I had to go out of town unexpectedly last week for almost a whole week for a funeral. Except for the few snacks I had on hand, we ate out every. single. meal. I only gained .8 lbs, so I am thrilled, and the weight is rapidly dropping off this week since I returned home.
One interesting thing I noticed is all the apparent hidden sodium in the "healthier" menu options at restaurants. I know this because when I am eating only home-cooked food, my hands never swell anymore (they used to balloon up like crazy). And, after the first meal out, my hands ballooned up and remained that way until after I returned home and got back on home-cooked food again.
It's so weird! Even on my healthiest night's meal - the salad bar at Ruby Tuesday - my hands swelled. This was my first meal out on the trip, and my hands exploded the next morning! The only thing I can think of in that meal is the vinaigrette dressing that was touted as one of their healthy options. Insane.
I managed to get out and walk and run a little which I think helped minimize the eating out damage. We're going back out of town in a couple of weeks for 10 days, but hopefully I will be more prepared and take a lot of my own foods.
Has anyone else noticed the hidden sodium in restaurants. I wish restaurants were nicer and didn't do this to their food.