Do you find it hard to keep measure at dinner parties and regularly leave the restaurant with your pants down? Merel knows all about it. The tips below can help you.
Eating out is delicious and above all fun. But how do you make sure you keep measure and all your hard work is not for nothing? Simple. Read these tips carefully before you go out to dinner and you will enjoy yourself without guilt.
10 x moderation during dinner
- Don't go "saving" all day when you go out to dinner at night. Eat normally and regularly that day. Just before you leave home, eat some fruit or a whole grain cracker with low-fat spreads. You will then go to the table much calmer and not attack like a savage on everything served at the table.
- Share dishes with your tablemate. Most portions are enough for two and you can always order more.
- When you have eaten enough, stop eating. Having eaten enough is not the same as being completely "full.
- You don't have to throw away what's left. What's left over lets you pack it up and take it home. Then you have some goodies for tomorrow for lunch. Delicious! And still good value for money.
- Order extra vegetables. In every restaurant it is possible to order extra salad or an extra portion of vegetables. Is it not on the menu? Then ask the waiter. They can make it for you.
- Do you go out to eat with the idea "I hardly ever go out to eat, now I can eat what I want"? This is a thought that contributes to overeating (and thus obesity). Think about what you really want to eat and why. Make choices.
- Do you find it difficult to keep measure when you are in company and see others eating? Or do you keep eating as long as there is food in front of you? Keep thinking for yourself. Are you eating because it's there or do you really like it/are you really hungry?
- Thinking about dinner in advance and going to the restaurant with a plan also helps. For example, making an agreement with yourself about the number of glasses of wine or whether or not to have a starter/dessert. A plan works.
- Ask for the sauce and dressing in separate bowls with the dish. This way you can dose them yourself.
- Boiled, stewed or grilled dishes continue to contain less fat (and thus calories) than the fried/fried variety. So preferably choose these dishes.
- In conclusion, eat slowly and enjoy!
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Praktische tips
- Kies vooraf voor een salade, carpaccio of heldere soep.
- Neem twee voorgerechten als voor- en hoofdgerecht.
- Als je alcohol drinkt, kies dan voor wijn en geen bier. Bij voorkeur droge witte of rode wijn en probeer bij elk glas wijn twee glazen water te drinken.
- Sla het dessert over en kies voor een kopje koffie of thee: dit scheelt een hoop calorieën.
Lukt het je niet volgens je voedingsplan te eten? Slik dan voorafgaand aan de maaltijd de No Regret. Then you can eat and drink without gaining extra weight. This article was written by Merel (23), who recently started her first job and is quietly but surely detaching herself from her (beer-filled) student life. Together with her roommates, she is trying to get some peace and regularity in her rich social life through the NewFysic method.
