Dining out: delightful for your tastebuds, fun for your family, and potentially devastating for your waistline. While eating in a restaurant can turn any meal into a special occasion, the problem is, we often use special occasions as an excuse to overindulge.

So, is it possible to enjoy a restaurant meal and not suffer from the special-occasion mindset? Absolutely!

Meet your very own Healthified Survival Guide: Restaurant Edition. In this episode of Healthified, we'll show you surprisingly easy ways to eat out without packing on the pounds.

Healthified is a new video series brought to you by Live Better America, where we'll show you how to apply simple, do-able shortcuts to make life better and more enjoyable. Healthified: Great tips for a healthier you.