What's your opinion on restaurant food?

cbl40

Those chain restaurants are tough. Maybe a soup and a salad? Like everyone said....order things without cheese, sour cream, etc. It's hard! What about a piece of chicken, small baked potato and steamed broccoli?

akarelis

There was an article in the AARP magazine (interview with Dubya on the cover) about six months ago that had a lot of good options for controlling calories. Two of my favorites were "Use tall thin glasses instead of short wide ones" (you'll pour less) and "use small plates" (you'll end up eating between thirty and forty percent less food). Also, "keep food in the kitchen, don't bring it out to the table" (again, you'll eat less, although I think that might be less relevant if you're serving at a restaurant). I've been using the first two (the third one doesn't really work for me, because I live in an apartment with a galley kitchen) with great success.