Many restaurants today offer delicious, low-fat meals. Ask yourself: How is the food prepared? Go for the grilled, boiled, blackened or baked meats. Vegetables should be steamed or grilled. If the menu does not indicate the cooking techniques, ask the waitperson if they will describe the time for you.
These tips will assist you in making good, smart, healthy choices, even before you order:
- If you are familiar with the menu, decide on what you will order before arriving so that you are not tempted by ordering something unhealthy.
- If you are eating in a new place, take time and study the menu, looking for the healthiest choices.
- Ask the server to eliminate unhealthy additives such as butter and crème sauces. Substitute high fat foods and chose the low fat alternatives.
- Ask for the skin to be removed from the poultry.
- Ask the serves to eliminate the breast basket
- Skip desert and order fresh fruit or sorbet.
Do not overeat. Take home the leftovers. Eating out does not mean you can forget eating healthy!!