Eating out

da5734
da5734 Posts: 5
edited October 3 in Food and Nutrition
I have been doing good so far, I just recently joined this site but have been p90x for the past 52 days and have kept a meal journal. But i find that my diet takes a night off when the rare opportunity for a family dinner comes by. I was wondering ways to track portion sizes, and calorie counts when your eating out?

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  • lorig_2000
    lorig_2000 Posts: 106 Member
    A lot of restaurants have the nutrition information on their websites. If the place you are going has a website, check it out and you can make a good choice even before you hit the restaurant.
  • RollinDawg
    RollinDawg Posts: 235 Member
    Check the database ahead of time if you know where you're going. Lots of restaurants in there.
  • engineman312
    engineman312 Posts: 3,450 Member
    this thread was not about what i thought it would be about.
  • rodegghero
    rodegghero Posts: 212 Member
    My two best tips are to plan what before you go, and put it in your journal ahead of time. For potion sizes you can actually stick a measuring cup in your bag, to reference
  • Acg67
    Acg67 Posts: 12,142 Member
    my best advice is to not look up any nutritional information and enjoy yourself and eat whatever you want and just get back on track the next day.
  • crystalandhoho
    crystalandhoho Posts: 5
    Eat half of your meal,and take the rest home. For left overs,for the next day.
  • daves160
    daves160 Posts: 600
    Eating out sucks for a diet. period. I think restaurants actually add calories and saturated fat to what ever they cook- including veggies.

    I think if you can ask them to cook without butter or lard or whatever else they use, you might do better, but many places have "low cal" choices too.
  • Acg67
    Acg67 Posts: 12,142 Member
    Eating out sucks for a diet. period. I think restaurants actually add calories and saturated fat to what ever they cook- including veggies.

    I think if you can ask them to cook without butter or lard or whatever else they use, you might do better, but many places have "low cal" choices too.

    saturated fat has numerous benefits, including hormonal regulation, so it's really not all that bad
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