what do you order when you eat out ?

Depends on what I want to eat--usually its chicken and veggies or steak/shrimp and veggies

Shrimp or Fish / Brocolli / Sweet Potato Fries

If I have plans to go out that I've made in advance, I will limit my calorie intake throughout the day so I can splurge a little at dinner. I do the same if I know I'm going out for drinks. When I go out for drinks I drink more slowly because it's true that you get buzzed more easily when you don't have a lot of food in your system, which in effect will cause me to drink less adult beverages. I don't know how healthy that is, but it works for me. If I go out for dinner at the spur of the moment, I will order my meal without the extra carbs and starches - I'll have steak, fish, or grilled chicken without bread or potato, lots of veggies, and only drink water. I hope you're getting some great ideas!

Totally depends on my mood and what restaurant we are at.

We do tend to go to the same ones more often than new ones - family friendly dining, when we treat the kids.

I'll order anything and everything from:

Chicken quesadilla
Steak
Soup and Salad
Chicken wings

Sometimes I'll order fries...not often though as they aren't my favourite - I almost always sub a salad, with a balsamic dressing if they have it.

I usually get a salad with dressing on the side that has chicken or beef on it. One of the ones I liked the most was the Sweet Heat Chicken Salad, it's spicy, sweet and sour all at the same time and it's not too bad.

460 Calories, 14g fat, 2.5g sat fat, 0.1g trans fat, 100mg Cholesterol, 930mg soduim, 47g carbs, 6g fibre, 32g sugar and 40.1g protein.

Depends on the restaurant...if it's pub and pub food then it's usually one of the following:

fish 'n chips
shepherds pie
bangers and mash
corned beef, potatoes, and cabbage

Almost always an appetizer of Scotch Eggs

I'm low carb too; so it's tempting to say steak. But honestly, I don't eat steak out too often. My family simply can't afford to do that very often. Besides, I live with other people who like and eat different things than I do; so I often have to improvise. So I'll give you what I eat at different places:

McD's - I get nothing at all - and frown at my family for making me go there. I know - I could probably get a salad and make do. But it's the principle of the thing.

Steak joint - I enjoy a good a Ribeye or NY strip and a good salad (without croutons). NO POTATOES.

Seafood place - Anything not breaded - usually get some form of Salmon and a good salad (again, no croutons)

California Pizza Kitchen (My wife's fav) - I work with the waiter to adjust the Salmon dish and replace the carb sides with the wok veggies. Sometimes I get the Arugula and Asparagus small bites and have them add Salmon to it.

Greens and Grill (a local chain). They serve alot of locally grown organic stuff; it's basically a salad bar with grilled items added in. I get a salad with dark greens and lower carb / higher fiber add ins. Nuts and cheese. Typically I add to that grilled salmon and grilled pesto shrimp. Yum.

IHOP: We don't go there often; but I'll get a meaty omelet and give the sides (all high carb) to my wife or kids to eat. They'll often give me their bacon or sausage - there can never be enough bacon

BBQ: the meat plate, or meat by weight. No sauce. Go to a GOOD BBQ place and you don't need sauce. They might have some decent sides; but often they don't. If they don't - I'll skip it and go total meat.

I'll typically drink water or flavored iced teas (sugar free). I don't drink alcohol - so that isn't something I need to watch.

Grill chicken, veggies, grilled seafood, salads with dressing on the side, and sometimes steak.

I dont go out to dinner/lunch unless I know I am going splurge. Im not wasting my money on something that I could easily prepare at home.

This.

Considering I eat out about 2x a month at the most, I don't really watch what I order. I get what I want or what I am craving. If that is a burger and fries... then it is a burger and fries. I refuse to go to a pizza joint and order anything then pizza and a beer or a burger joint and get anything but a burger and fries.

Depends where we are going, but generally
Steak, Lettuce wrapped burger or Sushi