Article: Chips and salsa are normally served as an appetizer, free of charge, at Mexican restaurants. However, those extra calories add up fast. A typical bowl of chips at a Mexican restaurant has about four servings of tortilla chips. This would equate to about 700 calories. Split between two people, this is 350 calories each. Assume the bowl gets refilled a couple times and you can quickly see how this turns into a full day's worth of calories. You might want to ask your server to hold the chips and salsa while you're eating out. If you're dining out with friends, especially a big group of people, you might not want to ask the server to hold the chips as that might disappoint others. Instead, just try to keep track of the amount of chips you eat. There are roughly 300 calories in 20 tortilla chips, and that's just a small part of the meal not counting your appetizer, entree, and drinks. Try to pace yourself with the chips. You could also compromise with your guests and ask that you not get the chip dish refilled. Sharing a bowl of tortilla chips with a big group means you will probably be unable to eat too many chips yourself. Appetizers are usually offered as something to munch on while you wait for your main course. If you're trying to eat healthy, skipping the appetizer altogether might not be a bad idea. However, if you do want an appetizer, make a wise choice. Ceviche is an appetizer served at many Mexican restaurants. It is a seafood dish that consists of fresh fruit, citrus juices, and chili peppers. It is generally low in calories, so it might be a good choice if you like seafood. Many Mexican restaurants offer a variety of fresh, healthy Mexican salads as appetizers. Napalito salad, for example, is made from avocado and Mexican cactus and has a fresh, crunchy, somewhat tart taste. It may be a better option for an appetizer than other items on the menu. Guacamole is often considered vastly unhealthy due to the fat content, but avocados are actually high in monounsaturated fat which is a necessary component to a healthy diet and good for heart health and cholesterol levels. Be careful not to go overboard as guacamole can be high-calorie. You might want to split with a few friends. Also, ask the server how the guacamole is prepared. Many Mexican restaurants, especially chains, use sour cream as an ingredient in guacamole to increase the amount without having to pay for fresh avocado. If the guacamole is made with sour cream, it might be a good idea to skip it as it's probably higher calorie and high in saturated fat. Most Mexican restaurants offer some kind of soup on the menu. Instead of a conventional appetizer, ordering soup before your meal might be a healthier, lower calorie option. As soup is liquid heavy, it helps fill the body up. If you have a bowl of soup before the main course, you're less likely to overindulge later in the night. Choose a healthy variety of soup, one that comes with plenty of veggies and lean meats like chicken. One downside to soups is that they're often high in sodium. If you order soup early in the meal, go easy with adding table salt and hot sauces, which also have a higher sodium content, to your entree.
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Hold the chips and salsa, or consume less. Make wise choices about appetizers. Try ordering guacamole as an appetizer. Order soup before your meal.
Article: If you're using either the double overhand or palms down grip, your thumbs should be pushing into the nail or bar through the wrapping, while your index, middle, and ring fingers are wrapped tightly around the bar. If you're using the double underhand grip, your pinkies should grip the bar the tightest, while your index, middle, and ring fingers grip the bar slightly less tightly. Push your fulcrum fingers into the steel as you start bending the ends of the bar toward each other. Your wrists will channel the driving force from your arm muscles, concentrated in your index fingers with the double overhand or palms down grip, the index finger of your far hand with the reverse grip, or your upper palms with the double underhand grip. Your goal is to bend the bar to at least a 45-degree angle. Keep up the bending pressure from your fulcrum fingers and your driving muscles as you bend the steel further, until your fulcrum fingers start to touch. If you're bending from the double overhand position, you can go from making the initial bend to continuing the bend in a single motion without changing your hand grip. If you're bending from the palms down or reverse position, you may have to change to the double overhand position to continue bending the steel. Ideally, you want to make this part of the bend in a single, smooth motion. If you're not strong enough to do that, you can make multiple attempts in rapid succession, using as much force as you can muster. Don't rest too long between attempts, or the steel will cool, making it harder to bend. Press the ends of the bar together until you can lace your fingers together; the ends should be about 2 inches (5 cm) apart. Then, use your clasped hands and upper arms like a nutcracker to finish bending the steel. You may have to remove some of the wrapping around the steel if it gets in the way. You may also have to grasp the bent steel in one hand and clasp that hand with your other hand, squeezing both the steel and your hand. As with the sweep, crush the bar's ends together should follow quickly after making the 90-degree bend so that the steel doesn't have time to cool.
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Grasp the bar firmly. Apply force to the bar. Sweep the bar to a 90-degree bend. Crush the ends of the bar together.