A weight loss diet requires maintaining a calorie deficit. However, dining out during a weight loss journey often comes with the fear of exceeding your daily calorie limit and overeating. On June 2, fitness coach Aarja Bedi addressed this common concern and shared 10 practical hacks she learned from her own weight loss journey to stay on track while eating out. 

“If you’re trying to lose fat but also don’t want to skip every birthday dinner or brunch invite; this one’s for you. Here are 10 habits I’ve built that let me eat out, enjoy the moment and stay on track,” Aarja added.

1. Never skip meals beforehand.

Starving all day before dinner out just guarantees overeating. Eat light, balanced meals, not nothing.

2. Hit your protein goals early in the day

Frontload protein to make sure that you are not scrambling to hit it after a heavy carb-fat meal out.

3. Keep carbs and fats lower in earlier meals

To leave some room in the tank, follow this tip, because dinner’s going to be rich anyway.

4. Drink extra water that day

This helps with digestion, appetite control, and avoids confusing dehydration for hunger.

5. Try to get in 10k+ steps and/or a workout

Movement gives you a cushion, mentally and physically.

6. Decide on your indulgence ahead of time

Drinks or dessert, breadbasket or pasta. Not all of it. That one decision keeps everything in check.

7. Check the menu before if you can

Not to obsess, just to avoid panic ordering or FOMO. Knowledge leads to relaxation.

8. Don’t show up starving

Have a small snack (like a protein shake or fruit) 1 hour before to avoid devouring the table.

9. Eat mindfully, not emotionally.

Enjoy and relish your food instead of inhaling it. Consume food, chew slowly.

10. Get back to your normal routine the next day

No making up for it. Just water, protein, movement, and moving on. That’s the real flex.

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