Greetings! I went to a new restaurant last week. I’m apprehensive when I visit a new restaurant, however, I checked it online first and felt confident I could eat well and stay within my carb plan. It’s a good practice to review the menu of any restaurant you want to go to beforehand. If I decide to go to the restaurant, I feel certain that they will accommodate any changes I wish to make, usually at no charge! For example, the dish I ordered at last week’s restaurant included rice with the salmon and veggies. I asked if I could get extra veggies instead of rice and was told “of course – with pleasure”. Another thing you can do is ask your server to not bring food items to the table that you don’t want to eat; like bread or tortilla chips, etc. Works every time! If we are with friends who do eat bread/chips, I push them to their side of the table. Interestingly enough, our friends seem to eat less of these food items if we are not indulging in them and that’s a good thing! Once in awhile I will take a few tortilla chips with salsa but I’m ok doing this because I’ve maintained my food log and know where I stand carbwise for that day. So check the menu before you go; don’t be afraid to make reasonable food change requests and always remember to keep up your food log. Have a healthy low carb week! Till next time…….
