Dining Out Tips for Weight Loss
Before dining out, try having a healthy snack like Medibar Diet's
snacks: BBQ Soy Nuts, Garlic and Onion Soy Nuts, Butter
Pecan Bars, Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Bars, Chocolate
Mint Bars, Cookies & Cream Bars, Double Chocolate Bars,
Lemon Crunch Bars, Oatmeal Cinnamon Raisin Bars, Toffee
Bar, or Peanut Butter Bars Chocolate Mini Crisps with a glass of calorie free beverage or water. Medibar Diet's
weight loss bars are specially formulated with 10 grams of protein
and 3 to 7 grams of fiber which will
help curb your hunger and help you eat less.
When you go out to a restaurant order a cup of soup as an appetizer. A study published in the American Journal of Clinical
Nutrition* found that people who fill up on soup (broth or tomato-based, not cream-based)
consume about 100 fewer calories during the rest of their meal.
Restaurant meals are notoriously oversized and often contain a lot of oil or butter, turning
seemingly healthy dishes into caloric minefields. Don't be afraid to make special requests.
When ordering steamed or grilled veggies, ask your server if there is any butter or oil added at any
stage of preparation.
Hold the cheese, please. When ordering a salad, grilled chicken breast entree or pasta dish,
eliminate the grated or melted cheese in order to cut down your calories and cholesterol intake.
When dining at a Chinese Restaurant, focus on lean protein sources like tofu, chicken and
shrimp. Ask for steamed platters with the sauce on the side. Pile on the veggies, and limit your
intake of rice to 1/3 cup (steamed brown rice).
Have you ever noticed that you polish off everything served, even if you're not that hungry?
To reduce the temptation to clean your plate when served an overly generous portion,
request a take home box and place a portion of your entree to the side when it's brought to the table.
* The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition "The influence of food portion size and energy density on energy
intake: implications for weight management" Vol. 82, No 1, 236S-241S, July 2005.
