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Eating Out… Optimized

The Busy Businessman’s Guide to What to Order

Don’t Let Your Health Choices

Ruin Your Negotiations

“The Purpose of This Guide is to

Make Sure you Don’t Lose Clients In this Guide
by Skipping Those Important
What to order at a
Lunches” ~ Thomas DeLauer Steakhouse steakhouse or
American traditional American
restaurant
Let’s face it, eating out is not the best option when you’re trying to lose
weight or optimize your body and your mind. But the secret lies in Come out of a Sushi
Chinese
learning what to order and the sequence in which to eat certain foods. restaurant
Sushi HEALTHIER than
It’s taken me years to learn the dos and don’ts of going out to eat, but I
Asian when you went in.
have finally perfected it into an easy to read checklist.

It’s one thing to be on your own performance mission, but it’s an It’s not about
entirely different story to forcefully bring those that you’re at lunch or Mexican skipping the chips.
dinner with on the mission with you. Although it may be the right There ARE choices.
thing to do for your health and energy, it can put others in a state of
defense, and that’s not always the best thing when going into heavy-
handed negotiations. Keep brainpower
Italian high and stomach fat
This guide is designed to illuminate what you can choose when you low with the right
don’t want to deviate from your plan, but don’t want to come off as a Italian Meals.
“too good for you” jerk.

Thomas DeLauer is the Founder and CEO of OptimizeCEO.

He’s gone from being an overweight executive to being on the covers of
magazines and a leader of one of the largest ancillary service providers in the
healthcare industry. He created OptimizeCEO to train go-getter businessmen to
increase their bottom line through body and business.
 OptimizeCEO 2015

American
Food/Steakhouses Asian Mexican
If No Carbs/Starch Chinese Low Carb Options
The following are WITHOUT Rice or Note that Mexican Food is very high carb
* Burger with No Bun Carbs and is one of the most difficult kinds of
* Steak of Any Kind (High Fat * Kung Pao Chicken restaurants to eat out at. Avoid Mexican
Okay) * Broccoli Beef food when possible.
* Veggie Burger No Bun * Cashew Chicken
* Chicken Sandwich (No Bun) * Almond Chicken * Guacamole
* Chicken Thigh or Half Chicken * Hot and Sour Soup * Ask for Vegetables instead of
* Salmon * Egg Flower Soup chips
* Oysters * Salsa
* Cheese Okay if no carbs Thai/Indian * Tostada (Don’t Eat the Shell)
* Butter (Preferred Organic) The Following are WITHOUT Rice or * Shredded Chicken
* Asparagus Noodles * Taco Salad – NO RICE or
* Broccoli * Coconut Curry With NO BEANS
* Carrots (No more than five) POTATOES * Cheese is okay with no rice or
* Salad (NO CROUTONS) * Ginger Chicken beans
* Ranch Dressing/Caesar * Stir Fried Mixed Vegetables * Fajitas with No Tortilla (Perfect
* Blue Cheese Dressing * Tom Yum Gai for ordering for the table)
* Olive Oil/Vinegar
With Carbs – NO FATS
If You Want Carbs – Eat This * Tom Yum Noodles with
Chicken/Lean Beef
* Lean Steak (sirloin, filet) * Steamed Rice
* Turkey Burger (No Bun) * Rice Noodles with NO MEAT or Italian
* Chicken Breast or Sandwich with NUTS
no Bread Low Carb Options
* Baked Potato with NO BUTTER Japanese/Sushi Italian Food is predicated upon carbs, so
* Fruit It is CRITICAL That you Order Your low-carb options are minima – You’re
* Salad with No Croutons Sushi with STEAMED RICE not SUSHI best to keep it low fat and moderate carb
* Italian Dressing RICE (lean meats)
* Honey Mustard Dressing
* Vinaigrette SUSHI * Antipasti – Salami, Pastrami,
* Any Potatoes without added fat * Salmon Nigiri Olives, Cheeses
* Rice/Quinoa with No Oil * Mackeral Nigiri * Minestrone Soup (No Potatoes
Drinks (Applies to All Categories Aliquam scelerisque
* Albacore Nigiri
* Unagi with NO SAUCE
* Caprese Salad
* Caesar Salad (No croutons)
* Rainbow Roll with NO
* Iced Tea with Lemon (Stevia or
the occasional Splenda Ok)
AVOCADO sagittis erat.
* Spicy Tuna Roll
* Salmon and other Fish

High Carb ZERO FAT

* IF WITH CARBS – Apple Cider * Spicy Salmon Roll If you go the pasta route, be sure to have
Beer or Ginger Beer * Pickled Ginger Okay little to no fat. Only Carbs and lean
* Sparkling Water * Opt for Low-Sodium Soy Sauce or protein, and ONLY if they have
* Alcohol – Small Red Wine or Tamari gluten free pasta
Vodka/Club Soda
SOUP * RICE Pasta – NO Gluten rich
Bottom Line * Miso NO TOFU pasta
DO NOT mix your carbs and fats. * Marinara Sauce
Either have high fat, zero LOW CARB * Mussels
carbohydrate, or moderate * Salmon Collar * Lean Fish
carbohydrate and less fat/leaner * Salmon Filet
proteins. The safer choice is always * Ribeye
to go for the low carb option. * Kobe Burger (No Bun)