Doing the Digest Diet? Dining Out Guide helps navigate restaurants (Video)

If youre not familiar with the Digest Diet, its the latest weight-loss plan developed by Readers Digest editor in chief Liz Vaccariello, who helped develop the Flat Belly Diet.

The 21-day meal plan is broken up into three phases:

1. Fast Release: The first four days feature smoothies and soups that are full of good fats and fiber.
2. Fade Away: Days 5 through 14 increases the vegetables and reduces the carbohydrates a bit. A fat loss overview can help you build a clear summarize of what you need to focus on to accomplish your fat reducing goal if you're a beginner; or serve as a reminder for these who are at an intermediate or more improve phase of their weightloss strategy. Promptly after are seven steps that can serve as instructions for your special weight loss program. The first thing that one must understand is that losing weight and losing fat is not the same thing. Many weight loss applications have fooled people into considering that it is the same, but most diets and weight loss plans only work by causing a person's body to reduce more muscle flesh and water than actual body fat, more help please visit The Fat Loss Factor. It's somewhat Mediterranean in feel.
3. Finish Strong: Days 15 through 21 balances carbs, protein and fats.

But what if you want to eat at a restaurant? What do you do? You can consult the Digest Diet Dining Out Guide (Readers Digest, $9.99), the latest in the Digest Diet book collection. This compact softcover book can easily fit into a purse or briefcase and features:

• A quick overview of the plan and its three phases.
• 10 shortcuts and tips for ordering Digest Diet-friendly meals.
• How to find fat-releasing foods on a menu.
• Warnings for spotting and avoiding fat increasers.
• Best meals for each phase of the diet at fast food and casual dining restaurants.
• Snack ideas for when you're traveling or on the go.
• Comparison chart so you can easily estimate portion sizes.

Where are some wise choices to eat? Japanese restaurants are touted because of the sashimi selection and the low-fat preparations like grilling and teppanyaki. Believe it or not, Mexican is a good choice, as long as you avoid the cheese and sour cream-laden dishes and eat your fajitas without the tortillas.

As for national chains, Au Bon Pain has lots of choices, as do Bubba Gump Shrimp Co., Carls Jr., Panera Bread, Pei Wei, and Cosi.

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