a silly question

Hello Everyone I just had my lap RNY on April 30th 2007. My question for you is what do you eat when you go out to eat. I want some fettucine alfredo from Olive Garden in the worst way. I keep telling myself that someday I can get a bite of it. Maybe even a nibble of a breadstick. At this point the head hunger is killing me. So can you please tell me what you eat when going out, and if you've ate at Olive Garden since what did you get? Thanks for anwsering my silly question. I want the weight off so I'm trying to find new ways of battling the head hunger Amanda

The first time I ate bread, it was part of a whole wheat english muffin--I got sick--ate too much or too fast or something, but it got stuck and eventually it came back up but boy it made me misserable in the mean time. That was enough to curb my interest in breads for a long time. Even at over 13 months out, I rarely eat breads other than maybe a bite or two. I went out for lunch today and had chilli and cornbread. The cornbread was a very large piece and I ate about a one inch slice. It was delicious, however I could tell it had more sugar in it than I should have and probably one more bite would have put me over the edge with dumping. I brought home half of the chilli and 3/4 of the cornbread for later and my husband may end up with the cornbread. I had soup, at the Olive Garden, when I first went there. They are not very WLS friendly (the restraunt chain and the food) so I do not go there very often. I think as early out as you are I would try someplace else to go. At your stage, I ate mostly soups, chilli or beans when we went out. Now I usually order chicken, chilli, etc. and bring a lot of it home. I can eat meat now pretty well but that has developed over the last 3 to 4 months. Time will allow you to eat more of the things you want to eat, but be carefull how many carbs you allow into your life, with the breads and pastas as they can be your undoing. Julia

At first it's best to just totally avoid that food. There will come a time that you can eat some of it, in small amounts. It's not that you are never going to be able to have it again. BUT if you have a little and want more and more it's best to just walk away from it forever. I eat soup when I go to Olive Garden. I honestly don't miss the breadsticks anymore. I feel empowered when I can sit there and not eat them. I was afraid at first about not being able to go out to eat since we love to do that. I'm happy to say there's always SOMETHING I can eat on the menu wherever I go. In the beginning it's very hard but once you are eating your normal diet for awhile you'll be just fine going to any restaurant. For me in the beginning I really needed to just have a big old pity party and mourn the "death" of how I used to eat. I got sad about it and then got on with my life. Yes it sucks, especially when some people can eat whatever they want and never gain weight but we can't. The way I look at it is this..... I used to love eating anything and everything, I can look back on it fondly but I cannot do it again.. .JUST LIKE when I used to tap dance or do gymnastics when I was younger, how I LOVED both of those activities. I adored it, enjoyed it, was happy when I did it... I can now look back and fondly remember those times but I'm not going to strap on a pair of tap shoes or try to do a back flip again, no matter how much fun that used to be. That part of my life is over and the eat anything I want to part is over too. That's how it is for me anyway Lizzie