That means thin-crust pizzas are almost always the better option. The first rule of pizza delivery—do not stuffeth thy crust. It adds unnecessary calories and fat. There's already plenty to enjoy on top of the dough anyway. Ordering your pizza with "half cheese" is an easy way to cut the saturated fat on a plain- or veggie-topped pie by 50 percent! Even if you decide to boost the cheese factor on your slimmed-down pie with an additional tablespoon of pungent Parmesan only 22 calories , you'll still save mega calories.
If you're the kind of person that downs two or three slices when you order-in, you will easily save up to calories per evening just by ditching the extra cheese—easy as pie! A spinach salad often includes things like mozzarella, veggies, croutons, grilled chicken, and dried cranberries. If your go-to Italian takeout joint serves theirs with bacon, have them leave that off.
To save additional calories , order the dressing on the side and request that the kitchen goes light on the croutons and cranberries. Ordering this bed of greens instead of something heavier like antipasto will save you about calories—even if it's dressed in a bit of balsamic vinaigrette!
Some antipasto plates carry nearly 1, calories and 70 grams of artery-clogging fat! Although you may have every intention of saving half of the platter for tomorrow's lunch, there are more effective ways to up the health-value of this commonly ordered takeout dish: just don't order it. At over a pound and usually 1, calories per order, these overstuffed cartons are really meant to serve two. Stick to one of our recommended picks and split your meal with a family member or roomie—it's the best way to stay on the straight and narrow toward your weight loss goal.
When she orders Chinese, registered dietitian nutritionist Elisa Zied gets an order of steamed vegetable dumplings sans sauce. When you deconstruct crab wontons, it's easy to see why they're a "Not That! If you like, ask for no rice to be included—we likely don't need extra carbohydrates when we're sitting at home," Paul says.
Essentially, when it comes to ordering a skinny dish from a Chinese restaurant, your best bet is to order some kind of steamed meat and veggie combo with a side of sauce. We like black bean sauce because a half a cup has less than calories. Compared to other Chinese restaurant sauces, it's also relatively low in fat.
As Amidor points out though, if you are in the mood for rice, be sure to order brown rice to pair along with that chicken and veggies order. Place an order for General Tso's and you're signing up for a battered, fried dish containing up to 1, calories, 11 grams of saturated fat and 3, milligrams of sodium! Bet ya didn't see that one coming! If you think that sounds bad, you're right: It exceeds a person's entire daily recommended sodium intake, half of the recommended caloric intake and about half of the recommended saturated fat limit.
Other similar-looking dishes to avoid: orange and sesame chicken. Like General Tso's, they top the 1, calorie mark. That's because they're fried, vegetable-less, and topped with gloppy, sugar-laden sauces.
Order a side of steamed vegetables and serve it with a small scoop of brown rice. Done and done! Anything with "sweet and sour" in its title is a surefire cue that something has been deep-fried and covered in a sickly-sweet pink sauce.
If you pair your selection with a side of rice, you're looking at a 1,calorie meal. While generally speaking rice consumption should be kept to a minimum a single portion can cost you calories , but if you stick to the brown variety and mix it with an order of steamed veggies, the combination can make for a solid dish. Pair a serving with an order of steamed dumplings or a wonton soup for a satisfying vegetarian meal. Lo Mein may seem innocent enough, but the noodles are wok-fried with an abundance of oil, and then speckled with fatty pork or beef.
Even ordering the vegetable version won't undo the wrong wrought by this dish. Our advice: Stay away! Sure, sushi sounds like a health food, but that's not always the case. Scan our approved picks below before you order to ensure the best bet for your gut. High in protein and fiber and very low in calories, steamed soybeans make a good start to a meal. Request that your edamame comes salt-less and apply it carefully yourself to keep sodium in check.
Sounds healthy, right? The iceberg it's served on offers very little nutritionally, and two tablespoons of the oily ginger dressing can have up to calories and 10 grams of fat. Branch out and try the seaweed salad, one of nature's most potent multivitamins, instead. Start your meal with miso soup—studies have found that fermented foods , like miso, benefit weight loss. Repeat after me, "Tempura is a fancy word for fried.
More than half of the calories in this simple, classic roll come from protein, making it a great light meal or a snack with substance. Plus, tuna is a prime source of docosahexaenoic acid, a type of omega-3 fat found in oily fish that can down-regulate fat genes in the abdomen, preventing belly fat cells from growing larger.
Sandwich or salad? Pasta or pizza? We've all been there. Here are our answers to questions that people often ask themselves when they eat out. In most cases, our numbers they're from the chains' Web sites hold up for similar restaurants.
A coffee espresso latte may be better, because some tea lattes are loaded with sugar. A Starbucks grande 16 oz.
Green Tea Latte made with nonfat milk, for example, has calories. A venti 20 oz. Green Tea Latte hits calories. Vanilla or other sweetened lattes have around calories, but the Skinny lattes made with the questionable sweetener sucralose have just Both beat every muffin, bagel, scone, banana bread, croissant, or other bakery item on the menu. Starbucks' oatmeal has calories' worth of unsweetened whole-grain oats and 4 grams of fiber.
You can add fresh blueberries 20 calories , dried fruit , or a nut medley At Panera, try the pecans At both chains, skip the brown sugar, cinnamon crunch, and agave syrup. You can't avoid the added sugar about 5 teaspoons in the parfaits, though. And the parfaits have more calcium and more protein 8 or 9 grams than the oatmeal 5 grams; 7 with nuts.
Tip: Want more protein? At other chains, look for egg white sandwiches. Flour tortillas are worse than soft or crispy fried corn tortillas. At Chipotle or Qdoba, for example, a burrito's flour tortilla has around calories' worth of mostly white flour, plus around milligrams of sodium.
In contrast, three crispy taco-size corn tortillas at either chain have roughly calories and 50 mg of sodium. Soft corn tortillas Qdoba doesn't offer them are about the same. Three soft taco-size flour tortillas? You might as well get the burrito tortilla. But it's not just the wrapper. Most people fill a burrito with rice even more carbs! Three crispy tacos with chicken, cheese, salsa, and lettuce total about calories and 1, mg of sodium.
Tip: Lose the flour tortilla. With brown rice, chicken, black beans, salsa, and cheese, it's about calories. Or get a salad same ingredients, but with lettuce instead of rice. At Chipotle, use the tomato or green salsa instead of the calorie vinaigrette. Qdoba's dressings are low-cal. Just skip its fried tortilla bowl.
Skip them both. If you eat it in a pita, Danowski suggests opting for whole wheat, since it contains fiber to help promote healthy digestion.
Then, avoid packing on the pickled vegetables like those pink turnips! Opt instead for a ton of fresh crunchy veggies, like carrots and cucumber. If possible, ask for it on the side to control your salt intake. If carbs are a concern, you can always go the platter route.
Weight Loss. United States. Type keyword s to search. Today's Top Stories. Taraji P. Accessible Beauty Products For All. Westend61 Getty Images. The falafel balls are stuffed in a pita or wrapped in a flatbread and topped with tomatoes, lettuce, cucumber, pickled vegetables, hot sauce and tahini sauce.
Falafel is also a good source of soluble fibre, the type that helps lower LDL bad cholesterol. This meal is high in fat with almost half its calories 47 per cent coming from fat. However, if it's fried in a healthy oil such olive, canola or grape seed oil and you limit your intake of fat for the rest of the day, falafel definitely fits into a healthy diet.
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