Dining Out Dos and Don’ts

by TLS

Eating out when you are trying to lose weight can be stressful. Eating out shouldn’t stress you out. Some of us have to eat out, because of traveling for work, hectic schedules, or maybe you just hate to cook. Learn some simple dos and don’ts of eating out.  It’s more about eating certain foods in moderation, substituting one type of food for another, making smarter choices, or adding a good fat or protein to lower the glycemic impact.
 
Dos:

• Order sauces on the side
• Start your meal with a salad, soup or consommé
• Split your plate in half and save one half for lunch the next day
• Have a small snack before you go
• Balance your plate with mainly vegetables, keeping meat and grains in their proper portion sizes
• Order main courses based on vegetables, not with vegetables as an after thought
• Order foods that are roasted, braised, steamed, grilled, broiled, or pan seared

Don’ts:

• Order heavy cream sauces
• Load up on the butter
• Forget the veggies
• Fill up on alcohol
• Fill up on empty carbs like chips
• Add extra sauce
• Overdo the cheese
• Double/Triple/Quadruple the meat portion
• Order fried food

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