Healthy Eating in GREECE

I'd like to know this too! I am off to Corfu in 10 weeks! Feta cheese is quite good due to the protein, so I would say salads, small bit of every type of dish with large salads to bulk it up x

I just got back from Crete. I ate whatever I wanted and only put on one, maximum 2 pounds. Go for traditional Greek food and I think you'll be fine.
Order a Greek salad and you'll get a HUGE bowl of veggies, a little olive oil and a big block of feta. I'd say it's more food than you need - I never finished one. You'll have loads of choice for fish and grilled meats, but if you order squid its usually deep fried calamari rings, and most main dishes seem to be served with chips and iceberg lettuce (catering to tourist's tastes I guess). My suggestion would be to ask for veggies instead of chips, or order a salad to share alongside your main and just ignore the chips.
Most places will ask you if you want bread - sometimes this comes with dips and spreads, but it's added to the bill and you don't really need the extra food (portions are huge) so say no.
My recommendations - stuffed tomatoes/peppers/vine leaves, Stifado (best thing I ever ate!)
Oh, and if you want to try everything, share a meze platter at the beginning of your trip, s you can find out what you like without getting a massive portion of it, and once you've tried things its easier to make healthier choices for the rest of the week.
Stay away from cocktails, and if you're brought crisps/peanuts etc with your drinks push them away - if you eat them you'll be brought more and the cycle never ends.

This article might help:

http://www.travelandleisure.com/articles/healthy-eating-in-greece

and here's the heads up on some local specialities:

http://www.cspinet.org/nah/11_00/greekfood.html

I would definately avoid Baklava and any other of the pastries!
The Salads are all great and there is abundance of lovely fruit.

You are soooo lucky!

I remember how great the ice-cream cones were in Greece!
The food is sooooo delicious and very healthy. I would avoid the shwarma for a few reasons: the bread, the fact that they like to stick French fries in there (yum!), and I got food poisoning from one in Athens :-)
You could have eggs or yogurt for breakfast. For lunch and dinner stick to salads (which don't include lettuce!) but maybe avoid eating the whole giant hunt of feta that they put on it, and grilled chicken. And by all means, eat the ice cream cones!

Have a great time!

Enjoy, You will LOVE Greece!!! the great thing about the food there is everything is so fresh. Seafood - Fish, greek salad - tomatoes, cucumbers and feta Grilled Meat Kebabs (chicken, lamb, beef). And remember even if you splurge, you will probably be walking ALOT, so take that into account when you are enjoying the delicious desserts!