Don’t blow a good Monday-Friday eating plan with an ill-disciplined weekend or poor eat-out choices
While it is fine to relax a little on the weekends if, and only if, you have been strict through to the weekend; it is fat loss suicide to totally throw out all your good eating habits for 48 hours. Eating out does not have to mean you eliminate all benefits you have achieved through the week, but it can if you don’t choose carefully.
Below is a list of menu items from 3 local restaurants and cafes which have been categorized into best choices, less desirable, and not desirable. This will hopefully help you to enjoy the social occasion of eating out without blowing your health and fitness goals.
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RESTAURANT 1: Little Italy, Cronulla
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Best Choices
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Less Desirable
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Not Desirable
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Differences between best choice, less desirable, and not desirable
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Perch Fillet Grilled
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Spaghetti Marinara
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Pizza
(any)
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Best Choice: Least amount of starchy carbs, grilled or BBQ, and least amount of saturated fat
Less Desirable: Either more fat or more starchy carb than best choices.
Not desirable: higher fat and starchy carb and less desirable cooking method.
May have high fat, carb sauces.
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Filleto Rossini
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Scaloppini Boscaiola
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Fettuccini Carbonara
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Pollo Padrino
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*Avoid sides or starters such as breads or dips
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RESTAURANT 2: Sea Level, Cronulla
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Barbecued snapper fillets with fennel brabdade stuffed zucchini flowers & baby caper, olive & tomato dressing
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Crispy skin duck with shaved heirloom carrot, pear & pomegranate salad, sour cherry sauce & pilaf rice
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Fish n chips deep fried in beer batter with tartare sauce & garden salad
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Best Choice: Least amount of starchy carbs, grilled or BBQ, and least amount of saturated fat
Less Desirable: Either more fat or more starchy carb than best choices.
Not desirable: higher fat and starchy carb and less desirable cooking method.
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*Limit alcohol consumption while consuming higher calorie meals in restaurants and cafes.
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RESTARUANT/CAFÉ 3: Nulla Nulla, Cronulla
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House Salad, chicken, avocado. boccocini, balsamic
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Slow cooked lamb shanks served on mash
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Steak and Chips, Pizza
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As above
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