies for fries by telling me that I am "not living" because I refuse to eat French fries... are you kidding me! If that's your idea of "living it up", you need to get some more exciting hobbies!
Ironically, these are also the first people to grumble that they are out of shape and have "tried everything", yet cannot lose weight, no matter what. I am not sure why so many people think that eating french fries equals "living it up"... hey, I am all for moderation with many things, but if there are two foods that need to be totally removed from everyone's diet... it is sodas and fries - they are simply that hazardous!
Let's look at the average difference this simple substitution makes between choosing smart and doing what most people do...
Most people will eat a meal like this:
Burger or sandwich
chips or fries
soda or other sweetened drink (and no, diet sodas are NOT healthy!)
A MUCH smarter alternative if you care about your body and health is this simple change:
Burger or Sandwich
Salad or veggies
Unsweetened iced tea or water (no diet drinks -- unless you like to drink poison!)
These two simple substitutions save at least 400 - 900 calories every time you dine out (depending on drink refills and fries portion sizes)... AND you are cutting out the most harmful foods to your body as well by avoiding the evil trans fats and high fructose corn syrup from the fries and soft drinks.
I hope these dining tips help you choose smarter and healthier for a leaner body next time you eat out.
