My first day out to lunch!

Every Friday may friends at work go out to lunch to a local mexican restaurant.  Before surgery, I loved it...chips, salsa, chimichanga, and sweet tea.  So good!  Well this is my first week back, so out they go.  I could tell they were hesitate to ask me if I wanted to go but they did.  I WENT!  I knew going that I couldn't really eat anything.  So, they chowed down on chips and I watched.  Ordered some refried beans with cheese and water.  Since I'm on pureed, I figured it would be ok.  A couple of bites and I was good.

    I feel your pain!!!!  i went with my son and my twin grandkids for their 5th bday.. we went to an all you can eat buffet...OMG pure hell!!! watched them eat everything n i went with them to help them get more of the foods i love but didnt have.. i had water thats it.. i didnt want to even try anything incase i wasnt able to stop!!  my husband wants to go back there.. i dont want to!!!!!

You are braver than me.  No way I would go to a buffet.  It was hard enough with a very limited selection but I wanted those dang chips & salsa SOOOOO bad!  Maybe one day I'll be able to have those again.  I know they have no protein, no nutritional value really, but dang it one day I want to eat those again!

    it was extremely hard!!!!  i just wanted to go get lil of everything.. but i didnt,... i just keep thinking it will get better n easier.. one day i will beable to go n get lil of this n lil of that.. buffets have always been a waste for me i never ate enough..

I can relate.  Since my band broke, pretty much everything I ate was ending up in the bathroom anyway.  I did realize today that I'm going to be a really cheap date in the future.  Normally, it was about $7, but today it was less than $2.  Can't beat that!

I eat chips and salsa all the time. Yes, there's no protein in it.... But you gotta live a little!

that's a good first step that you handled it, 

For some reason after my surgery i became hooked on Chips and Salsa, i was having a few what felt like every night,

once you are back to regular food and if you do like Mexican alot you might be able to try a chickenand cheese  quesadilla, i just don't eat the outside but the chicken and cheese was good and didn't bother me.

I can't wait.  Pre-surgery I was addicted to mexican food.  I think my mom may have something she needs to tell me! LOL

ha ha  maybe you don't want to go there and find out    (Just kidding)

there are still something Mexican i can't tolerate any longer, jus****ch for the spicy stuff in the beginning

You are probably right!