5 Tips So You Enjoy Dining Out Healthier
Dining out is a big part of many people's lives. Maybe you're eating out more 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 the road.
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.
The 3 vital things to avoid in restaurants 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 refined sugars.
What you should try to do is to, skip the bread, skip the french fries that come with every single sandwich on every menu known to man, and reduce all of the heaping portions of pasta and rice that are often loaded on your plate as well.
Instead, just try to order meat and a side salad, and then, asking for the vegetables as a substitute for the typical french fries, pasta, or rice, that most restaurant meals come with.
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.
It always amazes 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 a better hobby!
Ironically, the same scrutinizers are the very first to complain that they're fat, overweight and have tried 'everything' to lose their big guts. I'm not sure why people think eating deep fried foods equals 'living it up'... I'm for moderation with many things, but 2 things that should be totally removed from every diet because they are simply dangerous... 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:
* soda or other sweetened drink (and no, diet sodas are NOT healthy!) * Burger or sandwich or burger * chips or french fries
A MUCH more smart alternative (if you care about your body and health) is this simple change you can make:
* Burger or Sandwich * Salad or veggies * unsweetened iced tea or water (no diet drinks -- unless you like to drink poison!)
Make these 2 simple substitutions and save at least 400 - 900 calories every time you dine out... AND you are cutting out the most harmful foods to your body as well by avoiding the evil trans fats of deep frying foods and high fructose corn syrup from the fries and soda.
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.
It may be hard to fit the workout into your schedule right before a meal, if you can, the meal can be your 'post-exercise meal'. After this high intensity resistance training workout, your body will handle a higher amount of carbs than it normally can to help replenish the muscle glycogen depletion it had during the intense exercise.
Your typical moderate cardio workout 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. - 17267
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.
The 3 vital things to avoid in restaurants 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 refined sugars.
What you should try to do is to, skip the bread, skip the french fries that come with every single sandwich on every menu known to man, and reduce all of the heaping portions of pasta and rice that are often loaded on your plate as well.
Instead, just try to order meat and a side salad, and then, asking for the vegetables as a substitute for the typical french fries, pasta, or rice, that most restaurant meals come with.
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.
It always amazes 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 a better hobby!
Ironically, the same scrutinizers are the very first to complain that they're fat, overweight and have tried 'everything' to lose their big guts. I'm not sure why people think eating deep fried foods equals 'living it up'... I'm for moderation with many things, but 2 things that should be totally removed from every diet because they are simply dangerous... 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:
* soda or other sweetened drink (and no, diet sodas are NOT healthy!) * Burger or sandwich or burger * chips or french fries
A MUCH more smart alternative (if you care about your body and health) is this simple change you can make:
* Burger or Sandwich * Salad or veggies * unsweetened iced tea or water (no diet drinks -- unless you like to drink poison!)
Make these 2 simple substitutions and save at least 400 - 900 calories every time you dine out... AND you are cutting out the most harmful foods to your body as well by avoiding the evil trans fats of deep frying foods and high fructose corn syrup from the fries and soda.
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.
It may be hard to fit the workout into your schedule right before a meal, if you can, the meal can be your 'post-exercise meal'. After this high intensity resistance training workout, your body will handle a higher amount of carbs than it normally can to help replenish the muscle glycogen depletion it had during the intense exercise.
Your typical moderate cardio workout 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. - 17267
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