Loving Life with Diabetes

Get some help when eating out.

With going to school and the mystery shopping I do I sometimes have to eat out a lot. I have found a great book that is very helpful in giving me information on the foods I eat at restaurants. I don’t have the newest version, but I will be getting that soon. The book is called Calorie King and it’s the best book ever made. Not only does it have the carbohydrates in most restaurant foods it also has some great advice on keeping healthy.

This type of information is so important as many restaurants don’t want you to know what your eating. I hate this and hated it even before I was diabetic. I should have this information so that I know how much I am eating and can make that choice. Before I started mystery shopping and driving a distance to school, I didn’t eat out much mostly because I just didn’t have the extra money to do so. I usually went out for special occasions like my birthday or a friends birthday. Am I going to splurge and have that chocolate lava cake with 105 carbs? Yep! Any other time though I might not. The good news is even when I did splurge I split it with someone. The sad part is it still equaled a meal in itself according to my diet plan now.

I like choice, I think restaurants should be required to put calorie and carb information on there menu. It’s a health issue for many people right now. If I ate that cake all by myself there is a good chance I could have hurt someone or ended up in the hospital because of a high sugar.

Anyway the point of this post is to let you know there are things out there that can give you this information. Check my sidebar out for books you can get to help you out. Calorie King is in there.