4 Strategies to Eat Healthy and Avoid Regret at Your Summer BBQ
Who doesn’t love a good summer BBQ? Surrounding yourself with friends and family, firing up the grill or smoker, you have yourself the makings of a good time. Cross your fingers for some good weather that cooperates, and you’re set. The downside is, for many, a summer BBQ leads to the scale creeping up unexpectedly the following day because you didn’t eat healthy at the party and the fun you had quickly transitions into regret. Well, not this time!
In this article, you’re going to find four useful strategies that you can implement to help you eat healthy and stay on track so you can stay lean, look great, and let the good times roll this summer with a killer bod.
1. Always Have a Healthy Dish at Your Summer BBQ
One key to eat healthy at your summer BBQ, whether you are the host or a guest, is to take a healthy recipe that you know is something you’ll be able to eat without regret. Also, you need to keep in mind that it should be a food or dish that others would enjoy as well. So, that tilapia and asparagus you’ve been eating during your diet to get ready for summer fun, cross that off of your list.
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That said, a meat and cheese platter, a fruit salad, a healthy hummus dip, a salad mix with various toppings, a vegetable tray, or something similar would be your best option. By having something there you know you’ll be able to eat that isn’t super high in calories, carbohydrates, fat, or sugar should help you get through the summer BBQ without regret.
2. Find the Protein
Another strategy you can use the eat healthy while enjoying a summer BBQ is to scope out the food table and find all of the protein sources you can choose from. Protein at a summer BBQ will be your friend (for the most part). Chicken, burgers, pork, sausage, etc., are all good choices.
For starters, you should always be looking for protein sources as it will not only help keep you full and satiated longer throughout the party, but it can also help your muscles recover and grow from your workouts.
Clearly, the party you’re attending (or hosting) will include BBQ of some sort if it’s a summer BBQ, but as you know, the majority of BBQ sauces out there are incredibly high in sugar. You’re going to want to avoid piling these items on your plate or even adding more sauce to the dish. Consuming a serving of a delicious BBQ platter isn’t going to kill you or have you regretting your decision later but be mindful of your portion sizes.
If possible, try to scrape off the excess BBQ sauce from your protein sources. If you’re eating baby back ribs with sauce, grilled BBQ chicken, or something similar, this is normally possible as it has some excess lingering on top. However, if one of your choices is a pork BBQ where the pork is shredded to put on a sandwich or eat plain, you’re really not going to be able to much with that example.
If you’re looking for snacks to pick at as an appetizer, look for things like a healthy hummus or some nuts. Nuts contain healthy fats and fiber and are a great satiating food as well which can help prevent you from overeating at your summer BBQ.
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