When I eat out I want it to be special, consequently I don?t eat out often. You may have seen the advice on how to shave calories at restaurants but really, are you wanting to pay high restaurant charges for undressed salads and plain steamed vegetables? Or even, how then can you solve the dilemma of too many calories once you eat out?

Here are seven tips for getting the calories out of restaurant meals while still ordering your favorites.

1. Say NO to super sizing. The size you ordered has already been too big. Stop super sizing and you also?ll save money. On top of that, order one dinner and have for an extra plate. Many restaurants can do this for a dollar or two, and it?s well worth it. Then share the meal together with your friend and you split the price straight down the middle. Another option would be to order from the so called ?appetizer? menu. Two people could order three entrees, one dessert and split the whole thing and it?s still a ton of food!

2. Skip the bread and rolls. Many family restaurants still serve a bread basket together with your meal. Unless it?s a fresh baked loaf or some really special bread, just skip it. You don?t have to fill up on ordinary bread when you?re paying good money for meals. Just ask for it to be studied away if you can?t resist, but frankly, you?re an adult, it is possible to resist, if you want to. sous-marins can simply choose never to put a roll on your plate. Try it, only once and see in the event that you don?t walk out of that restaurant feeling strangely powerful.

If you can?t skip the rolls, at least miss the butter. That?s right. Eat it plain. Wholegrain bread is delicious simply by itself.

3. Stop Ordering Drinks. Soft drinks are a huge cash cow for restaurants. For pennies they sell you a squirt of syrup and carbonated water and act like they?re doing you a big favor by only charging you $1.29 for a huge 64 ounce soda. Start saving those dollars. Particularly if you?re ordering ?to go? skip the drink. If you?re eating it there, require water, or at least switch to diet drinks. Never drink ?fat pop.?

4. Slow Down You Eat Too Fast! What?s the rush? Take your time, savor the moment, benefit from the flavors. A big section of getting in touch with your hunger signals and learning to eat what really will satisfy is learning to recognize the subtle signs of hunger. You won?t know when you?re approaching satisfaction if you?ve gobbled everything down in five minutes. Have a bite then notice how many times do you chew before you begin wanting to swallow? Once, twice? Try to chew your food as well as your body will be notably happier. A very large part of digestion begins in the mouth area, not forgetting you?ll get much more pleasure if you allow food linger.

5. Trim Visible Fat and Skin. I know, you really love your skin?needless to say you do, it tastes good, it should, it?s pure fat. Do you want to get leaner, or would you like to eat fat? You select. I never eat chicken skin rather than eat the visible fat hanging off a steak, good taste or no. You should decide what you would like more, the second?s worth of pleasure of a yummy taste, or perhaps a lifetime of carrying around an extra 40 lbs? I know that is counter to the reduced carb crowd?s belief that fat is good, carbs are evil, but I?ve maintained an 80 pound weight loss for 18 years without dieting and I don?t eat visible fat or skin. Enough said.

6. Require a Doggie Bag at the start of Meal. When the food is served, immediately portion off some to take home for tomorrow. Most restaurants in the US serve way too much. There is absolutely no law you should eat it all. Do this frequently and soon you?ll find you?re getting a supplementary lunch out of that meal.

7. Get a copy of Restaurant Confidential by Michael F. Jacobson and Jayne Hurley, and start checking out how many calories you?re really eating. If you eat out frequently and you also carry extra weight, then that?s probably the problem there. This little book may help you realize why it appears you don?t eat that much yet it is possible to?t lose any weight. Hardees recently introduced a fresh burger that clocks in at only under 1200 calories all by itself! Now that?s frightening.

If you actually want to get a handle on your bodyweight problem, look first to where you eat, second at everything you eat, and third just how much you take in. Where, What and JUST HOW MUCH? Try these steps choosing one tip at a time, and see how easily it is possible to take a number of the calories out of restaurant food.