Steak House
Steak houses are great places to find a 21-Day Slimdown meal because they always have plenty of carbs, proteins and fibrous vegetables on the menu. Keep in mind, though, that they often dip chicken and other meat in butter before grilling. Remember to request that your meat be grilled plain.
A perfect steak house meal would be the fillet (grilled without butter), a plain baked potato and a dinner salad with the dressing on the side. Steak sauce, mustard and Worcestershire sauce are all fine too.
EAT
- Small (i.e. 6 ounces) portion of filet mignon (butterflied) Lean cuts of steak
- Skinless chicken grilled without butter or oil
- Shrimp grilled without butter or oil
- Lobster with lemon juice (not drowned in butter!)
- Dinner salad with the dressing on the side
- Baked potato with yogurt or Dijon mustard
- Soups (exclude cream and meat-based soups)
- Steamed vegetables
- Game meats such venison, ostrich and sometimes buffalo (buffalo can be high in fat)
- Pork tenderloin
- Plain rice
REDUCE
- Fatty cuts of meat
- Dinner rolls (just one roll with butter adds about 150 calories to your meal)
- High-fat salad bar items like bacon bits, cheese and croutons
- Potatoes au gratin
- French fries
- Sour cream
- Butter
- Sauteed vegetables
- Mayonnaise
- Blue cheese dressing
- Salt
- Rich desserts
- Fried appetizers
