Sweet Enigma

Source: PROTHINSPO

Even the best planned diet can come unstuck at a Christmas
party, birthday dinner or barbecue. Often the temptations
are just too great. Yet models have some of the most active
social lives of anyone, so exactly how do they do it and stay
so slim?
It take real discipline, but there are also plenty of tips and
tricks that we use as models. Events like these are not just
for fun, they are a part of the social networking that goes
into a successful modeling career. This page is about how
we manage to diet successfully without compromising a fun
social life.

Restaurant Food
When faced with a delicious menu, its all too easy to let your
stomach do the ordering rather than your brain! Here are
some tips to help you stay on track when eating out in a
restaurant.
• At buffets, pick up the smallest plate you can find.
Whatever size you choose, you will usually feel compelled to
fill it!

• Drink a Diet Coke or a cup of green tea before dinner, both
will help to reduce your appetite. Going to a restaurant
when you’re really hungry is tempting fate.

• Don’t follow the crowd and order a 3 course meal. If you
feel that you have to, try to choose light options like a
consommé, fruit plate or sorbet.

• Order an appetizer instead of a main course - portions
have grown in recent years and you really don’t need more.

• Don’t order anything with sauce. That grilled chicken may
sound light, but not if its drowning in a creamy sauce! In an
Italian restaurant, order the tomato-based sauces rather
than the cream-based ones.

• Order your food steamed, baked, grilled or poached, rather
than fried or deep fried.

• Substitute salad for the fries or potatoes that come with
your meal.

• Watch your salad dressing! Caesar salad can be just as
fattening as a burger.

• If the waiter brings you bread before the meal, send it right
back or you’ll end up full before the meal.

• You don’t need to finish the whole meal. Most restaurants
are happy to provide a doggy bag.