How To Tone Arms When Eating Out-4 Strategies
July 23, 2009 by Katherine Crawford, M.S.
Filed under Weight Loss
If you want to tone arms and eat out regularly, be very careful. Eating at restaurants is a flabby arm slippery slope. And you will eat at restaurants because they play an important role in how we socialize.
How? Because a restaurant’s main goal is to stuff you with so much tasty food that you are compelled to come back for more again and again. And the tasty food usually has the most calories. Unfortunate, but true.
Trans fats are a perfect example here. They are found in everything and Harvard researchers have clearly proven that they are lethal. Crazy, but true.
But not all hope is lost. There are some things you can do to minimize-and in some cases eliminate-the damage when eating out. In this article I will reveal 4 tips to get tone arms even when eating at a restaurant:
1. Eat lean protein. Most protein in restaurants is laden with fat. Stay clear of beef, lamb and pork. And don’t even think about the hot dogs or ribs-they have the most fat of all! Instead, try to have some poultry or tofu. Ask the waiter if they have any grass fed beef.
2. Watch out for all the refined carbs. I know that moist and hot loaf of bread screams “eat me”, but we have more serious things to attend to. Instead, either ask that the bread not be brought out or have a salad before it arrives.
3. Avoid unhealthy salads. Is it possible for a salad to be unhealthy? Oh yes An iceberg salad (little nutritional value) drenched with dressing and crusted over with cheese can reach the 1000 calorie level. Crazy, but true. Ask for spinach or lettuce mixes, have no more than 1tbsp of cheese and ask a for a SMALL portion of dressing on the side!
4. Don’t eat the whole meal. Instead, only have half of it or share it with someone. A SINGLE meal at a restaurant can have a whole days worth of calories. No joke. Another strategy is to ask for a to-go box before the meal arrives. Once it does, put half of it in the box without thinking.
Having said all of this, note that if you rarely eat at restaurants, the occasional splurge will not have a significant impact on your mission to tone arms. If, however, you eat at restaurants more than once per week, then you should definitely apply these tips!
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