You'll find that lots of restaurants here, particularly the chains,
now have designated low-carb dishes on their menus.  Assuming you
believe calories count -- and I know you do -- you'll have to check
these out a bit before you order, but you can find some good choices
there.  Sometimes the dishes are high in fat, though.  Recently I
ordered a grilled shrimp dinner from the low-carb menu, but I
susbstituted green beans in place of the cauliflower whipped with
cream cheese and butter :-).

Chris
262/152/ (145-150)

Doug, there are so many food options in the US these days, you should
have no reason to worry. You could stick to strictly low carb eating
very very easily, if you want to. Counting calories or portion control
is much trickier on the road than counting carbs, imho. That's because
many foods contain no carbs at all. So you can eat all meat and fish
you want, but eat only a little bit of carby stuff like mashd potatoes
or whatever.

Also, they sell prepared food ssuch as rotisserie chicken, meats or
salads ate delis in most supermarkets, you would go a long way if you
make that a staple of your diet. A caveat, many of those salads
contain added sugar.

You can also request to stay in hotels with little kitchens, maybe
your employer will grant this request.

Maybe take a scale with you to detect if you are going way off track.
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Welcome to Fat Land :).

Traveling does make dieting hard, you never know what you are getting in
restaurant food.

However there are "nutrition" sites for various chain restaurants on the
web that might help.

When I am on the road I also try to wait until I can feel physical
hunger before I eat.   It may not be precise, but I use that as a rough
sign that I have used up what I last took in.

Steve

Speaking only for Boston, you'll find that a lot of restaurants in the
area, as well as a LOT of chain restaurants throughout the U.S., offer
low-carb selections.  I've had very good luck by telling the waitstaff
"I'm doing the low-carb thing", and they're pretty good about offering
substitutions for the pasta and bread.

If you're in downtown Boston, the Shaw's Supermarket next to
Prudential Center is very good with all kinds of low-carb foods.
Okay, some of them are frankenfoods and real cr*p, but they have a
salad bar and lots of good selections, and they might be only a block
or two from your hotel!

It's common, especially in the south, to find "breakfast all day"
restaurants where you can order omelets and egg dishes at any time.

I travel quite a lot, and I find that it's important to carry some
"safe" foods with me.  I pack nuts and cheese, and some meal
replacement bars for when I'm stuck on a plane with no food, or only
bad food choices.  I've had good luck finding "proper" food in most
airports these days, when there's time to stop and buy something.
Usually it's a chef's salad or ceasar salad, but in St. Louis last
week I got bunless burgers from Burger King, served in a dish and
without any sauces.  Like a little meat patty salad.

I hope this helps you!