Episode 109

Menu Mayhem

Published on: 1st September, 2021

Feel like there's a restaurant you avoid when you're focusing on your food choices? Or maybe you're dreading the return of work-travel because it's annoying to pack a suitcase of snacks, bars and other food so you have options. Not to worry! Jenn's tackling all of YOUR restaurant and menu questions this week. From Dunkin' and Waffle House to Panera, Chick-Fil-A  and Cheesecake Factory plus a steakhouse, a Mexican restaurant and more you'll get it ALL. No more fear of what you'll eat if someone else picks the restaurant, with this episode you'll be ready for anything!

Outline:

  • Welcome back & welcome back, Stephanie
  • Intro today's topic
  • Do you look at menus, the restaurant's Instagram & reviews before you go?
  • Dunkin'
  • California Pizza Kitchen (CPK)
  • Cracker Barrel
    • Omelet bar at a buffet
  • Waffle House
    • Beyond breakfast
  • Chick-Fil-A
  • Wendy's
  • IHOP (International House of Pancakes)
  • Cheesecake Factory
    • Burger Heaven
    • Guacamole
  • Panera Bread
  • Jamba  Juice
  • Chipotle
  • PF Chang's
  • Mexican restaurants
    • Chips & salsa & guac
  • Pellana Steakhouse (Peabody, MA)
  • Words to look for on a menu
    • Yellow light words, proceed with caution
    • Green light words, seek these out
  • A note on vacations & food

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Quotes:
"This is a snack, or a hold-us-over kind of food; I wouldn't say anything on this menu is a staple." - Jenn Trepeck
"When looking at menus online, calories are only one piece of the puzzle."  - Jenn Trepeck
"Protein and fiber, quality fat, we're looking for nutrients."  - Jenn Trepeck
"We'll pick our battles. It's all OK! We're going to be fine."  - Jenn Trepeck 
"Rye, sourdough and pumpernickel are often better choices than wheat bread."  - Jenn Trepeck
"I look at a menu as an indication of what they have in their kitchen, rather than as prescriptions."  - Jenn Trepeck
"Sometimes you're better off with a burger or steak than chicken or fish."- Jenn Trepeck

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About the Podcast

Salad With a Side of Fries Nutrition, Wellness & Weight Loss
What to eat and when to cheat! Let's decipher between all the “diets” out there. You know what to do but it itsn't working. In fact, your diet could be making you fatter.

Ever wondered if cryo-freezing your fat cells would really work? Should you try acupuncture? A hypnotist? If you do, how do you know if someone’s good?

Salad with a Side of Fries is the podcast that will answer all these questions and more! Talking wellness and weight loss for real life, because most of us are going to drink, eat out, skip the grocery store and who wants a life without fries or dessert?! Host Jenn Trepeck’s expertise as an optimal health coach, in practice for over a decade, along with experts in various modalities will clear up the myths, mis-information, bad science and marketing to reveal the truth of HOW TO EAT and HOW TO CHEAT!*



*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This podcast, its content and guests are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

About your host

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Jennifer Trepeck

“My passion for nutrition and helping others stems from “kicking my food issues” with my own weight management saga.” ~ Jenn

I believe that the greatest accountability is paying it forward! That’s why I teach the nutrition education we are all supposed to know but no one ever taught us, along with the science behind food, fitness, and health.

After I graduated from the University of Michigan Ross School of Business, I founded Better Life Now LLC while working full-time in hedge funds. In 2019, I took my practice from side-hustle to full-time self-employment and launched my podcast, Salad With a Side of Fries. On the show, we offer science-based tips and tricks for how to achieve wellness and weight loss for real life – because who wants a life without fries or dessert?!

Topics we tackle on the podcast include debunking fad diets, food myths, misinformation in marketing, bad science, and general nutrition. I encourage guests whose expertise is different from my own focus on weight management to bring their unique, fact-based perspectives to talk about subjects they are educated in and passionate about.

Due to my decade-long experience of working with clients, I have gained insight into the health and food industry and the how-tos of building a business.

Some specific health and wellness topics I can speak to include debunking fad diets, exposing the BS we are fed by the food and diet industry, how the people around us can positively and negatively impact our health journey, and shifting mindsets in order to overcome inappropriate barometers of success to instead achieve happy, healthy, and meaningful change.

On the subject of business, I can help you by teaching my critical pieces every entrepreneur should know, how to make your side-hustle into your full-time job, ways to sustainably achieve success without burning out, contemporary networking, and how to prioritize wellness while pursuing your projects.

When I find some free time, I’m typically working out at Physique57, discovering hidden gem restaurants in NYC, or traveling to spend time with friends and family.

I’d love to have an in-depth conversation with you, whether it’s leveling up in business or debunking food myths!