What meal do you buy when you have to eat out?

We eat out several times a week. I plan ahead and don't look at the menu. Most restaurants have a website with their menu and nutruitional values listed which is a great place to start. Also Dotti's weight loss zone is on the computer and has a great app which lists restaurants and a lot of food choices. Also on mfp you can check out restaurant choices too. Some restaurants and fast food places you can ask for a copy of their nutrition menu. I like to stick to grilled chicken, grilled fish, steamed veggies and when ordering make sure it is served dry. Some places will put butter on top after cooking it healthy. With salads avoid the croutons and other toppings like that and be careful of dressings. I never have it on top but barely dip my forkful of salad in it. You can easily eat out with planning ahead. Good luck.

If you have a Red Brick Pizza near you - their Fhazani sandwiches are generally lo-cal. The BBQ Chicken one is only 250 calories for the entire sandwich - super filling and AMAZINGLY delicious....

Chipotle burrito bol with:

Double chicken, white rice, black beans, lettuce, cheese, hot salsa.

Approx macros:
Calories 795
Total Fat 26 g
Saturated 0 g
Polyunsaturated 0 g
Monounsaturated 0 g
Trans 0 g
Sodium 0 mg
Potassium 0 mg
Total Carbs 60 g
Dietary Fiber 0 g
Sugars 0 g
Protein 84 g
Cholesterol 0 mg

Curious about where you got that breakdown of info, especially about the sodium? According to Chipotle site the breakdown for that order would be:

Calories 790
Total Fat 26.5 g
Saturated 10 g
Polyunsaturated NA
Monounsaturated NA
Trans 0 g
Cholesterol 260 mg
Sodium 1600 mg
Potassium NA
Total Carbs 60 g
Dietary Fiber 13 g
Sugars 5 g
Protein 82.5 g

Eating out is fraught with pitfalls.
I was week willed, in a hurry, and hungry one Wednesday so I drove through Culver's and got a Co Jack Pub Burger double with sweet potato fries. After I came home I checked the info when logging it into MFP. EEK! I had consumed 963 calories in the burger and 441 in the sweet potato fries. I know better, but I sure did flub up on that one.

Several days later we went to Texas Road House. I was wise and checked ahead on their web site for calorie info of entrees. I chose the grilled salmon. For sides I got Caesar salad without the croutons and dressing on the side, plus steamed veggies. I ate 2 rolls with a little of their cinna butter. I went way over calories there too, because I ate the whole 8 ounce Salmon portion, and the rolls are 225 calories each! Still, I would have done worse had I had the croutons on the salad and ordered my other normal side, a baked sweet potato with nothing on it. their potatoes are all too big!

So last night we went to Hu Hot. I always get a lot of veggies, but last night I was careful in my sauce choices. they want you to put 5 ladles of sauces in each bowl. I went mainly for the lemon juice and the ginger broth, avoiding the high sugar and fat levels in may of the curry and BBQ sauces. that worked out very well for me. My plate came to 380 calories. They also give you choices of soup or salad with the meal. I ordered their Asian Salad, which I love. then I came home and checked on that. That 12.75 ounce salad has, get this, 570 calories. That's a whole meal's worth of calories right there.

I will be pre-planning my meals out using web sites in the future. Every time!

I always go Sushi - High protein, easy to eat and soooooo yummy

Sushi at lunchtime.

I always go Sushi - High protein, easy to eat and soooooo yummy

sushi is not high protein if you are thinking about the ratio of protein to carbs & fat. It is predominantly carbs from the rice and depending on what type of sushi small amounts of fat. (more with higher fat fish like salmon or if you get anything that is tempura or avocado)