When I eat out, I want it to be special, so I do not eat in many places. You may have seen the advice on how to shave calories in restaurants, but actually, do you want to pay for the high prices of fresh salad dressings and roasted vegetables? If not, then how can you solve the problem of high calories when eating out?
Here are seven tips to get calories from a restaurant while ordering your favorites.
Say no in large measure. The order size is already too large. Set a large size and you will save money. Even better, order one dinner and ask for an extra plate. Most restaurants will do this for one or two dollars, and it is worth it. Then share the meal with your friend and divide the cost down into half. Another option is to order in a menu called "appetizer".
Skip the bread and rolls. Many family restaurants still offer a basket of bread for your meal. Unless it is freshly baked bread or special bread, just skip it. You do not need to supplement the regular bread when you pay a good meal. Just ask for it to be taken if you can not resist, but without hesitation, you are an adult, you can resist, if you want. Do not simply choose not to roll the roll on your plate. Try it, and once you see that you are not leaving the restaurant, you feel strangely strong.
If you can’t skip the rolls, at least skip the butter. All right. It's clear. Grain bread is delicious alone.
Stop Ordering Drinks. Cold drinks are a big buck for restaurants. With pens, they sell you a squirt of syrup and carbonated water and pretend to do you a favor by charging you $1.29 for a large 64 ounce soda. Start saving those dollars. Especially if you order "walking" skip the drink. If you are eating there, ask for water, or at least switch to drinks. Never drink “fat pop.”
Reduce Speed, You Eat Too Much! What is speed? Take your time, enjoy the moment, enjoy the flavors. A big part of connecting with your symptoms of hunger and learning foods that will really satisfy you is learning to recognize the underlying symptoms of hunger. You will never know when you are about to be satisfied if you throw everything away in five minutes. Take a bite and notice how often you chew before you start wanting to swallow? Once, twice? Make an effort to chew your food and your body will be much happier. The largest part of the digestion begins in your mouth, not to mention the extra pleasure if you allow the food to continue.
Cut Exfoliating Oils and Skin. I know, you really like skin — yes you like it, it tastes good, it should, it is pure oil. Do you want to lean, or do you want to eat fat? You choose. I never eat chicken skin and I never eat visible fat hanging from steak, good taste or not. Should you decide what you want more, a second taste of good taste, or a lifetime of carrying 40 extra lbs? I know this contradicts the low-carb mass belief that fats are good, bad carbs, but I have maintained an 80-pound weight loss for 18 years without dieting and I do not eat visible fat or skin.
Ask for a Dog Bag at the beginning of the meal. Once the food is served, immediately set aside something to take home with you tomorrow. Most restaurants in the US serve very well. There is no rule that you have to eat everything. Do this regularly, and you will soon find that you get extra lunch on that diet.
Get a copy of Michael F. Jacobson and Jayne Hurley's Restaurant Confidential, and start exploring how many calories you actually eat. If you eat out regularly and carry extra weight, then that is probably a problem right there. This little book can help you see why you seem to be eating less, but you can't lose weight. A new burger has recently unveiled that can fit less than 1200 calories alone! Now that is scary.
If you really want to catch your weight problem, look first at where you eat, second on what you eat, third on how much you eat. Where, What and How Much? Try these steps by choosing one tip at a time, and see how you can easily eliminate some calories from a restaurant diet.
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