| Most diets are broken simply because the dieter is | | | | choices.Strategy #5 Skip The BreadMost restaurants |
| too stressed, too rushed or too hungry to make | | | | bring baskets filled with bead to the table. This one is |
| wise choices. Here are some strategies for help you | | | | a no-brainer. Simply don't eat the bread. If you are at |
| to make wise choices while dining out or in a | | | | a fast food outlet, then you can eliminate calories by |
| hurry.Strategy #1 Portion ControlToo many times we | | | | making your burger open faced. Simply remove the |
| find ourselves in a restaurant that is serving plates | | | | top half of the bun and discard it.Strategy #6 Stay |
| heaped with food. This is when it is best to direct | | | | Away From Fried Foods.When looking at a menu |
| your eyes to the appetizer section of the menu. This | | | | stay away from anything that is fried. Foods that are |
| is usually where you will find the lower fat choices | | | | baked, boiled, steamed or roasted are much better |
| such as soups and salads. If the restaurant's entrees | | | | bets. If something is fried it is best if it is fried in olive |
| are huge, then there is little chance that their | | | | oil or wine.Strategy #7 Bring a Low Glycemic SnackIf |
| appetizers will leave you feeling hungry.Keep in mind | | | | you are have the kind of busy life that barely allows |
| that the average serving of meat should be the size | | | | the time for a healthy meal you can avoid |
| of a pack of cards, that a serving of cheese should | | | | succumbing to temptation at fast food joints by |
| be no larger than two dice and that any starchy | | | | bringing your own glycemic snack. A banana, peanut |
| foods such as potatoes or rice should be no larger | | | | butter and honey sandwich on whole grain bread is |
| than the size of a golf ball.Strategy #2 Meat and | | | | an excellent example of a low glycemic snack that |
| SaladIf everything on the menu looks complex and | | | | quells hunger pains and provides you with plenty of |
| high fat then try to choose the dish that consists | | | | energy.Strategy #8 Practice H.A.L.T.H.A.L.T. is an |
| mostly of meat and salad. If you are in a fancy | | | | acronym used in addiction circles that means never |
| restaurant forgo the hot turkey sandwich for the | | | | get Hungry, Angry, Lonely or Tired. Most cravings |
| chicken Caesar salad and ask for the dressing on the | | | | and episodes of binge eating are triggered by any |
| side. If you are in a Taco Ball, choose a corn tortilla | | | | one of those four conditions. |
| with meat and skip the sour cream.Strategy #3 Drink | | | | Determine what in your life is making you Hungry, |
| Mineral WaterA stupendous amount of calories can | | | | Angry, Lonely or Tired and then think of ways that |
| be added to a meal the minute you add coffee or | | | | you can make changes to your schedule or lifestyle |
| alcohol to the equation. Drink mineral water or plain | | | | so that you don't have to eat on the run in the first |
| water instead of coca cola, tea or other | | | | place! |