Dressing on the side!

No offense, but this one should be a no-brainer. That's why it's such good advice! Most people, including myself, don't use their brains when they eat out! I just assume the restaurant knows best and let them do their thing, even if it means a full half cup of mayo based dressing drowns my lovely greens. If I know a particular place is going to down my veggies in butter for example, I still don't seem to be smart enough to ask them to hold the butter. You're post is a great and needed reminder that we don't have to dumbly accept the unhealthy extras that restaurants dump on our food. There's nothing wrong with asking for a restaurant to hold the butter, salt or sugar or put something on the side when preparing a dish. A good establishment will have no problem honoring reasonable requests, because they want your money and they want you to come back. Anyway, thanks for the reminder Rachel!

It's true. Getting a salad with dressing on the side is a total no-brainer, but it's well worth repeating. I have so many friend that seem to be on a constant diet, eating healthy and when they are not eating healthy, they are simply depriving themselves. But there's one friend who does this that will then proceed to dump ladels upon ladels of Ranch dressing onto her salad! I mean, has anyone looked at the fat content of Ranch dressing lately? It is not low! And the calories alone... I look at it like this: If you are trying to lose weight, skip the dressing. If you can't stomach a vegetable without something dressing it up, try hummus. A big dollop on top of your salad will rock your world. If that doesn't work, go for it. Do what you need to do - just be sure to eat your veggies.