7- Ways to Get More Calories From Restaurant Food.
Summary:
If you eat at restaurants
frequently (more than three times per week), you'll gain weight unless you take
efforts now to make healthier choices. Here are seven simple strategies to
reduce the number of calories in restaurant meals.
I prefer to
dine out on exceptional occasions, therefore I don't do it frequently. You may
have read restaurant calorie-cutting suggestions, but are you really willing to
pay expensive restaurant costs for naked salads and simple steamed vegetables?
If not, how will you deal with the problem of consuming too many calories when
dining out?
Here are
seven ideas for cutting calories in restaurant meals while still enjoying your
favorite foods.
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Say no to size up.
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Leave out the bread and buns.
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Put down your drink order.
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Slow down, you're eating too quickly.
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Remove any visible fat and skin.
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Request a Doggie Bag.
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Get your hands on a copy of Restaurant
Confidential.
1. Say no to size up.
I already
ordered a size too large for you. Stop gaining weight and you will save money.
Better yet, order one and add an additional dish to your order.
Many places
will do this for a dollar or two, which is well worth it.
Then you can
share the meal with a friend and split the bill evenly. You can also choose
things from the "Appetizers" menu. Even if two people buy three meals
and one dessert and split the price, there is still plenty of food!
2. Leave
out the bread and buns.
A bread
basket is still served with many family eateries' meals. Just forgo it unless
it's a freshly made loaf or something very unique. When you're paying good
money for a meal, you don't need to fill up on average bread. If you can't
resist, just ask for it to be taken away, but honestly, you're an adult, and
you can resist if you want to.
You don't
have to eat a roll if you don't want to. Try it once and see if you don't feel
weirdly strong after you leave the restaurant.
If you can't
skip the rolls completely, at least avoid the butter. That's correct. Simply
eat it as is. On its own, whole grain bread is delicious.
3. Put
down your drink order.
Soft drinks
bring in a lot of money for restaurants. They offer you a spray of syrup and
carbonated water for pennies and then act as though they're doing you a favor
by charging you only $1.29 for a large 64-ounce drink. Start putting money
aside. Skip the drink, especially if you're taking it to go.
If you eat
there, ask for water or, at the absolute least, diet drinks.
"Fat pop" should never be consumed.
4. Slow
down, you're eating too quickly.
What's the big deal about it? Take your time, enjoy the tastes, and enjoy the moment. Learning to notice tiny symptoms of hunger is a crucial part of understanding your hunger signals and learning to eat what genuinely satisfies. If you eat everything in five minutes, you won't realize when you're nearly full.
Take a
bite and count the number of times you chew before feeling driven to swallow.
Is it once or twice a year? Make an effort to completely chew your meal, and
your body will reward you. Allowing the meal to linger in your mouth will give
you considerably more pleasure because digestion begins there.
5. Remove
any visible fat and skin.
I know you adore the skin—of course, you do; it tastes great, and it should since it's all fat.
Do you want to lose weight or eat a lot of fat? You make the decision. I
never eat chicken skin or the visible fat that hangs off a steak, regardless
matter how nice it tastes. You must choose between a split second of pleasure
from a delicious flavor and a lifetime of lugging an extra 40 pounds. I realize
this goes against the low-carb movement's view that fat is beneficial and
carbohydrates are bad, but I've kept an 80-pound weight loss without dieting
for 18 years and don't eat visible fat or skin. That's all there is to it.
6. Request a Doggie Bag.
At the Start of the Meal When the dinner is served, take some home with you to eat the next day. Most restaurants in the United States provide way too much food.
There is
no rule requiring you to drink everything. If you do this frequently enough,
you'll quickly realize that you're getting an extra lunch out of each meal.
7. Get your hands on a copy of Restaurant Confidential.
by Michael F. Jacobson and Jayne Hurley, then start keeping track of how many calories you consume. If you eat out regularly and are overweight, this is most likely the source of your problem.
This small book can help you understand why, even though you appear to eat in moderation, you are unable to lose weight. Hardees
recently introduced a new burger That alone has a calorie count of just around
1200.! Now that's frightening.
If you
actually want to get a handle on your weight problem, start with where you eat,
next with what you eat, and finally with how much you consume. What do you
require, where do you require it, and how much do you require? Try these
approaches one at a time, one tip at a time, and see how quickly you can cut
the number of calories in restaurant food.