Restaurant Challenge
We're having a birthday celebration tomorrow, and everyone but me wants to go out. I want to eat in to control the menu. But, I need to learn to eat out as well.
My dieting buddy told me that a lot of restaurants have web sites, and they often have their menu posted. So, I found the site, looked at the menu, and noticed they even had nutritional info available. After gasping at just entrees that would run between 1000-1200 calories (how can you fix tilapia so that it has 1200 calories????), I realized that meal with an entree, side, bread, and dessert would run in the 2500-3000 calorie range.
So, figured out that their Asian Chicken Salad was a little over 300 calories, their cup of french onion soup was another 150 and that was what I would eat. I'm not even going to open the menu when I get there tomorrow.
I am so glad that my friend suggested this. What tips do others have for eating out and staying on plan?
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