bariatric card?

when i ordered my FREE celebrate vitamin samples, I received two bariatric patient cards, one for lapband, one for RNY/VSG.  Or maybe it was lapband/vsg and one for rny.  You get the idea.
Anyway.... FREE CARD.  

http://www.celebratevitamins.com/component/chronocontact/?ch ronoformname=sample

tracey
 

you're right ! they DID come with my samples! i just forgot

I did initially after surgery.  Used it once, then figured out the kids menus really just had junk on them and I wouldn't eat it anyway.

Like the others I order a regular meal, and most of the time just an appetizer (chicken wings, shrimp ****tail, etc).  When I'm traveling its the hardest because I typically don't eat all my food, but I do eat "normal" size portions for a smaller person.  I still like to split meals if I can.

just because I had WLS doesn't mean I want  to broadcast it to everyone or is it their buisness to change their policy for you.  So order what's on the menu and take a doggie bag home.  dont expect anyone to change their way or their menu because you feel you are different than anyone else.

we ate out twice a week pre-WLS.  Now we eat out once a week, and I order a regular size meal.  DH counts on it.  He gets two days of lunch leftovers out of it!  (And I don't have to cook) 

If I know before dinner where we're going, I call and explain to the manager that I've had surgery and can eat very little. So far everyone has allowed me to order portions of a meal rather than a whole meal and been wonderful about making substitutions.

If I don't know beforehand, I just order something I like, and take most of it home.

My boyfriend and I got out to eat every Thursday on his day off.  We have for years.  Usually I just order what I want and take home leftovers.  I always ask if they have a low carb variation.  I give him my bread.  When we go out to Chinese I ask for chicken and vegetables with no sauce or sauce on the side.  Sometimes I get the seniors meal or an appetizer but to tell you the truth if he's paying I just get a regular meal and have leftovers.  I hate to cook anyway.
The only time it's a problem is at buffets.  I don't have a problem with the food there, I just hate paying full price for such a small amount of food.  The cheapskate in me.  Somehow I always felt I was getting my moneys worth when I went to a buffet.
Some of them will charge by the pound and that works out.  Other times I just bite the bullet if it's somewhere that everyone else wants to go to.  I don't mind if I can take the food home, it just kills me to see food go to waste.  Funny how the mind works.  Going to my body and contributing to my obesity was ok but just sitting there and being thrown out is intolerable.

I have a card but have never used it. I just order what I want. I've ordered off the children's menu (eggs are eggs), the seniors menu, the main menu with lots of substitutions, the appetizer menu, etc. I've shared a meal too.

I've never eaten anywhere that they wouldn't let me do any of this just for asking, no reason necessary...