Healthy Eating

By Leigh

October 3, 2007 2:39 PM | Link to this

It’s helpful to go to the restaurant’s website ahead of time to check out their “lite” fare. Some will even tell you how to order the food for your specifications. For example, Outback’s website tells you how to ask for a plain baked potato which will come without the greasy, salty outer coating on a usual potato. The grilled salmon can be ordered without the seasoning which also contains additional fat and salt. The salmon still tastes good, and comes with lemon. I’ve never had an uncooperative waiter when I order something special. Sometimes, they even give me additional suggestions. This is how I found out you can order steamed hashbrowns at IHOP. No fat and they look and taste almost the same as the regular.

By Atlanta Pearl Girl

October 3, 2007 2:47 PM | Link to this

If I stick with fish (usually Salmon) and veggies I’m good to go. Now the dessert tray is another story:::::::ugh::::: Atlanta Pearl Girl

By kalalu

October 3, 2007 3:06 PM | Link to this

I work at a restaurant and a lot of patrons don’t realize that we can really special make a lot of things. we can grill an unmarinated chicken breast instead of the regular kind. Romaine mix instead of iceburg. No butter. No season salt. Half in a to-go box before you even get it to the table!

By Smiley

October 3, 2007 3:13 PM | Link to this

I highly recommend staying as far away from restaurants as possible, whether you are dieting or not. It is so much healthier to cook your own meals. YOU can control what YOU put into your meals. Restuarants are nothing more than Fat Farms. Look at the size of the portions they serve. No wonder we are so fat!! I love to cook, and so does hubby. I find it incredibly romantic and sexy that a man knows his way around a kitchen. We like to try new dishes every Saturday night (Date night for hubby and I). Last week we made this awesome Talapia, and had fresh veggies right off the vines. It just doesn’t get any better than that. We cook every single day. On Sundays we make a pot of soup or chili or a stew and work that into our menus. I also freeze alot of soups for winter time, and the Christmas holidays, when we are home for two weeks and short on cash. We grow our own veggies too. We don’t use any pesticides, or chemicals in the gardens. Everything is fresh, grown with love by US, cooked by US and eaten by my family. We very rarely go to restaurants anymore. It’s just sickening to eat out at restaurants.

By Stan

October 3, 2007 4:30 PM | Link to this

Wow…way to stay on point with the topic there Smiley ;)

By ALEXIS

October 3, 2007 4:54 PM | Link to this

I think it’s silly to be worried about what to eat out or in,what we all really need to be concerned with is the bush administration,the war he’s trying to win for his daddy,and all the innocent live’s he’s cost with all his lies.He and all his rethuglican cronies.

By Brittany

October 3, 2007 4:55 PM | Link to this

Nice, Keith. Nice. Excellent use of the King’s English! I agree with Leigh. Most restaurants will publish their nutritional information on their websites. It never hurts to look over those and make sure that you aren’t consuming 6000 calories in one meal. However, as much as I love Outback, you have to question why they only put “suggestions” on their website instead of the actual nutritional information. Makes me wonder what they are glossing over, don’t you think?

By Noelle

October 3, 2007 5:08 PM | Link to this

Checking the restaurant’s web site ahead of time to pick out something good is the way to go. Since I don’t eat out very often, though, I rarely worry too much about what I order. I consider eating out to be a treat, so I don’t restrict myself all that much. Some things I do at least some of the time: choose grilled/broiled foods over fried; order water or a diet drink to avoid liquid calories; look for healthier substitutions, like a lower-calorie salad dressing or a sweet potato instead of baked potato; leave off bacon and/or cheese; skip appetizers and dessert or split with companions; and take half or more of my meal home for a second meal.

By Stop Being Ignorant

October 4, 2007 9:05 AM | Link to this

Re: Keith 3:15 So true Keith, when I go to a Thai restaurant, I ask them to broil my portion of dog meat, no fried dog meat for me. This is the only way to go!