Ever tried to eat at a restaurant while on a diet? If you know the pitfalls to look for there’s no reason you still can not enjoy yourself.
Those beautiful pictures will never be what arrive on your plate. Try to read the menu to make a decision instead and you’re sure to get the better meal.
Did you know it takes at least 5 minutes for a craving to pass, restaurants create names to get you craving a product so skip the names to prevent this from happening. Restaurants want us to see the product and read a name so that we cannot focus on something else once it’s in our mind.
Cravings can also be a result of what you read as well as what you see. Read what the item is instead of its name to avoid cravings that cause diet setbacks. A banana split sure sounds great but you’re sure to regret it later.
Menus usually put a good food choice next to a bad food choice; this is another psychological way to sway us towards the bad foods. Studies have shown this to be true so make a good food choice and avoid the bad foods.
Restaurants try to offer us healthy choices by offering vegetables. Asparagus in a hollandaise sauce, carrots soaked in butter, or okra deep fried. Vegetables are a healthy choice but avoid the traps they try to serve them with.
Having those vegetables are a great choice but ask for them steamed. Have a salad but ask for the cheese and meats that make them bad to be left off. Have the dressing come on the side so you can control the amount you eat or use some tasty lemon squeezed on top instead. The more calories you can avoid is a better diet choice and better for you in the long run.
A sampler platter may sound good and you may think because you will only be eating small amounts of the different foods you will be doing ok. Remember these dishes usually come with the high calorie foods and small amounts of each can add up fast.
Keeping all these ways in mind and avoiding the bad foods will help you enjoy your time out as well keep you healthy.
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