/anyone else who eats out

[Guest guest]

I picked up a book at and Noble called " Calorie King " something

or other. Um, hold on, I'll find a link on Amazon:

http://tinyurl.com/rucst

(it was huge, had to tiny url it)

Anyway...

This book has been wonderful for me. It's small--fits in my purse.

It's easy to look stuff up, and it has entire sections on fruits,

veggies, meats, etc. Also has generic restaurant food (for example,

" Italian " --then it lists several popular dishes and their approximate

counts). It also has a big section with popular restaurants and often

times, a good portion of their menu with all the calorie counts. I

use it almost daily (not for the fast food, but for fruits and

veggies). Just something to think about! There's rarely a place I

wind up going that isn't in there. And if you know where you're going

ahead of time and it's not in there, you could always go to:

http://dwlz.com

and look it up there.

-Bonnie

[Guest guest]

>> I picked up a book at and Noble called "Calorie King" something> or other.

Does it by any chance have the carbs listed too? You know what I just remembered something. The diabetic clinic gave me a pamplet. It is not small enough to fit into my purse though, but it has a lot of Fast Food places in it and gives the carbs, fiber, calories and fat and a couple of other things I think. I need to hunt for what I did with that. I don't know how up to date it is though. I don't know if it would have all the newer foods. Of course if I go to a real restaurant (don't think of fast food places as real for some reason. LOL) I wouldn't have the info on them. I might look into seeing if I can get a "Calorie King" book some where in one of the bookstores here.

from MO.

[Guest guest]

>Of course if I go to a real restaurant (don't

> think of fast food places as real for some reason.

Well, most of the food's not real, so, that's probably a good line of thinking

LOL) I wouldn't have

> the info on them. I might look into seeing if I can get a " Calorie

> King " book some where in one of the bookstores here.

Now, at a " real " restaurant, things actually sometimes become much easier! Many

restaurants still offer " Atkins Friendly " meals. Or, some offer Weight Watchers

Points meals

- of the latter, just look for one with no rice, potatoes, etc - or ask to have

that switched

with steamed veggies w/ some butter.

Basically anything steamed, baked (without breading), broiled, pan-seered, etc.

will be OK

as long as you avoid the rice, potatoes, bread, fried foods etc. Also watch out

for sauces

and ask what's in them (Avoid sugar, obviously, teriyaki, and fruit juices). And

WATCH

PORTIONS. Remember that note from , about restaurant portion sizes?

Consider

splitting a meal with your husband (Just think, you could go to TGI Fridays and

split an

entree and probably spend as much as you would for a couple of meals at McD's)

or ask

for a to-go box and IMMEDIATELY put at least 1/2 to 2/3s away for another

day(s).

Some major restaurant chains do offer the nutritional info for their meals

online, too.

> from MO.

SulaBlue