Restaurant Guide (Health program approved!)

Let's face it, we all like to eat at restaurants.  If we choose to eat healthfully, we typically opt for the safe choice -- a salad.  Salads are a great choice, especially if you don't want to spend 30 minutes dissecting the menu.  If you choose a salad, you should beware of the common salad pitfalls: cheese and salad dressing.  Request your server leave off the cheese and request a low-fat dressing or Italian dressing.

Salad isn't your only choice though!  Here are some alternate menu choices that also follow the health program I am a health coach for:

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Applebees

Grilled Dijon Chicken & Portobellos
     *Special request: no white cheddar, substitute extra veggies for potatoes

Black Bear Diner ~ Check out their Fit and Focused menu!

Chili Lime Tilapia
    *Special request: no fruit, add extra veggies (or side salad)

Farmer’s Scramble

     *Speical request: no cheese, no fruit, no toast, add extra veggies (or side salad)

Acapulco Scramble

     *Speical request: no cheese, no fruit, no toast, add extra veggies (or side salad)

Chevy's

Chicken or shrimp fajitas
     *Special request: no onions, extra bell peppers
     *Do not eat: tortillas, guacamole or sweet corn tamalito

Coyotes Bar & Grill ~ Request the Healthy & Fit menu if it isn't featured on the back of your menu!

The healthy & Fit menu features entrees like salmon, buffalo steak, bun-less buffalo burger and other items.  The menu was designed by a fellow health coach!

Famous Dave's ~ Check out the Citrus Grill selections!

Citrus Grilled Salmon
     *Special request: no honey chipotle lime glaze, no pineapple slices, add extra veggies

Citrus Grilled Shrimp
     *Special request: no honey chipotle lime glaze, no pineapple slices, add extra veggies

Steak Tenderloins 
     *Special request: no pineapple slices, add extra veggies


McGrath's Fish house

Hazelnut Sole
     *Special request: substitute lemon wedges for Lemon Caper Beurre Blanc topping

Halibut Parmesan
     *Special request: substitute lemon wedges for any sauce

Snow Crab Legs
     *Butter sauce okay to eat!

Dungeness Crab Legs
     *Butter sauce okay to eat!

Anything from the Wood Fired menu
     *Request all veggie sides

Lunch menu:

Parmesan Crusted Basa
     *Request all veggie sides

Wood Fired Salmon
     *Request all veggie sides

PF Changs

Chicken lettuce wraps on the appetizer menu (also on the Happy Hour menu!) - enough food for an entree!
     *Special request: no rice noodles and cook in broth instead of oil
  
Red Robin

Ensenada Chicken Platter
     *Special request: no tortilla strips
     *Do not eat: sour cream

Ruby Tuesday ~ Check out the Fit and Trim menu!

Creole Catch 
     *Add healthy side from list below

Jamaican Jerk Shrimp

     *Special request: no mango salsa, no rice pilaf, add healthy side from list below

Grilled Salmon

     *Add healthy side from list below.

Healthy sides:

• Sliced Tomatoes with balsamic vinaigrette
• Roasted Spaghetti Squash
• Fresh Grilled Zucchini
• Fresh Steamed Broccoli
• Creamy Mashed Cauliflower
• Fresh Grilled Green Beans

Ruth's Chris Steakhouse

Appetizers:

Mushrooms stuffed with crabmeat
*Take into account the amount of crabmeat you eat when you order your entree

Salads & sides:

Caesar

Ruth's Jumbo Chop Salad
*Special request: no bacon, no croutons, no lemon basil dressing, no onions
*Special request: Italian dressing or low fat ranch dressing (or other approved dressing)

Lettuce Wedge*Special request: no bacon
*Special request: Italian dressing or low fat ranch dressing (or other approved dressing)

Sauteed mushrooms
*Special request: request they use broth instead of butter to sautee the mushrooms

Baby spinach
*Special request: request they use broth instead of butter to sautee the spinach

Fresh asparagus
*Don't eat the hollandaise sauce

Entrees:
Steak (Eat 5 oz. portion, no extra fat in the rest of your meal)
Petite Fillet and Shrimp
Lamb chops (Eat 5 oz. portion, no extra fat in the rest of your meal)
Lobster (Eat 7 oz. portion)

Sayler's 

*IMPORTANT:
  1.  Request all seafood to be baked
  2.  Remember that the menu portion sizes are pre-cooked weight.  The portions below are cooked weight.
  3.  The sides are not listed on the menu, so select veggie sides and/or salad.  Watch your portion sizes.  Most vegetables should be about a half cup per serving.  Your meal on the health program I coach should include three veggie servings.

Entree choice:
Any steak, avoid prime rib (Eat 5 oz. portion)
Halibut (Eat 6 oz. portion)
Lobster (Eat 7 oz. portion)
Salmon (Eat 5 oz. portion)

Entrees from the "On the Lighter Side" menu:

Filet Mignon (Eat 5 oz. portion)

Chicken breast (Eat 6 oz. portion.  The menu is not clear how many ounces the portion is)

Halibut (Eat 6 oz. portion)

Texas Roadhouse 

Entree Salads:

Chicken Caesar Salad
*Special request: no croutons

House Salad
*Special request: no croutons, no cheese
*Choose low-fat ranch or italian dressing

Steak:
Sirloin (Choose 6 oz. portion and eat only 5 oz.)
New York (Choose 12 oz. portion and eat only 5 oz. - take half home!)
Ft. Worth Ribeye (Choose 10 oz. portion and eat half)
Dallas Filet (Choose 6 oz. portion and eat only 5 oz.)

Chicken:

Oven Roasted Chicken

Smothered Chicken
*Special requests: no gravy, no cheese, no onions)

Dockside favorites:

Grilled Salmon
*Special request: Lemon wedge on side instead of lemon butter

Grilled Shrimp
*Special request: Lemon wedge on side instead of lemon butter
*Special request: Healthy side instead of rice (see list below)

Healthy Sides:
House salad
Caesar salad
Fresh veggies
Green beans
Sauteed mushrooms
 

Do you need a healthy option for another restaurant you don't see here? 

Email me at HealthyandFitLife@gmail.com so I can help you!