Healthy Dining | Box up Half Your Meal before You Eat
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Healthy Dining is a very difficult task. For Healthy Living, not only do you have to worry about how unhealthy the menu choices are, but you have to be wary of the portion sizes. American restaurant portion sizes are out of control. We have been conditioned to think that the amount of food on our plate constitutes one meal. In fact, most times it is equivalent to two or three meals! It is not difficult to find a plate of food to be over 2000 calories. That is a day’s worth of calories for some people, sitting right there on one plate!
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Healthy Eating Habit | Box up Half Your Meal before You Eat
The key to healthy dining is to learn eating habits that are healthy and easy to implement. Boxing up half of your meal before you eat is a great healthy eating habit. When you order your food, ask your server for a to-go box to be brought out with your food. As soon as your food arrives, box up half of it and set it aside. Not only does this help you to avoid overeating, but the leftovers can be used for another meal the next day. Save money and calories!
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