Tips To Help Stay On Track – Dining Out

Healthy Eating Nightmare

Eating out is a part of life and when you are trying to loose weight it is a huge challenge to stay on track.   Here are some tips to help keep that meal out a little better on the belly…

1. Split your meal! Portions are HUGE, big enough for 2 in most cases.  Miss HuskyHiker and I have starting doing this a lot.  Not only are you saving calories your saving money too.  Heck, even the grilled chicken at chilli’s has 850 calories and 45 grams of fat!  That is without fries!   Even if you are not with someone who is willing to split order your meal with a to go box and split it right when you get it.  Enjoy the rest the next day for lunch…

2. Avoid sugary soda. Get water instead, you should drink more water anyway…   One regular soda packs Read more »

Big Beer & Big Game Dinner

Tomorrow night is the Big Beer & Big Game Dinner / The Carnivores Classic at The Sierra Grill in Northampton.  I have been wanting to go to a big game dinner (the menu) for a while now and the food on a non-event night is wonderful so this is probably going to be the best place to try it.  Thanks to my girlfriend for making the reservations she got us the last four seats in the place…

I must say that I am a little guilty about going 1) because of the cost 2) because it really is not great for the weight loss, but you only live once right…   My plan to try to offset the food and beer is a Bare Mountain loop hike in the morning and to ride my bike to the dinner.  This will help ease my mind…