Eating out, part 1

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These are more notes from my weight loss class. Any misinformation is the fault of the note taker and I don’t know how to spell certain words.

  • Article: what 2,000 calories looks like. New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/12/22/upshot/what-2000-calories-looks-like.html
  • Eating out restaurants, ordering out, fast food, work cafeteria, eating at a friend’s house.
  • Challenges:
  • Overeating,
  • Portion size,
  • How it’s cooked.
  • Cooked with butter.
  • Sauces with the meal.
  • Huge servings. Some will split their meal.
  • Look at the menu online and order and see what they order.
  • Some businesses give a salary cou8nt.
  • Chains restaurants of 20 plus are required to show calories
  • We have the challenge of portion sizes.
  • We have little activity by riding cars and car washes
  • Foods cooked in deep fry.
  • We are often serviced by multiple courses.
  • The social challenges of getting chips and dip appetizer.
  • Restaurants that do not have calorie info. (May have to make the best guess.)
  • Never think never to eat out again.
  • Eat something that is just one small candy bar.
  • Pay attention to your vulnerabilities.
  • Some can’t keep certain foods in our house. Maybe
  • Maybe eat a banana before I go home so that I am not so hungry when I get home.
  • Why we eat out?
  • They cook better.
  • No dishes.
  • Don’t have to cook
  • Sometimes after a long day eat out as a reward for surviving the day.
  • Eat out to be with friends or date or special occasions.
  • Set a goal that I can eat so many times a week.
  • Plan time to eat out and not shoot from the hip.
  • maddock in Ogden> steakhouse.

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