eating out...

Grilled shrimp is a good go-to for me at Wood Ranch bbq which my husband loves. At the local thai place I get some kind of clear soup with a protein in it and fresh rolls.

Tonight Italian---ordering what I want. I will eat half bring half home.

Instead of looking for only healthy/low calories meals, I would like to offer a suggestion. What do you think about ordering whatever you want and only eating half of it and taking the other half home to eat for a later meal/another day? There is also the option of working out that day and/or eating fewer calories for your other meals in anticipation of going out to eat. Most of the major chain restaurants usually have a low-calorie section on their menus as well.

Personal favorites: There's a salmon dish at Applebee's that's around 600 calories. At IHOP, you can get an egg white omelette with spinach, turkey bacon and cheddar cheese with a fruit cup which should be under 500 calories. Chick-fil-A has a few grilled chicken options that are decent. Sushi rolls at Asian restaurants are also a decent choice (provided you eat them in moderation).

I thought this was going to be one of those "______ the person above you" threads. I couldn't not look.

Around here, once's you've found fajitas, you quit looking for new things.

Do you tend to go to chain restaurants or local restaurants? Many chains have the nutrition content on their websites so you can look before you go. I usually choose a meat, vegetable (or salad), and a starch, have water and skip the bread (I can eat bread at home). There are exceptions (chinese, pizza, mexican restaurants, indian cuisine), but I save my calories for those (very tasty) exceptions.

My husband insists on eating out at least once a week. He won't go to any restaurant that plays music that he considers too loud, which leaves us one local Chinese place. Fortunately I found an acceptable meal - hot and soup soup, only a quite small amount of rice, and we share an order of moo goo gai pan. This works pretty well. Good luck.