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.
I'm going to give you some very simple tricks you can use to eat more healthy while dining out and stay lean.
In every restaurant you find these 3 things to avoid at all costs, and here they are:
*** refined starchy foods *** any sodas, juices and other sugary foods (except fresh fruits, which are great) *** deep fried foods (anything dropped in a scorching bath of trans fats)
Eliminate these major culprits and you can skip the food sources (for the most part) that do the worst damage to your body - trans fats, refined vegetable oils, refined 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 side vegetables, and a salad, asking for the vegetables or salad as a substitute for the typical french fries, pasta, or rice, that most restaurant meals come with.
Almost every restaurant I have ever been to will always allow me to change to vegetables or side salad for the regular french fries or chips that almost always come with 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:
* chips or fries * Burger or sandwich or burger * soda or other drink (no, diet sodas are NOT healthy!)
A MUCH more smart alternative (if you care about your body and health) is this simple change you can make:
* Salad or fresh raw veggies * Burger or other delicious sandwich * unsweetened iced tea or water (no diet pop -- 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.
Here's a side note: a little-known way to eat full portions of pasta, rice, and breads and actually get away with it without packing on the body fat is to make sure to schedule a high intensity full body resistance training exercise (can be free weights or body weight training) BEFORE your scheduled meal time.
Sometimes it can be really hard to fit the workouts 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 exercise.
Your moderate intensity cardio workout will NOT work for this... it must be high intensity resistance training to deplete enough glycogen in the muscle to handle restaurant portions of these carbohydrates.
I hope these dining tips help you make smarter and healthier choices for a leaner body next time you eat out. - 15255
I'm going to give you some very simple tricks you can use to eat more healthy while dining out and stay lean.
In every restaurant you find these 3 things to avoid at all costs, and here they are:
*** refined starchy foods *** any sodas, juices and other sugary foods (except fresh fruits, which are great) *** deep fried foods (anything dropped in a scorching bath of trans fats)
Eliminate these major culprits and you can skip the food sources (for the most part) that do the worst damage to your body - trans fats, refined vegetable oils, refined 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 side vegetables, and a salad, asking for the vegetables or salad as a substitute for the typical french fries, pasta, or rice, that most restaurant meals come with.
Almost every restaurant I have ever been to will always allow me to change to vegetables or side salad for the regular french fries or chips that almost always come with 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:
* chips or fries * Burger or sandwich or burger * soda or other drink (no, diet sodas are NOT healthy!)
A MUCH more smart alternative (if you care about your body and health) is this simple change you can make:
* Salad or fresh raw veggies * Burger or other delicious sandwich * unsweetened iced tea or water (no diet pop -- 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.
Here's a side note: a little-known way to eat full portions of pasta, rice, and breads and actually get away with it without packing on the body fat is to make sure to schedule a high intensity full body resistance training exercise (can be free weights or body weight training) BEFORE your scheduled meal time.
Sometimes it can be really hard to fit the workouts 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 exercise.
Your moderate intensity cardio workout will NOT work for this... it must be high intensity resistance training to deplete enough glycogen in the muscle to handle restaurant portions of these carbohydrates.
I hope these dining tips help you make smarter and healthier choices for a leaner body next time you eat out. - 15255
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