Here’s my drill when it comes to eating out Mexican. I order cheese dip and then eat 5 chips loaded down with salsa and cheese dip. This is roughly 5 carbs, as chips are almost always 1 carb each. After I eat those 5 chips I stop and wait for my food. Allowing myself 5 chips really satisfies that chip craving, but gives me a hard limit so I know where to stop.

As far as main dishes, I always order steak or chicken fajitas and just toss out the tortillas that come with it. Dump all your guac, salsa, lettuce and sour cream on top of the fajitas and just eat it like a taco salad. It’s awesome. The black bean soup is also a good alternative if you don’t like fajitas. And, of course, there’s taco salad. Just be sure and ask them to put it on a plate instead of in a tortilla bowl.

If you eat like this, you’ll come out around 15 carbs. Hope that helps.