When I eat out, I want it to be special, so I don't eat out often. You may have seen the advice in the restaurant about shaving calories, but really, would you like to pay a higher restaurant price for uncooked salads and plain steamed vegetables? If not, here's a new product just for you!
Here are seven tips to help you get calories from restaurant meals, even when you order your favorite food
1. Say NO to supersize. The size you ordered is already too large. Stop oversizing and you'll save money. Better yet, order a dinner and ask for an extra plate. Many restaurants will do this for a dollar or two, and it's worth it. Then share the meal with your friend, and you split the cost right in the middle. The second option is to order from the so-called "appetizer" menu. Two people can order three entrees, one dessert and distribute the whole thing, and it's still a ton of food!
2. Skip the bread and rolls. Many family restaurants still offer a basket of bread with your meal. Unless it's a freshly baked bread or a special bread, just leave it. You don't have to fill up on ordinary bread when you are paying good money for food. If you can't resist just ask to take it, but to be honest you are an adult, you can resist if you want. You can easily choose not to roll on your plate. Give it a try, just once more, and see if you can get out of this restaurant that feels strangely powerful.
If you can't skip the rolls, at least skip the butter. It fine. Eat it, simple Whole grain bread is delicious on its own.
3. Stop ordering drinks. Soft drinks are a big cash cow for a restaurant. For money, they sell you syrup and a piece of carbonated water and act as if they are doing you a great favor by charging you a large 64 ounce soda for $1.29. Start saving those dollars. Quit drinking, especially if you are ordering to "go". If you're eating it there, ask for water, or at least go for diet drinks. Never drink "fat pop".
4. Slow down, you eat too fast! What's the hurry, Taking your time, enjoy the moment, enjoy the flavors. Learning to recognize the subtle signs of hunger is a big part of learning to stay in touch with your hunger signals and the food that will really satisfy you. If you finish everything in five minutes, you will not know when you are approaching satisfaction. Take a bite, then see how many times you chew before you start swallowing?
5. Trim visible fat and skin. I know, you really love skin; of course you do, it tastes good, should be, it's pure fat. Do you want to be lean, or do you want to eat fat? Your selection. I never eat chicken skin and never eat the fat that appears to be hanging on the stack, whether it tastes good or not. Do you have to decide what you want more, the price of the pleasure of a delicious taste, or the extra 40 yon for a lifetime? I know it's against the low-carb crowd's belief that fats are good, carbohydrates are bad, but I've maintained 80 pounds of weight loss for 18 years without dieting and I don't have visible fat or skin. I eat Said enough
6. Ask for a doggy bag at the beginning of the meal. When food is served, leave some portion immediately to take home for tomorrow. Most restaurants in the United States serve too much. There is no law that you have to eat all this. Do this often, and you will soon find that you are getting extra lunch from this meal.
7. Get a copy of Restaurant Privacy by Michael F. Jacobson and Jane Hurley, and start looking at how many calories you're really eating. If you eat too much , and you gain extra weight, this is probably the problem. This little book can help you understand why it seems like you don't eat that much, yet you can't lose weight. Hardy's recently introduced a new burger that weighs less than 1,200 calories. Now, this is terrible.
If you really want to overcome your weight problem, first look at where you eat, secondly what you eat, and thirdly how much you eat. Where, what and how much? Try these tips by choosing one tip at a time, and see how easily you can get some calories out of a restaurant meal.
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