I love to eat out. I live in a tourist town which means there are many restaurants to choose from. I’ve had many people ask me how I can maintain a healthy weight eating out as often I do.

There are several things you can do when eating out to help maintain a healthy weight and even lose weight if you are currently trying to lose weight.

1. Alcoholic beverages and sodas are very high in calories. When I go out I almost always have either water or iced tea. While I don’t care for sweetener in my tea, there are many sugar substitutes that do not have the calories of sugar. Many people are not aware that even lemonade is very high in calories. One cup has about 100 calories. Read the rest of this entry…

Because there are not too many fast food restaurants that offer that many healthy choices on their menus, it seems like we are always stuck eating somewhere fast and unhealthy because we have not planned well enough and ran out of time. So since it is almost inevitable, how do we make the most out of a fast food meal without putting on the pounds?

The great thing is that many fast food restaurant chains are now required to post calorie information on their menu boards. This now makes it much easier for you to make a better decision of what you can and should order when on the Read the rest of this entry…