5 Tips So You Enjoy Dining Out Healthier
Dining out is a big part of our lives. Maybe you are eating out frequently because you entertain clients. Perhaps you don't like eating out. Either way, if you want to keep a nice trim body, restaurant meals will give you a huge obstacle to overcome. In fact, eating out is one of the biggest reasons why so many people fatten up while traveling.
If you're interested in staying lean while dining out by using a few healthy tricks you're in luck because I'm going to share some below.
In every restaurant you find these 3 things to avoid at all costs, and here they are:
*** deep fried foods (anything dropped in a scorching bath of trans fats) *** refined starchy foods *** any sodas, juices and other sugary foods (except fresh fruits, which are great)
Skip these 3 culprits and you'll eliminate most of the major food sources that do the worst damage to our food supply - trans fats, processed vegetable oils, processed starchy carbohydrates, and processed sugars.
Skip the bread, cut out the french fries that come with every sandwich on every menu in every restaurant, and cut back on all your portions of pasta and rice that are often loaded on the plate, too.
Substitute a salad for the typical french fries, pasta, or rice, that most restaurant meals come with. And of course eat your meat and other vegetables as usual.
Almost all restaurants that I have been to will always let me substitute vegetables or a side salad for the french fries or chips that come with all burgers or sandwiches.
On a side note, it still amazes me that people scrutinize me because I substitute veggies for french fries and tell me that I am 'not living' because I refuse to eat fatty french fries... are you kidding me! If that's your idea of 'living it up', you need to get some better hobbies!
Ironically, these same people are the first to complain that they are fat, overweight and have tried 'everything', yet can not lose their big guts. I am not sure why so many people think eating deep fried foods equals 'living it up'... I am for moderation with many things, but there are 2 things that should be totally removed from every diet because these foods are simply dangerous... it is sodas and fries!
Take a look at the typical difference this simple substitution makes between choosing smart and doing what most other people do...
Most people will eat a meal out such as this:
* Burger or sandwich or burger * chips or fries * soda or other sweetened drink (and no, diet sodas are NOT healthy!)
Here's a MUCH smarter alternative if you care about your body and health:
* Burger or Sandwich * Salad or veggies * unsweetened iced tea or water (no diet drinks -- unless you like to drink poison!)
These 2 simple substitutions can save you around 400 - 900 calories every time you eat out (depending on drink refills and portion sizes)... AND you are cutting out the poison's and other harmful foods to your body as well by avoiding the evil trans fats and high fructose corn syrup from the fries and soft drinks.
On a side note: a semi-secret method to eat full portions of breads, pasta, and rice, and actually get away with it without packing on the extra fat is to schedule a high intensity full body resistance training exercise before your scheduled meal time. This can be free weights or body weight training.
Sometimes it can be really hard to fit the exercise into your schedule right before the meal, but if you can, the meal can be your 'post-exercise meal'. After a high intensity resistance training exercise, your body can handle a higher amount of carbs than normal to help replenish the muscle glycogen depletion you had during the intense workout.
A typical moderate intensity cardio exercise will NOT cut it for this... it must be high intensity resistance training exercise to deplete enough muscle glycogen to handle restaurant portions of carbs.
I hope these dining tips help you make smarter and healthier choices for a leaner body next time you eat out. - 17269
If you're interested in staying lean while dining out by using a few healthy tricks you're in luck because I'm going to share some below.
In every restaurant you find these 3 things to avoid at all costs, and here they are:
*** deep fried foods (anything dropped in a scorching bath of trans fats) *** refined starchy foods *** any sodas, juices and other sugary foods (except fresh fruits, which are great)
Skip these 3 culprits and you'll eliminate most of the major food sources that do the worst damage to our food supply - trans fats, processed vegetable oils, processed starchy carbohydrates, and processed sugars.
Skip the bread, cut out the french fries that come with every sandwich on every menu in every restaurant, and cut back on all your portions of pasta and rice that are often loaded on the plate, too.
Substitute a salad for the typical french fries, pasta, or rice, that most restaurant meals come with. And of course eat your meat and other vegetables as usual.
Almost all restaurants that I have been to will always let me substitute vegetables or a side salad for the french fries or chips that come with all burgers or sandwiches.
On a side note, it still amazes me that people scrutinize me because I substitute veggies for french fries and tell me that I am 'not living' because I refuse to eat fatty french fries... are you kidding me! If that's your idea of 'living it up', you need to get some better hobbies!
Ironically, these same people are the first to complain that they are fat, overweight and have tried 'everything', yet can not lose their big guts. I am not sure why so many people think eating deep fried foods equals 'living it up'... I am for moderation with many things, but there are 2 things that should be totally removed from every diet because these foods are simply dangerous... it is sodas and fries!
Take a look at the typical difference this simple substitution makes between choosing smart and doing what most other people do...
Most people will eat a meal out such as this:
* Burger or sandwich or burger * chips or fries * soda or other sweetened drink (and no, diet sodas are NOT healthy!)
Here's a MUCH smarter alternative if you care about your body and health:
* Burger or Sandwich * Salad or veggies * unsweetened iced tea or water (no diet drinks -- unless you like to drink poison!)
These 2 simple substitutions can save you around 400 - 900 calories every time you eat out (depending on drink refills and portion sizes)... AND you are cutting out the poison's and other harmful foods to your body as well by avoiding the evil trans fats and high fructose corn syrup from the fries and soft drinks.
On a side note: a semi-secret method to eat full portions of breads, pasta, and rice, and actually get away with it without packing on the extra fat is to schedule a high intensity full body resistance training exercise before your scheduled meal time. This can be free weights or body weight training.
Sometimes it can be really hard to fit the exercise into your schedule right before the meal, but if you can, the meal can be your 'post-exercise meal'. After a high intensity resistance training exercise, your body can handle a higher amount of carbs than normal to help replenish the muscle glycogen depletion you had during the intense workout.
A typical moderate intensity cardio exercise will NOT cut it for this... it must be high intensity resistance training exercise to deplete enough muscle glycogen to handle restaurant portions of carbs.
I hope these dining tips help you make smarter and healthier choices for a leaner body next time you eat out. - 17269
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