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What do you order at restaurants after weight loss surgery?



What do you order at restaurants after weight loss surgery?  

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  1. 1. What do you order at restaurants after weight loss surgery?

    • I look for any menu item with some sort of lean protein and plan to eat only the protein (for example, I only eat the turkey and leave the bun if I get a turkey burger).
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    • I ask the server if I can have some grilled chicken and steamed vegetables.
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    • I order whatever looks good and plan to just eat a couple of bites. You might as well take advantage of the restaurant’s good cooking!
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    • I bring my own food so I can enjoy spending time with everyone else while they eat the restaurant’s food.
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    • I don’t go to restaurants anymore. There’s nothing I can eat with my weight loss surgery.
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I'm not quite 4 weeks post op. I've been caught out and about and no where near home without a Protein shake a couple of times. Once I went to Chic filet and ordered one chicken strip, a small order of fries and a Water. It took me all afternoon to eat the entire chicken strip and about 5-6 fries. I just nibbled and ate super slow.

Another time we were at my FAVORITE Japanese place, so I ordered a sushi roll with super light rice, then I picked most of the rice off and ate 2 1/2 of the 6 pieces that they cut it up into. I was a happy girl because I LOVE fresh sushi!

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To me the worst part of eating out is not finding things to eat, but is in convincing the waitress that everything was fine with my meal when I only eat a couple bites of it....lol.

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If you ask for a to go box at the time you place your food order you cue the waitress in to the fact that you won't be eating much, so they usually won't try to verify that everything was OK.

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I usually don't have a strategy but I mostly go for the Protein and not something creamy like Pasta dishes. I was never really into pasta. I love Red Lobster and always get the "ulitmate feast" which is packed full of protein and so filling.

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Fish or Soup.

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