It’s not every day that you hear about discounts on healthy food options.  Doesn’t it sound backwards that you can eat out and lose weight?  According a study conducted by the National Restaurant Association, 71% of adults say they’re trying to eat more healthfully at restaurants.

Did you know several restaurants (including some Plastic Jungle restaurant gift card brands) have modified their menus to bring you more healthy options when eating out?

I had to take a double-take after reading “Eat Out, Drop Weight, Save Money ” as a headline on Shape magazine earlier this month.  According to the article called “Chain Reaction”, you can eat out at Applebee’s and Boston Market and lose weight!  Stack this dieting phenomenon with Plastic Jungle discount restaurant gift cards and you’ve just found a garden of good food ready to be eaten for less!

At Applebee’s (for a moderate 450 calories) you can enjoy the Under 550 Roasted Garlic Sirloin guilt-free.  Cut into a tender 7 oz. sirloin steak, sliced herbed potatoes, and lightly creamed spinach stuffed inside a portobello mushroom cap.  That’s a plate that will make just about any mouth water.  Use discount Applebee’s gift cards to get this meal for 8% off.  Prices vary by location, by many of us should be able to enjoy this Applebee’s healthy lunch or dinner option for under $12 (plus tax and tip).

Spinach is a very popular healthy dining side dish.  At Boston Market choose skinless chicken, garlicky lemon spinach, and mashed potatoes to only consume a filling 630 calorie meal.  Ordering streamed spinach rather than greens in cream from Boston Market helps this meal lose almost 200 calories!  Plus, save 20% off your Boston Market bill with discount Boston Market gift cards from Plastic Jungle.

Eating out doesn’t have to mean indulging in too many calories.  Lucky for you, taking a bite out of healthier eating-out meal options can be found for less with discount gift cards from Plastic Jungle.

Healthy Eating Out Tip:  If you’re heading out with friends and want to eliminate worrying about what to order, check out the Healthy Dining Finder.  Although there is not a mobile app for this resource, if your phone has an Internet browser, you’ll be able to find healthy meals on the run.

Plastic Jungle discount gift card Alerts are our way of giving each of you a frugal personal shopper for free.

Did you know that some Plastic Jungle shoppers are regularly saving 3% on automobile gasoline, 9-16% when eating out, and 7-16% on clothing?

Perhaps you had good intentions of getting onto Plastic Jungle and buying a discount gift card to use as tender on an upcoming home improvement project, but time got the best of you and you completely forgot about saving money through Plastic Jungle until after you made your purchase.  Or maybe you checked for a specific discount gift card brand and no supply was in stock.

Help yourself stay committed to your New Year’s resolutions of saving money, and take 5 – 10 minutes right now to create a Plastic Jungle account.  Then indicate which discount gift card brands you’re hoping to keep an eye on and Plastic Jungle will Alert you when the discount gift card brands you want are in stock.

By telling us which brands you love most, we bring you personalized discounts to your favorite stores via email on your computer or smartphone.  Within your secured Plastic Jungle account, all you need to do is select which stores you frequent and we’ll be sure to notify you when discount gift cards to those stores are in stock.  What more could you want in a personal shopper?

Setting up a Plastic Jungle Alert is easy and a real time saver.

How can you set up your discount gift card Alerts?

After logging in to Plastic Jungle, click “My Account” (upper right) and then “My Alerts” (middle left).  To add an Alert, find the gift card images for the brands you want to keep up with.  Gift card images are listed in alphabetical order for easy finding.  In this same screen you can modify the frequency of receiving Alerts and you can even indicate the gift card balance you are interested in.

I’ve had my Plastic Jungle account for awhile, how do I update my Alerts?

We like to keep things simple, so you actually have a couple of options.  You can either click “Sign In” and then “My Account” and then “My Alerts” to view the discount gift cards you previously selected, to make adjustments to that list, and to add any new gift cards brands that you want.  The second option is when you’re browsing Plastic Jungle and are on a particular gift card page, take a look to the left side of the screen.  You should find an oval green button that says “Set an Alert”.  Click this button and you will be taken to a sign in screen.  After completing your sign in data, you will be taken to update your “My Alerts” area as described above.

I set up my Alerts, now what do I do?

While Plastic Jungle strives to provide you with practical money-saving resources to maximize your spending, remember that you will need to open the Alert emails we send you and actually select the discount gift cards you want in order to get in on the deals to the places you love.

Are you taking advantage of the free discount gift card Alerts Plastic Jungle has to offer?