Lots of good info here, as always! Thanks ladies!
I also adhere to a pretty strict diet. Of course no sugar. No white carbs (bread, etc.) and lots of lean protein. My favorite meal is a salad, and that seems to be the easiest way to eat when I'm dining out. One thing I'm always careful of in restaurants, however, is how they are cooking the fish or chicken that you've ordered. Most places smother them in seasonings and/or sauces during cooking. I always ask that mine be grilled without anything added to it, no salt, no special seasonings, no butter. My training partner and best friend, who is even stricter than I am, always asks them to grill hers on a piece of foil so that her food won't soak up the seasonings from food previously on the grill. I sometimes wonder if they tell her they will do this, but don't really do it. Who knows? I figure if I want to be that strict, I should just eat at home all the time.
And of course I eat lots of veggies. I eat some fruit, but not a lot. There is a high sugar content in fruit that I prefer to keep out of my diet. Oh, and about the "older ladies" part... I'll be 60 in November!
