| Eating out at a fine restaurant must rate highly as | | | | Restaurant portions are typically enormous, and few |
| one of life's greatest pleasures. Not only do you get | | | | people take their leftovers home or quit eating when |
| to enjoy a superb meal with great company, but you | | | | they are satisfied. Unless you are regularly eating |
| don't have to do any of the work associated with | | | | 'nouvelle cuisine', chances are that you are overdosing |
| creating the fine meal! No big grocery shop or hours | | | | on food every time you visit a restaurant. Add all |
| spent cooking, and best of all no dishes! | | | | these factors together and you have a recipe for |
| But eating out at restaurants comes at a hefty price, | | | | dieting disaster. |
| for your waistline. The average restaurant meal can | | | | Luckily, a bit of common sense can go a long way |
| wreak havoc with even the most carefully planned | | | | towards minimizing the damage. Try eating a piece of |
| diet, this article will explore how every restaurant visit | | | | fruit before heading out, to avoid indulging on the |
| contributes to your weight problem, whether it's | | | | breads and starters. Also ensure you have a glass of |
| current or in the future. | | | | water and are not thirsty as you sit down. Order |
| How restaurant meals make you fat: | | | | carefully and avoid creamy, fattening dishes. Where |
| If you think about your typical meal at a restaurant, | | | | possible try to order smaller portions and eat a small |
| you will probably see just how easy it is to consume | | | | dessert if you are not full instead of a large portion |
| numerous calories without even noticing it. The | | | | of fattening mains. |
| environment in a restaurant is social, and all too often | | | | With obesity on the rise worldwide, it's no surprise |
| in places where the service is slow or busy, you end | | | | that people are looking for ways to cut excess |
| up drinking more and eating more until you receive | | | | calories out of their diets. Sadly, that might mean |
| attention. Think of how many glasses of wine or | | | | cutting down on restaurant meals altogether, unless |
| nibbles of bread you have eaten while waiting at a | | | | you use some of the tips in this article and try to |
| restaurant! | | | | minimize the impact of frequently eating out. |