I had a question this morning from another forum member and I thought it would be a great topic for discussion.
Dining at restaurants...
By now you my diet (ahh um, Georgia where's my check?) and how religious I am about it. Yup, I've done it for 27 years now without so much as a cheat day anywhere in there.
So, do I go out to dinner ever? Do I eat at restaurants?
Yes! I know, that is a shocker.
Well, in fact, I'll go out to diner with the wife and kids about once a week.
We go to the regular chain-type family friendly places - Outback, Longhorn, ect.
I have found that most of these places will gladly bring me a plain grilled chicken breast and a plain sweet potato. If they don't have sweet potato, I go with a plain baked potato.
Most of these places cook up their potatoes, both sweet and plain, wrapped in foil with nothing more than a little salt added to the skin. That works great for me.
Now, I generally avoid the rice they serve since it is typically cooked with butter and oil.
As for the chicken, most places are using frozen chicken breast from some food service distributor like Sysco. These breast are no different than the one's from Sam's or Costco that are sold frozen.
So the meal itself is pretty easy. Chicken and baked potato.
Now, the other topic discussed was drinking alcohol. I don't do it. I can count on my fingers the number of times I've had a buzz. This is not a religious thing. I don't thing its a sin or anything like that. For me, my body doesn't do well with alcohol. I feel like crap the next day after 2 or 3 screwdrivers. So, to avoid the negative effects, I opt out of alcohol altogether.
For the average person, a couple of drinks to get a little buzz would not likely be an issue. The problem comes in to focus when you start getting sloppy Capital D-runk.
That is going to force your metabolism ot shift its focus toward the production of an enzyme call Cytochrome 450. It is the enzyme that is produced by the liver to facilitate the alcohol dehydrogenase reaction. It is a very labor intensive process for the body and it's production can affect the metabolic processes for up to 36 hours afterwards. So, don't get sloppy. It is just that simple.
Dining at restaurants...
By now you my diet (ahh um, Georgia where's my check?) and how religious I am about it. Yup, I've done it for 27 years now without so much as a cheat day anywhere in there.
So, do I go out to dinner ever? Do I eat at restaurants?
Yes! I know, that is a shocker.
Well, in fact, I'll go out to diner with the wife and kids about once a week.
We go to the regular chain-type family friendly places - Outback, Longhorn, ect.
I have found that most of these places will gladly bring me a plain grilled chicken breast and a plain sweet potato. If they don't have sweet potato, I go with a plain baked potato.
Most of these places cook up their potatoes, both sweet and plain, wrapped in foil with nothing more than a little salt added to the skin. That works great for me.
Now, I generally avoid the rice they serve since it is typically cooked with butter and oil.
As for the chicken, most places are using frozen chicken breast from some food service distributor like Sysco. These breast are no different than the one's from Sam's or Costco that are sold frozen.
So the meal itself is pretty easy. Chicken and baked potato.
Now, the other topic discussed was drinking alcohol. I don't do it. I can count on my fingers the number of times I've had a buzz. This is not a religious thing. I don't thing its a sin or anything like that. For me, my body doesn't do well with alcohol. I feel like crap the next day after 2 or 3 screwdrivers. So, to avoid the negative effects, I opt out of alcohol altogether.
For the average person, a couple of drinks to get a little buzz would not likely be an issue. The problem comes in to focus when you start getting sloppy Capital D-runk.
That is going to force your metabolism ot shift its focus toward the production of an enzyme call Cytochrome 450. It is the enzyme that is produced by the liver to facilitate the alcohol dehydrogenase reaction. It is a very labor intensive process for the body and it's production can affect the metabolic processes for up to 36 hours afterwards. So, don't get sloppy. It is just that simple.
