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"Lauren Conrad posted some of her summer stay-slim secrets to her website today...they&amp;#x27;re all about how to eat well at restaurants, and I think a lot of us can relate! As you know, restaurant portions can be ginormous. In fact, over the past 20 years: The size of hamburgers have grown by 23 percent; a plate of Mexican food is 27 percent bigger than it used to be; and sodas are larger by 52 percent. That&amp;#x27;s why it&amp;#x27;s easy to eat more than you mean to&amp;amp;#8212;or want to, really. Says Lauren: &amp;quot;I really enjoy the taste of healthy food&amp;amp;#8212;salads, whole grains, lean meats, and good fats. And I have come to realize that I can pretty much order what I want at a restaurant as long as I keep my portions in check. If I want a few sweet-potato fries to go along with my grilled chicken salad at lunch, I will get them! But I make sure that I&amp;amp;#8217;m aware of how many I am eating. My biggest challenge isn&amp;amp;#8217;t what I eat but rather how much of it I eat.&amp;quot; Makes sense, right? To keep her portion sizes at restaurants under control, here&amp;#x27;s what Lauren suggests: Split an entree with your dining partner. Move a portion of your entree onto your bread plate and eat from there instead (research has shown that eating from smaller plates can help keep your appetite in check). Eat the portion of the entree that you want, then pass the rest over to the guy you&amp;#x27;re dining with (what&amp;#x27;s up with guys and their metabolisms, anyway?). When you start to feel full, stop eating and give yourself 10 to 15 minutes to let that fullness sink in. Talk to your dining companion, or if you&amp;#x27;re by yourself, walk around the house. If you still feel hungry after those 10 to 15 minutes are up, &amp;quot;I know that I can eat a little bit more without getting stuffed,&amp;quot; says Lauren. Ooh, I especially like that last tip&amp;amp;#8212;it&amp;#x27;s so easy to eat and eat until you get that &amp;quot;I wish I was wearing sweatpants&amp;quot; feeling. What do you think? How do you keep your portions under control at a restaurant? Photo: Splash News"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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