Eating out ideas...what is your favorite

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Eating out ideas...what is your favorite
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Tue, 03-02-2004 - 2:19pm
So lets share what we order when we go out to eat that is healthy.

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Registered: 11-04-2003
Wed, 03-03-2004 - 1:35am
At most sit down type restaurants if I go with a friend we just split a meal (sometimes we'll each get a side salad too) since neither of us can usually eat a whole meal anyways without feeling way too stuffed. And I just try to order mayo, sour cream, butter, salad dressings on the side and just use enough to flavor the food. I'll sometimes order from the low calorie/low fat portion of the meal but usually just try to pick something a little smarter than I used to , especially with the side dish choices (steamed veggies or applesauce or something instead of fries or potatoes loaded with butter and sour cream, etc). When I know I'm going to be eating a higher calorie/fat meal I don't freak out and just watch what I eat the rest of the day. Also even my high calorie days now are usually less than I used to eat (so I try to keep that in my mind so I don't feel guilty or horrible after a meal). My favorite restaurant is a make it yourself stirfry restaurant so it's a lot easier to control what goes into it and usually get either chicken or seafood with lots of veggies (although you have to put a certain amount of oil in it for it to cook without burning and all) and it's all you can eat but now I stick to 1 (and maybe a 2nd small bowl if I really am hungry) and try to eat more of the salad to fill me up. Also I usually order water to drink vs my old habit of regular pop that I would refill like 4 times.
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Registered: 06-03-2003
Wed, 03-03-2004 - 7:18am
Ohhh the taboo subject for me…..dh and I usually do not go out and eat when hes hungry hes hungry he cant stand to sit and wait to order then get his food so he always wants to go to a buffet… I on the other hand am very picky with how my food is cooked and such so I do not care for buffets except the casinos always has pretty good buffets usually a lot of seafood… and nice salad bars…. But seeing how he was just complaining that he just lost like 10 pounds and is looking poor (he blames it on my cooking) he can afford all them high fat foods lol….. Eekk he makes me sick lol…. My sister or my best friend will go to lunch on occasion TGIF’s is my fav but I always order the same thing usually I love their Italian sandwich soooo not good for me but yummmmyyy I would never want to know what the fat and calorie intake is on that sandwich lol I have been avoiding eating out just because if im going out to eat im going to order something I really enjoy boy this is making me hungry already this am lol
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Registered: 06-30-2003
Wed, 03-03-2004 - 9:25am
I will have a cheeseburger if i am being good. I can work that in if i remove 1/2 of the bun.

If i am being bad - pancakes, biscuts & gravy & desert after

But I deserve a dteat once in a while.

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Registered: 02-28-2004
Wed, 03-03-2004 - 12:32pm
I choose NOT to eat out much anymore. For ideas, of course the standard is to get hold of a menu before you eat at a particular place, and decide BEFORE you go. We have menus in the phone books here! But if you don't have them in your local phone directories, oftentimes you can pick up a keeper menu just by asking, next time you pass by a restaurant that you might want to visit sometime. It pays to plan ahead.

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