Mexica restaurant- what would you eat?

My suggestion . . . Order fajitas and just eat the meat and veggies without the tortillas. Or order a taco salad and avoid eating the shell. Drink plenty of water to flush out the sodium. Be sure to use salsa as your dressing.

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Eat what ever you want. Kickboxing is probably gonna burn more than that. I do Muay Thai Kickboxing and I know that stuff kills the cals!

trust me...i usually eat what i want at mexican restaurants (cuz i love them) and i rarely ever hit over 1000-1200 cals even with chips and salsa and rice and such...just look up what u think u want and see where it puts u at...but to stay on the low side- fajitas is a good idea...and 1 or 2 tortillas are about 350 cals so not bad if u have the room...i think you'll b fine- especially if u have a nice salad and low cal dinner

Fajitas would be a delicious choice! Also, what about a broth-based soup like albondigas or chicken tortilla soup? Since you're going to have worked out so hard earlier that day, and it is Christmas, don't worry about treating yourself a little. Enjoy a few chips. Have a small margarita. Live life a bit.

Mexican food is my weakness... I could eat it for every meal seven days of the week. BUT, lately, I've been ordering chips and queso, and then a green salad, no taco shell, no cheese, just veggies. I find that the queso quenches my Mexican food craving, and then I put lime on the salad as a dressing, and maybe a little salsa. I can even order a Corona light with a meal like that and feel completely satisfied without killing my calorie counting efforts for the day and without feeling like a whale on the way home. If you're burning that many calories beforehand, you could even add some grilled shrimp or fish to the salad. Enjoy!

Big Mexican food helpers subsitute black beans avoid rice and cheese. I usually order Camarrones ala Diabla & stick to corn tortillas (2 generally only have ~100 cals). Also 9 times out of 10 the Carne Asada has fewer cals the chicken when it comes to tacos and Fajitas are also a great idea. Just eat slow drink lotsa water and take home doggie bag. OH and Enjoy yourself!! :bigsmile:

Any salad would be great and lots of water or iced tea. Also the soup is great too.. Enjoy yourself and talk alot so you don't eat alot. Also ask for a to go box but don't take any of it home so it doesn't temp you later. I also try to put half of my food in the to go box before I dig in and that works great for me. Enjoy yourself tomorrow!!

The last few times I have gone to a Mexican resturant I just order the Shrimp cocktail. It had 7 huge shrimp and was served in a large goblet with shredded lettuce in the bottom topped with avacodo slices. It was yummy and filling

I order what I want at a mexican restaurant and just eat half. I get a box to take the rest home for another meal.

That's exactly what I was going to say. Either ask for a "half" order, or order the whole thing and take the remainder back home for another time. I usually go completely overboard in a Mexican restaurant. It's ridiculous.

Ask for the chicken or shrimp fajitas, but instead of flour tortillas, have yellow corn tortillas. 2- 4-5in. diameter corn tortillas are only 80cal, 16g carbs, 2g fat, you can't beat that! Then, ask them to use a light amount of olive oil when grilling the food, and to not put any added salt. I would probably get a side salad, maybe even have a tblsp. of guacamole & a little salsa as the dressing!