Phooljari - if you want to stick to eating healthy most nutritionistd recomend to cook and eat at home so you know the ingredeints. Also bag your lunch.
Resturants use many condiments that are full of fat and calories (mayo, butter, oils, sugar) that can just add up the calories. The portions are SUPER huge as well.
I SOOOOOOO agree!!!!!! that is why I never eat out EVER!!!! and that is the reason. you can never how many calories you are truly ingesting!!
Restraunts don't care about your health. they are there to make money, period. So avoid eating out as much as possible!
that said fat free, sugar free and all that sha-na-na doesn't really mean anything (unless your diabetic, then sugar free will probably means something). just look at your calories. And remember that losing 3500 calories burns 1lb of FAT; and eating 3500 cals you gain a pound of fat.