Dining Out
There are many things that may sabotage a weight loss plan, one of the main saboteurs is dining out. Dining out is not that bad if you pay attention to what you’re eating and drinking. In a day an average person should be eating around 2,000 calories; at restaurants you have a good chance of eating around 1500-2000 calories in one sitting. That is a whole day of calories in one meal! An example of this would be one Smokehouse Burger and fries at Ruby Tuesday’s is about 1,751 calories, and that is without the soda or alcohol you may be drinking or the appetizer you get before. Just think, you would need to jump rope for about 160 min just to burn off that one meal. Here are a few tips for dining out and still keeping up with your weight loss:
-Plan ahead- there is always a nutritional guide for foods at restaurants (dietfacts.com - site shows nutritional facts for the foods of our favorite restaurants)
-Skip the pre meal bread
-Skip the soft drinks
-Most meals contain more than one serving, so try to eat half and take the rest to go
-Eat slow- it takes the stomach 20 minutes to realize it is full!
-Try drinking 2 full glasses of water before eating your meal
Good luck in your dining out experiences!!!
Hey Manda. You have written some really great tips. Recently I asked a server to package up half my meal and serve me the other half. That way I wouldn’t be tempted to eat more than half of it. I also like to have a big garden salad with lemon juice and pepper (instead of dressing) before a meal. It’s very filling and loaded with vitamins. Thanks for mentioning my website, DietFacts.com. I really appreciate it!