Next time you go out to dinner, here are some helpful weight management tips you can use to help you slim down your calories…
- 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.*
- Hold the cheese, please. When ordering a salad, grilled chicken 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 box and place a portion of your entree to the side when it’s brought to the table.
- 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.
- Before dining out, try having a healthy high protein snack, like WonderSlim Sour Cream and Onion or Barbeque Crunch O’s, Chocolate Mini Crisps or Pretzel Twists with a calorie-free beverage or water. Delicious single serving packets of Crunch O’s, Mini Crisps or Pretzel Twists are specially formulated with 12 grams of protein, 11
grams of which are soy; which will help you curb you hunger and eat less, as well as burn more calories.
* 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.