Real women eat breadNo way am I passing up on the bread basket when dining at my favorite restaurant. But still, bread can make a serious dent in the calorie count for the day, so how can you still partake of that carb goodness without having to unbutton the jeans or feel like you have to run for an hour the next day. Here are some tips that have helped me:
- Ask for a half full bread basket. This is especially handy if there are only two of you at the table. Sometimes, restaurants can put 6-8 pieces of bread in one basket, and that's almost a whole loaf. With a half basket, you get to enjoy but won't have too much.
- Eat just one piece, and then ask the waiter to take the basket away or ask for a to-go box and put the remaining bread in the box to take home to share or freeze to eat later. If the bread is not on the table any more, you won't be tempted to eat more than you need.
- Order your dinner with vegetables and a protein only and skip a second carb like pasta, rice, or potato. Meals start to get too heavy calorically if you eat two carbs at the meal, bread + pasta, bread + potato etcetera, and that goes for dessert too. This also gives you an opportunity to choose. You can decide which you want more, the bread or the other carb or dessert. With choices, you won't feel like you're being totally deprived.
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