Daily Weight Loss Tips

September 17, 2006

Lose Weight While Eating Out

Filed under: Restaurants And Fast Food — @ 5:16 am on September 17, 2006

You don’t have to avoid eating out if you are on a weight loss program. If you pay attention to some small details, you can stick to your weight loss plan without any problem.

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February 20, 2006

Subway® Subs Are Not Always A Diet Food

Filed under: Restaurants And Fast Food — @ 3:23 pm on February 20, 2006

After Jared’s weight loss publicity, many people think that all Subway® subs are diet food. Not so! Some of them are, and others aren’t. If you are on a diet, you really have to watch which sandwiches you get and what you put on them.

All “6 grams of fat or less” sandwiches include the bread, meat and veggies. That’s it! No cheese, no mayo and no oil. Basically, the “diet sandwich” is cheeseless and dry.

Most people always get cheese on their sandwiches. Those 2 tiny cheese pieces add 60 calories and 5 grams of fat.

1 tbsp of mayo would add another 110 calories and 12 grams of fat. Light mayo (1 tbsp) is 50 calories and 5 grams of fat). 1 tbsp of oil is 135 calories and 15 grams of fat.

Also, make sure you only get those “6 grams of fat or less” sandwiches, because some of the other ones are really caloric. For example, the 6-inch Meatball sub has 560 calories and 21 grams of fat - almost as much as McDonald’s BigMac (590 calories, 34 grams of fat). And the Tuna sub has 530 calories and 31 grams of fat - so much for the “healthy fish” :)

Basically, Subway®’s “6 grams of fat or less” choices are still pretty healthy compared to most other fast food restaurants, but don’t automatically assume that all their sandwiches are “diet foods”.

To Your Success,

Melanie Mendelson
Author Of Foolproof 30 Day Diet

February 14, 2006

McDonald’s Fries Have More Trans Fat Than Advertised

Filed under: Restaurants And Fast Food — @ 7:01 am on February 14, 2006

As reported by Associated Press, according to new nutritional measurement, McDonald’s fries contain one-third more trans fats than stated in their nutritional information.

Melanie Mendelson
Fast Weight Loss Diet

October 31, 2005

Restaurant Portions And Weight Loss

Filed under: Restaurants And Fast Food — @ 10:19 am on October 31, 2005

Restaurant portions are getting bigger and bigger every day. And why? Because that’s what people like. The restaurants just give the customers what they want.

When people eat out, they like the big portions, so they feel that they are getting their money’s worth. If you are about to say “It’s not true”, just imagine that you go to a restaurant and are served a relatively small plate of food, that’s just enough to feel full but not stuffed. I bet you’ll get this “let down” feeling, like something is amiss.

We are so conditioned to feel stuffed at restaurants, that we don’t want to settle for less. Even though in theory we know that eating too much makes us fat, but in our heart we like the stable comfort of huge plates - the restaurant experience that we come to know and love.

In reality, most restaurant portions are more than enough for 2 meals. You can eat half of your restaurant meal and feel full. Listen to that feeling.

Just take the other half of your meal home. You can eat it the next day for lunch! There are many benefits:

  • You will not sabotage your weight loss
  • You will save time by not having to buy or make lunch for the next day
  • You will save money on lunch the next day

Think about it. If you agree, from now on make an effort to take part of your restaurant meal home. Remember, you don’t have to eat all the food that’s in front of you!

Here’s To Your Successful Weight Loss,

Melanie Mendelson
Author of Foolproof 30 Day Diet Plan For Fast Weight Loss

October 21, 2005

Should People Sue The Restaurants For Making Them Fat?

Filed under: Weight Loss News, Restaurants And Fast Food — @ 8:31 am on October 21, 2005

I don’t think so! And neither does the US senate.

As reported by Connecticut Post, The U.S. House of Representatives approved a bill that would prevent people from suing restaurants for obesity-related problems by a vote of 306 to 120.

Way to go! Nobody is forcing people to eat those fatty foods. They choose to stuff themselves with cheeseburgers, fries and cakes, and then blame the restaurants for making them fat. How pathetic!

You will succeed in losing weight only if you accept the responsibility that it is you who puts the food in your mouth.

Melanie Mendelson
Fast Weight Loss Diet Plan

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