The Restaurant Diet : How to Eat Out Every Night and Still Lose Weight

In The Restaurant Diet, author Fred Bollaci, who lost 150 pounds (from 330): Teaches readers how to read a menu Explains how to ask important questions of the restaurant staff Gives guidance on how to have food customized to your dietary needs Provides insights into converting this into healthy eating at home. Eat out to your heart's content and not be overweight: As Fred teaches readers how to eat out and lose weight, he reveals the real secret: It’s not about preparing “clean” food at home, or going “whole” and excluding wheat, sugar, and dairy. Nor is it about counting calories or grams. It’s about WHY one overeats in the first place. Fred reveals his story of growing up in an Italian family, and how his parents’ divorce led to his eating compulsions. He tried every fad diet, but Fred was searching for a lasting solution. With the help of his doctor, a nutritionist, a trainer, and a psychologist, he was able to devise a four-phase diet and exercise plan. Fred proves that if he can do it, anyone can. He has kept the weight off for six years, running four marathons ― he looks great, feels great, and can enjoy great food and drink wherever he is. Guilt-free restaurant dining: Featuring recipes from America’s most noted restaurant chefs, as well as original recipes from Fred’s own kitchen, The Restaurant Diet is for the 19 million Americans who love to eat out on a regular basis ― and the 38% who are overweight. If you love to eat out but are trying to lose weight, dining out in restaurants no longer needs to be a harrowing experience. The Restaurant Diet is a safe and effective four-phase plan that doesn't involve any culinary sacrifices whatsoever. Author Fred Bollaci shows you how to make restaurants partners in your weight loss success―not your enemy. Fred not only offers advice on what to select from a restaurant menu, he also serves up more than one hundred delectable, hand-selected recipes from America’s most celebrated establishments―including several Michelin-starred restaurants―that you can make right at home. The Restaurant Diet is divided into four easy-tofollow phases: • Phase One, Beginning: Benvenuto! Enjoy foods like steak, shrimp, lobster, fish, chicken, turkey, lamb, veal, pork, eggs, salads, grains, fruits, vegetables―and even a glass of wine with dinner! • Phase Two, Opportunity: Buon appetito! In addition to everything in Phase One, you can add in a serving of pasta, pizza, and bread, as well as one dessert other than fruit or yogurt. • Phase Three, Challenge: Divertiti! Incorporate an additional one hundred calories per week into your plan and burn calories even faster when you exercise. • Phase Four, Achievement: Mangia! You now have control of what you choose from a menu, have lost weight and are maintaining it, and can even splurge on a treat once on a while! “I know of no other book that offers its readers the opportunity to learn how to remain healthy without giving up the pleasure that dining out brings.” —Monty Preiser, veteran food & wine writer This is the ultimate guide for people who want to dine out guilt-free! In The Restaurant Diet , author Fred Bollaci, who lost 150 pounds from 330: • Teaches readers how to read a menu • Explains how to ask important questions of the restaurant staff • Gives guidance on how to have food customized to your dietary needs • Provides insights into converting this into healthy eating at home As Fred teaches readers how to eat out and lose weight, he reveals the real secret: It’s not about preparing “clean” food at home, or going “whole” and excluding wheat, sugar, and dairy. Nor is it about counting calories or grams. It’s about WHY one overeats in the first place. After trying every fad diet, Fred devised a four-phase eating and exercise plan with the help of his doctor, a nutritionist, a trainer, and a psychologist. Featuring recipes from America’s most noted restaurant chefs, as well as original recipes from Fred’s own kitchen, The Restaurant Diet is for the nineteen million Americans who love to eat out on a regular basis—and the 38 percent who are overweight. “ The Restaurant Diet , with its smart, educated choices, will revolutionize the world of dieting. As a chef and restaurant owner, I am excited to be part of this game-changing book and way of life—where fine-dining restaurants are a conscious dieter’s friend.” Gabriel Kreuther, Michelin star chef and James Beard Award winner