Eating Out Can Be Fun: Learn What To Avoid
Dining out is a big part of many people's lives. Maybe you're eating out more 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 the road.
If you're interested in staying lean while dining out by using a few healthy tricks you're in luck because I'm going to share some below.
In every restaurant you find these 3 things to avoid at all costs, and here they are:
*** deep fried foods (anything dropped in a scorching bath of trans fats) *** refined starchy foods *** any sodas, juices and other sugary foods (except fresh fruits, which are great)
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.
Ok, so what do you need to do? Well, this means you should try to skip the cheap white bread, cut out the french fries that come with every single sandwich on every menu known to man, and wipe out all of the huge portions of pasta and rice that are often loaded on the plates 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.
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, 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 difference a simple substitution makes between choosing smart and doing what most 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 smarter alternative if you care about your body and health is this simple change:
* Burger or Sandwich * Salad or veggies * unsweetened iced tea or water (no diet drinks -- 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 exercise 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 workout, 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 typical moderate cardio workout will NOT cut it for this... it must be high intensity resistance training workout to deplete enough muscle glycogen to handle restaurant portions of carbs.
I hope these dining tips help you make smarter and healthier choices for a leaner body next time you eat out. - 17274
If you're interested in staying lean while dining out by using a few healthy tricks you're in luck because I'm going to share some below.
In every restaurant you find these 3 things to avoid at all costs, and here they are:
*** deep fried foods (anything dropped in a scorching bath of trans fats) *** refined starchy foods *** any sodas, juices and other sugary foods (except fresh fruits, which are great)
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.
Ok, so what do you need to do? Well, this means you should try to skip the cheap white bread, cut out the french fries that come with every single sandwich on every menu known to man, and wipe out all of the huge portions of pasta and rice that are often loaded on the plates 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.
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, 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 difference a simple substitution makes between choosing smart and doing what most 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 smarter alternative if you care about your body and health is this simple change:
* Burger or Sandwich * Salad or veggies * unsweetened iced tea or water (no diet drinks -- 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 exercise 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 workout, 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 typical moderate cardio workout will NOT cut it for this... it must be high intensity resistance training workout to deplete enough muscle glycogen to handle restaurant portions of carbs.
I hope these dining tips help you make smarter and healthier choices for a leaner body next time you eat out. - 17274
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