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.
The 3 vital things to avoid in restaurants 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, processed starchy carbohydrates, and refined 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.
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 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.
Just a quick side note, it amazes me how many people scrutinize my substitutions of veggies for fries by telling me that I am 'not living' because I refuse to eat deep fried french fries... are you kidding me! If french fries are 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:
* 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.
Another side note: a little-known way to eat full portions of rice, pasta, 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.
It may be hard to fit the exercise into your schedule right before a meal, if you can, the meal can be your 'post-exercise meal'. After this high intensity resistance training exercise, 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 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 choose smarter and healthier for a leaner body next time you eat out. - 16003
I'm going to give you some very simple tricks you can use to eat more healthy while dining out and stay lean.
The 3 vital things to avoid in restaurants 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, processed starchy carbohydrates, and refined 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.
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 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.
Just a quick side note, it amazes me how many people scrutinize my substitutions of veggies for fries by telling me that I am 'not living' because I refuse to eat deep fried french fries... are you kidding me! If french fries are 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:
* 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.
Another side note: a little-known way to eat full portions of rice, pasta, 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.
It may be hard to fit the exercise into your schedule right before a meal, if you can, the meal can be your 'post-exercise meal'. After this high intensity resistance training exercise, 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 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 choose smarter and healthier for a leaner body next time you eat out. - 16003
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