Dining out at a restaurant doesn’t have to mean unhealthy eating.

• Share a meal with someone else or bring half your meal home to eat the next day. Typical restaurant servings are often twice the size of a single serving.

• Send the breadbasket back.

• Avoid fried foods.

• At fast food restaurants, order a grilled chicken sandwich and put the fixings on yourself. Choose low-fat condiments.

• Drink water instead of soda.

Tip: Value meals aren’t such a great deal when you consider the calories and fat you’re consuming.