What does everyone eat at a restaurant???

Hi everyone... Just curious??? What the heck does everyone eat when they go out??? I feel like I have to STUDY the menu~!\ It's so stressful to me sometimes.....I just don't even want to eat at all... Thanks El

My food of choice this week has been chili. I have ordered it at every restaurant that I have been to in the last week. Prior to that was fish. Good luck, eating out is NOT easy, Nancy

If it's not any place special i'll order soup, or chili. When we go somewhere special, i'll eat get whatever i know i'd really enjoy and then i only eat a little bit of it. It doesn't cost me anymore than before surgery and i'm satisfied. Sometimes my girlfriend and i will share and that makes it a lot easier. For my birthday a couple of weeks ago, we went to the Melting Pot (a fondue place) and i was really scared but i did great, i had a little bit of apple and veggies in the cheese fondue, two shrimps and some steak in the Beaujolais (wine and broth) fondue and i ate one of the strawberries off the plate of fruit meant to dip in the chocolate fondue (i was good and avoided the chocolate). It seemed like a ton of food for me but we went slow (fondue is like that) and i was fine. and i had a great time.

I pretty much order anything with seafood or chicken. I stay away from fried food, and sweet food. Other than that, I order what I want, make sure there is protein and eat that first. I also will also order off the appetizer the menu a lot. So for example, yesterday I went for italian and ordered pasta with red sauce and clams. I ate all the clams first and then had about 2 spoonfuls of spaghetti and I was full. If I go to a deli, I order a tuna salad and leave the bread over. If I go for japanese, I order sashimi instead of sushi or just grilled fish. Just order well-- Stay away from cream sauce, fried food. I have a hard time eating meat, so I don't order that.

Went ot Joe's Crab Shack yesterday and had Broiled Shrimp, Shrimp Scampi, Broiled Fish Filets and Sea Scallops all seasoned with Old Bay. Has a salad on the side with blue cheese and steamed brocooli w/ carrots. Need less to say I bought one plate, more than enough for the wife and I with leftovers for days Chili, soups, anything broiled or baked. 0 pasta, rice, bread or potatoes ever.

Oooh now you are singing my song darlin'! Anything with "sea" and "Old Bay" in the name does it for me! Kathie *born and bred on the Chesapeake..birthplace of Old Bay Seasoning 285/272/**222**/150ish???

Whatever sounds good or should I say whatever sounds the least bad because I often don't have much appetite. Today, we went to lunch at Chili's (it's our first major food chain restaurant up here in the Fairbanks area not counting the "fast food" chains). I had a side salad and broccoli & cheddar soup. Didn't eat much of either one - just enough to satisfy me. I have to study the menu because so much doesn't sound good anymore (and it's not because foods upset my stomach or cause dumping because 99% don't give me any problems - just a loss of appetite).

I've only been to one restaurant since surgery. It was a Mexican place and I ordered a beef burrito. They brought me this HUGE burrito and it ended up taking me 5 meals to eat it all. At least it was GOOD and didn't cause me any problems.

Elizabeth, Sometimes I travel for work, so I'm constantly finding myself in this situation. It's hard to go wrong with soup, especially if you are with people who don't know about your surgery. It always looks like you ate a ton. I also tolerate salads well, so I'll go for the Cobb salad. It had tons of protein, and it reduces down to "nothing" in your stomach, so you can eat a lot without lots of calories. C Leigh

El, My doctor gave me a card that states my condition and it actually ask for child size portions. Most restaurants will honor the card. My meals are so cheap. If I am with someone that does not know about the surgery, I get soup. Sonya