Quote Originally Posted by Damienm05 View Post
Restaurants don't serve complex carbs. If they do, it'll be sweet potato pureed with cream/butter. Order a chicken breast or any filet of fish and tell them to sub the starch for more veggies. All restaurant veggies have butter, so specify steamed plain. Most will have an unhealthy sauce, whether specified on the menu or not, so no sauce. Really, eating out isn't a good idea on a strict diet because no matter what you get it's all high in sodium and cooked with multiple tbspns. of oil. Take my word for it, I was a head chef for 2-years and had to choose my body or my job. I chose my body - life.

Just thought of another. Grilled chicken/salmon/steak salad, no romaine/iceburg, sub mixed greens. Make sure to sub the spiced pecans (sugar coated), cranberries (sugar), cheese (saturated fat), whatever other shit is in there. No dressing (either saturated fat or sugar/oil), just evoo/vinegar on the side. Even the vinaigrettes are loaded with simple sugars and are usually made w/ 3 parts canola oil per 1 part vinegar. Also, don't think you're being difficult w/ all these substitutions - it's rare that anyone orders exactly as food is listed on the menu and I never did begrudge dieting customers.
Good comments in the thread D5 but what do you mean "restaurants dont serve complex carbs"? You can get beans, lentils, brown rice, and an assortment of other complex carbs at just about any restaurant. I agree you need to tell them how to cook them. Guess I am misunderstanding your initial statement.