Eating out is basically impossible

So, you'd eat out maybe once a month?

In that case, stuff it. Ignore your macros for 1 day (single digit!) and just try for calorie allowance. Heck, if even if that doesn't come into your allowance, just have it anyway and try not to feel guilty.

It's once. It's a treat. Try and pick the healthier option but don't stress too much about it (chicken burger with salad instead of a cheese burger with fries, for ex).

Might be, with a basic substitution, you can keep things under your kcal allowance without issue and just ignore your macros for a day.

Good luck!

Restaurants don't care about your health. They care if you *think* it's healthy, so they'll give their items nice sounding names and descriptions, but your long-term health is the least of their concerns.

Haven't come across this problem. You're diary's private so can't have a nosy to see why you're having issues.

For me personally I keep track of calories but I don't count fat really at all. I have lost about 22 pounds since January. I was also an athlete in my past life, so I have tried a few things and know what works for me. I actually think fats in certain foods are very good for you and your skin. Eating out is difficult, and what is more difficult is we associate get together with food. You could give yourself a cheat day per week and not keep track at all like I do, or certain places (like red lobster has many 600 calorie or under meal options with the health benefit of being seafood, Applebees has 500 calorie option meals). These are the best two I go to which keep me within reason. If you go elsewhere, a good salad while removing croutons and using red wine vinaigrette always works for me too. A trick for desert I like (and I have a huge sweet tooth) is to have a decaf coffee with some stevia in it instead of desert. This way I feel like I am ordering something and it tastes sweet!

if you don't eat out often it doesn't really make a difference if you go over for the day.

you can always order off the kids menu as there are smaller portions or ask for a box with the meal so you can box half of it, as many places serve more than what is necessary for a meal.

Does anyone else feel like there are almost no healthy options when eating out? I go through all the online menus, looks at the calories/fat/carb and it just seems almost impossible to find something within my daily allowance, especially if you care about the macros too. Sometimes I find a salad that is 300 calories but then I find that it has all the fat that I can eat in a day -_- and there is no way of avoiding fat for the rest of my meals. And yes, I know most of it is the dressing, but that's just an example. In general, i just find it very hard to find something that I can eat and doesn't make me starve the rest of the day.
I have been making good progress but most of what I eat is at home, I rarely eat out. I don't miss eating greasy unhealthy stuff that much, but I do miss the easiness of just spending the day around town and not having to get back to the apartment to eat.

Just go out and enjoy yourself. As long as it is not every week, it's not really going to make a huge difference.
I go out and its not hindered my weight loss at all.

On days that I know I am going to have certain events like going out to eat, I honestly skip a meal in the morning and save most of my calories for the event.

It is alright to splurge once in a while. One thing you should also remember... if you have MFP set for 1 pound a week loss, that is 500 calories. So... if you go over by 400 calories, technically, you still have a 100 calorie deficit. So, won't be fat gain, but maybe some water gain while processing the extra food, and after that, everything back to normal.

I find this to be a problem too, especially if we are on a day trip or a date night. I think we just have to not over think it and make decent choices Weirdly enough I have found quite a few fast food places lately to have really decent calorie sensible and macro sensible salads. They will put all dressing and toppings such as (cashews, almonds, etc..) packaged on the side for you. I toss the dressing and my salads end up around 250-300 cals, low fat, high protein As for restaurants...especially on date nights I try to give options to the bf that I know will have a "healthy option" menu or at least salads or meal I can alter. I know its hard I try to plan ahead when we know we are heading out, so I can bring food that I know is healthy for us.

Currently my daily allowance is high even at 2lbs a week, plus my weightlifting calorie burn. I can easily fit dinner at a restaurant in, as long as I know I'm doing it before I have my lunch.

Stop "dieting" and start thinking about how to eat healthy for the rest of your life, and that includes having the occasional over-indulgent meal. In other words learn moderation and learn to give yourself a break and that it's okay to have some fun every once in a while.