How bad is Mexican
 

I had chicken fajitas today with out the tortilla...rice...& no beans.

I only ate the chicken with the onions & green pepper.
I ate no chips...I did have a little bit of salsa on some of my chicken.

I also had salad with sour cream & avacado and I drank water.

I'm just wondering if this is something I should avoid completely because of the way it's prepared

Hopin I wasn't a bad girl....cause if I was bad I really wanted the chips & salsa...

Thanks

Sounds pretty good to me, Miss Muffett!

Have a look at what the Atkins centre says about Dining Out: Mexican Food for more reassurance and guidance.

I often check his website before eating out for a few tips on the best restaurant choices. ;)

HTH

:rose:Rosebud:rose:

I love fajitas and guacomole and go out for them at least once a month! I've never noticed it having any negatively effect on my weigh loss as long as I stay away from the rice, tortillas, and chips. I even eat a few beans, although not the entire serving.

I eat Mexican food at least 2x a week. We love eating the fajitas with salsa, guacamole, cheese and sour cream :yum: . A couple of the restaurants we go to have wonderful grilled chicken dishes with creamy cilantro or pablano sauces (my favorite!!). But those chips are hell to resist, aren't they??? We just ask the waiter to remove them from the table. Whew!

THe LC tortillas are really good, btw, indistinguishible from the 'real' thing. Take some along next time you go!

Cheers,

Friday

The Atkins tortilles only have 3 carbs. We use them for all kinds of meals including great sandwich wraps.

If it is on the menu I get the carnitas. It is roasted pork and usally served like fajitas so just ask them to hold the totilla, rice and take it easy on the beans. Yum Yum.

Luv Mexican Food
 

Hubby and I normally go out for Mexican food once/week or once every two weeks. I either order a taco salad minus the beans and shell OR a Cocktail Mexitco (sp). I'll have to look more closely at the menu next time I get it. Anyhoo....it's like a mexican shrimp cocktail. It's wonderful! You can either get it with seafood or just shrimp. The seafood has squid, octapus and other nasty swimmy type things in it. I always get it with JUST SHRIMP. It also has onions, peppers, shrimp and avacado in it. They serve it with crackers which of course I don't eat but it's WONDERFUL!

Kim

If you are in trouble for what you ate, then I'm in trouble, too. Mexican is pretty much a staple around here and your fajhita selection is pretty much what I eat.

haleyju

I'm going to visit my daughter in Austin, Texas next month and I plan on eating Mexican no matter what!!! I won't eat the tortillas or the rice and beans, but I will indulge in the salad, veggies, and avacado! I live on the border of Northern Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. We do not have Mexican restaurants up here and I won't visit Texas without splurging on a few good meals!!!!

Oh- for goodness sakes- I live in NEW MEXICO! I think that it is possible to eat in this way- but the hardest thing for me to avoid are sopapillas- yum. Does anyone know if carne adovada is low in carbs? I used to eat tamales too- but no longer. I think I prefer the butt shrinkage instead! :spin:

avocado
 

net carbs according to atkins = 4.8 for 1 whole avocado. they are allowed on atkins.

ally

Thanks for all the replies everybody...I sure did enjoy that lunch and now especially since I don't have to feel guilty about it.

I ordered some of the lc tortillas online...they came today...I had a chicken salad with a slice of bacon wrapped in it for dinner...not too bad...

And if you haven't tried the cinnamon bun & butter pork rinds...yummy....love em

I have been out for Mexican food only once since I started this WOE. I had Sabana, a thin, thin steak with cheese melted over it and tomatillo sauce. Ate the steak, salad and guacamole and gave my daughter, who needs to gain a few pounds, the rice and beans.
She lost too much on a Candida diet.

yum
 

Hey slack! I lived in New Mexico for several years and my family is still there. My mom loves carne adovada :). I am not sure if it is low in carbs or not...but it is basically just meat marinated in red chile, so as long as there is no added sugar or starch it is probably okay.

I noticed in many new mexican restaurants that there was usually at least a few "low-carb" choices (I was not low carb at the time though). One restaurant had a dish of half a chicken marinated in salsa, another place had (my favorite) a delicious shredded pork dish with pico de gallo ( also came with torillas, but they could be avoided). I think many mexican and new mexican restaurants are feasible as long as you avoid the enchiladas, etc.

Personally, I much prefer new mexican to mexican (or worse, tex-mex, blech). New mexican food is muy caliente y deliciouso, si?

-Angie