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Sherry said:Today was my daughter's birthday and she wanted to eat out at Chili's.
They
don't have a LC menu (I think I read that they used to?) but they served
our
mushroom swiss burgers on a nice bed of lettuce, and subbed sauteed
mushrooms, peppers, and onions rather than fries. It was a wonderful
meal.
I don't know the exact carb count but I was glad that they had such good
options. I believe the meal was $6.95-ish, to me that's not only a good
LC
option but also a good bargain, for a restaurant. Since for lunch we
each
had a chicken breast fried up with a little chopped bacon, green beans,
and
brussels sprouts for hubby, today was a really delicious day.
They also have reasonable hot wings (Wings over Buffalo, the other ones
are breaded), a very good grilled shrimp caesar salad, and a current
special of steak and portabello mushroom skewers (just ask for more
veggies instead of rice).
Yes, I eat out a lot. 😉
KeS
Just curious...Are you surrently losing weight or in a maintenance phase? I
am asking because when I am trying to lose weight if I eat at one of those
places, even though I think I make a good choice and don't pig out it tends
to stall me. So, this time around I am trying to stay away.
I've lost 110 lbs since 8/1/5, though the rate has slowed somewhat as
I've dropped below 200, and am 12 lbs from my goal - my college fencing
weight of 185.
I try to maintain ~1300-1500 calories per day and under 30 net carbs.
Sample favorites:
Joe's Crab Shack - steamed dungeness crab, usually 2 of 'em. - 280
cals, 2 carbs. I should dip 'em in butter for the fat but like them
plain so I don't. Ignore the potatoes and corn.
El Pollo Loco - Four-piece-chicken-only-no-sides-no-tortillas,
large-diet-coke-for-here-please. Say it fast and it sounds like
singing. $8.06 - 476 cals, 0 carbs per EPL.
Outback - Shrimp on the barbie, grilled salmon, broccoli, side caesar.
678 cal, 8 carb (including a tablespoon butter for the broccoli).
Ignore the bread and croutons.
Point Loma Seafood - (ok, not useful if you aren't in San Diego, but
points out how easy it is to eat out) Seared ahi caesar salad - 374
cal, 5 carb.
Emiliano's (can do similar at On The Border) - camerones apretados
(grilled shrimp wrapped in bacon), chicken caesar salad (I eat a lot of
caesar salads because I like them and they aren't too likely to have
carby dressings or other contents). 697 cal, 8 carb including the half
a carrot I eat because they have the best hot pickled carrot slices.
Claim Jumper - small blue cheese wedge salad, rotisserie chicken,
grilled asparagus. 867 cal (over a third of which is blue cheese
dressing and butter), 14 carb.
All numbers are FitDay INCLUDING fiber, since the online version doesn't
let you subtract it out, unless otherwise specified.
Stay away from the breads, obviously, try to order fairly simple things
so you know what's in them, and be honest about portion sizes and
tracking them until you know what specific places serve. When in doubt
have a chicken caesar salad. Sauces are the biggest concern - hot wing
sauces and BBQ sauces are all over the map carb wise.
(shrug) My $.02, it's what has worked for me, and it's sustainable. I
usually have no breakfast, a late lunch, dinner, and maybe a couple
ounces of cheese before bed, all washed down with an absolutely
ridiculous amount of diet soda.
Hope this helps.
KeS
