So you might be wondering… can I socialise and slim? Can I eat out at my favourite restaurants and still lose weight? When you’re Food Optimising with Slimming World – yes you can!
Because Food Optimising is based around everyday healthy foods – the kind of foods you’ll see on every menu – eating out can be a breeze! Putting the focus on Free Foods, being able to spot the healthier options on the menu – along with the high-Syn dishes to avoid – and having a few easy requests up your sleeve gives you the control. So instead of needing cast-iron willpower you’ll enjoy liberating choice power!
Top tip
A top restaurant choice is a lean steak with salad and a jacket spud (dressing and butter on the side).
Read between the lines
Cooking terms, recipe descriptions, Free Foods and high-Syn ingredients are all menu pointers that can help steer you towards the healthier options and away from the danger zones…
Healthier to go for…
• grilled
• jacket potato
• steamed
• steak
• boiled
• gammon
• griddled
• tomato-based
• stir-fried
• roasted
Less healthy to beware of…
• deep-fried
• cheesy
• sautéed
• fries
• au gratin
• smothered
• breaded
• pastry
• creamy
• southern-fried
• battered
• garlic bread
• buttery
• mashed (because of the butter/cream added)
• ‘melt’
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