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Eating Out the Healthy Way
Even the best planned diet can come unstuck at a Christmas
party, birthday dinner or barbecue. Often the temptations
are just too great. Yet models have some of the most active
social lives of anyone, so exactly how do they do it and stay
so slim?
It take real discipline, but there are also plenty of tips and
tricks that we use as models. Events like these are not just
for fun, they are a part of the social networking that goes
into a successful modeling career. This page is about how
we manage to diet successfully without compromising a fun
social life.
Restaurant Food
When faced with a delicious menu, its all too easy to let your
stomach do the ordering rather than your brain! Here are
some tips to help you stay on track when eating out in a
restaurant.
• At buffets, pick up the smallest plate you can find.
Whatever size you choose, you will usually feel compelled to
fill it!
• Drink a Diet Coke or a cup of green tea before dinner, both
will help to reduce your appetite. Going to a restaurant
when you're really hungry is tempting fate.
• Don't follow the crowd and order a 3 course meal. If you
feel that you have to, try to choose light options like a
consommé, fruit plate or sorbet.
• Order an appetizer instead of a main course - portions
have grown in recent years and you really don't need more.
• Don't order anything with sauce. That grilled chicken may
sound light, but not if its drowning in a creamy sauce! In an
Italian restaurant, order the tomato-based sauces rather
than the cream-based ones.
• Order your food steamed, baked, grilled or poached, rather
than fried or deep fried.
• Substitute salad for the fries or potatoes that come with
your meal.
• Watch your salad dressing! Caesar salad can be just as
fattening as a burger.
• If the waiter brings you bread before the meal, send it right
back or you'll end up full before the meal.
• You don't need to finish the whole meal. Most restaurants
are happy to provide a doggy bag.
Cocktail Parties
After a couple of drinks and a few rounds of the hors
d'oeuvres tray, you suddenly realise that you've consumed
about 3,000 calories without even realizing it. That's a pretty
typical experience around Christmas time, but there are
simple ways to survive a cocktail party without putting on
five pounds.
• Foods to avoid on the snacks table - samosas, chicken
nuggets etc. Stay away from anything fried or covered in
sauce.
• By drinking Diet Coke with your cocktail, you can control
your appetite and be better prepared when the hors
d'oeuvres come around.
• Find a place far away from the snacks table and do all your
socializing there. Don't be one of those people loitering
around the hors d'oeuvres!
• Limit yourself to one snack at a time. Eating slowly will help
you to eat less.
• Aim for dishes like the hummus platter, with carrot and
celery to dip. Even though hummus has a lot of calories,
eating the vegetables will help.
Alcoholic Drinks
When you have a birthday party or a work event to go to, its
often extremely hard to avoid having a drink or two. Here
are some tips to make sure that you don't ruin your diet in
the process.
• Light beers have fewer calories and will slow down your
drinking.
• Order your drinks with soda instead of tonic. Tonic has a
surprising number of calories. Fruit juice is even worse.
• For a little more flavor to your drink, try Diet Coke or Diet
Sprite as a mixer.
• Try a white wine spritzer (white wine and soda). Its a great
low calorie summer drink. CLICK HERE FOR MORE.
Even the best planned diet can come unstuck at a Christmas
party, birthday dinner or barbecue. Often the temptations
are just too great. Yet models have some of the most active
social lives of anyone, so exactly how do they do it and stay
so slim?
It take real discipline, but there are also plenty of tips and
tricks that we use as models. Events like these are not just
for fun, they are a part of the social networking that goes
into a successful modeling career. This page is about how
we manage to diet successfully without compromising a fun
social life.
Restaurant Food
When faced with a delicious menu, its all too easy to let your
stomach do the ordering rather than your brain! Here are
some tips to help you stay on track when eating out in a
restaurant.
• At buffets, pick up the smallest plate you can find.
Whatever size you choose, you will usually feel compelled to
fill it!
• Drink a Diet Coke or a cup of green tea before dinner, both
will help to reduce your appetite. Going to a restaurant
when you're really hungry is tempting fate.
• Don't follow the crowd and order a 3 course meal. If you
feel that you have to, try to choose light options like a
consommé, fruit plate or sorbet.
• Order an appetizer instead of a main course - portions
have grown in recent years and you really don't need more.
• Don't order anything with sauce. That grilled chicken may
sound light, but not if its drowning in a creamy sauce! In an
Italian restaurant, order the tomato-based sauces rather
than the cream-based ones.
• Order your food steamed, baked, grilled or poached, rather
than fried or deep fried.
• Substitute salad for the fries or potatoes that come with
your meal.
• Watch your salad dressing! Caesar salad can be just as
fattening as a burger.
• If the waiter brings you bread before the meal, send it right
back or you'll end up full before the meal.
• You don't need to finish the whole meal. Most restaurants
are happy to provide a doggy bag.
Cocktail Parties
After a couple of drinks and a few rounds of the hors
d'oeuvres tray, you suddenly realise that you've consumed
about 3,000 calories without even realizing it. That's a pretty
typical experience around Christmas time, but there are
simple ways to survive a cocktail party without putting on
five pounds.
• Foods to avoid on the snacks table - samosas, chicken
nuggets etc. Stay away from anything fried or covered in
sauce.
• By drinking Diet Coke with your cocktail, you can control
your appetite and be better prepared when the hors
d'oeuvres come around.
• Find a place far away from the snacks table and do all your
socializing there. Don't be one of those people loitering
around the hors d'oeuvres!
• Limit yourself to one snack at a time. Eating slowly will help
you to eat less.
• Aim for dishes like the hummus platter, with carrot and
celery to dip. Even though hummus has a lot of calories,
eating the vegetables will help.
Alcoholic Drinks
When you have a birthday party or a work event to go to, its
often extremely hard to avoid having a drink or two. Here
are some tips to make sure that you don't ruin your diet in
the process.
• Light beers have fewer calories and will slow down your
drinking.
• Order your drinks with soda instead of tonic. Tonic has a
surprising number of calories. Fruit juice is even worse.
• For a little more flavor to your drink, try Diet Coke or Diet
Sprite as a mixer.
• Try a white wine spritzer (white wine and soda). Its a great
low calorie summer drink. CLICK HERE FOR MORE.
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