How To Lose Fat While Dining Out

Posted on January 5, 2010
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How To Lose Fat While Dining Out

With today’s fast paced lifestyle, more and more families are dining out. For those of us trying to lose fat and maintain a healthy diet this can present problems.

Many restaurants have recognized the need for healthier menu choices, and they are working hard to satisfy that demand. However, not knowing how and with what ingredients the menu items were prepared can present a problem. It is important that we pay close attention to the menu and make the healthiest choices possible.

Here are a few tips to help you eat healthier and continue to lose fat while dining out.

  • Be Proactive: Ask your server how a dish is prepared. What ingredients were used in its preparation? Is it a low fat, low sodium dish?
  • Avoid Deep Fried Dishes: Select or request grilled, baked or broiled entrees.
  • Portion Size: Portion sizes have become bigger at many restaurants. Order the leaner and small cuts of meat or fish. Just because the portion is large does not mean you have to eat it all.
  • Choose Steamed Vegetables: Steamed vegetables are low fat, low calorie choices. Avoid vegetables that are prepared in cream or butter sauces.
  • Fat Free Salad Dressing: Use a fat free or low fat salad dressing for your salad. If you must use a regular dressing ask for the dressing on the side so that you can control the amount used.
  • Soup Choices: Avoid bisques or cream soups. Choose broth based soups.
  • Potatoes: As always, choose a baked potato over French fries. Just don’t load it down with butter. Ask for a butter substitute.
  • Sauces: Order a simple pesto sauce without meat or stick with a tomato based sauce for you pasta dishes. Avoid cream or heavy Alfredo sauces.
  • Deserts: Choose a desert of fresh fruit or sorbet. If you can’t turn down a traditional or special dessert then share it with your dining guest.
  • Fast Food Restaurants: Most fast food restaurants offer healthier items such as salads, baked potatoes, unsweetened tea, diet soft drinks and low fat dressing. Avoid the super size items. Portion control at all times.

Dining out presents challenges to those of us trying to maintain a healthy lifestyle and lose unwanted fat, but there is no reason to forgo the pleasure or need of dining out. By following the guidelines listed above, and by adding some creative tips of your own, you can make dining out a healthy experience as well as a pleasant one.

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  1. George F. Tyson on January 17th, 2010 11:11 pm

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