what to order in a restaurant.. Should I even go?

[maria88 11]

So my mom and I and some of my moms friends are going out to eat at the Loveless Cafe... Southern food, I think. I've always wanted to go out to eat at this place, I shoulda gone before my surgery.

So I'm thinking just getting an egg and ham? Surgery date was 4 December 2014. I'm on "soft" food. Able to eat 1/2 cup of food in one meal.

But can I eat mashed potatoes? Or grits? Country ham? The menu on the website is not very helpful. I don't know how the restaurant prepares the food, so I have no idea... I'm thinking I should just stay home and let them go.

Any suggestions would be helpful.

[naturreal 7]

Can't go wrong with Soup, pudding or just Water.

[*Lexie* 1,486]

I did mashed potatoes the first few times I went out to a restaurant.

[Alfie 58]

I had a crab cake on Christmas eve. It wasn't very big but I got in about 3/4 of it. Then for the main meal I ordered broiled sole and basically could only eat one bite. I also had a teaspoonful of creamed spinach and about 2 tablespoons of deep fried onions. It was good; I was very full.

[catdaddy 232]

If I were you I'd do a search on Loveless Cafe nutrition in Google and pick something low in calories. I do this all the time when I go out to eat at a restaurant. You may have to search a little but it's there. I found it under Myfitnesspal.com.

[bdcsail 72]

I just spent a week eating at restaurants for dinner and sometimes lunch while on holidays. As I was with my family I would let the 3 of them order and I would take some of the Protein options and put on a small plate for me. My husband would always try to choose a option that I would enjoy mainly a fish option.

[maria88 11]

So we went to Loveless and had to wait an hour and a half!!! That's ridiculous, then I went to the restroom and passed through the kitchen, they had these big friers, frying chicken and the SMELL made me loose my appetite. I ordered a scrambled egg, and hot Water to add to my instant oatmeal, but the waitress forgot my egg, and when I asked, she brought me this bright yellow (not 1 egg) goo that had butter slathered on it (when I ordered it, I asked the waitress to not put butter) anyways it looked worse than hospital cooked eggs, and the smell... Needless to say it was a bad experience. I don't think ima venture to a restaurant anytime soon.

Edited January 2, 2015 by maria88

[becweaves 67]

I work in both Little Rock AR and Radcliff KY and every time I drive back and forth I stop at the Loveless cafe :-) I haven't been since surgery and will avoid it until I can enjoy a bite of a biscuit!

[maria88 11]

I just spent a week eating at restaurants for dinner and sometimes lunch while on holidays. As I was with my family I would let the 3 of them order and I would take some of the Protein options and put on a small plate for me. My husband would always try to choose a option that I would enjoy mainly a fish option.

Yes I've been told as much at my support group, but my sense of smell has changed so much, I don't know if I could take another restaurant trip again, at least not for while.

[Mavic 37]

I would stick to Soups. Don't let all the other food get in the way of your goal.

[becweaves 67]

The problem I've found going out to eat is that you pay so much for a meal that you only have a few small bites of. I don't like leftovers at all so I throw them away and feel that I am wasting so much.

The loveless cafe portions are pretty big so unless you eat leftovers, I would pass on going for now.

[Kpar909956 87]

I get a cup of Soup when I eat out

[LipstickLady 25,682]

The problem I've found going out to eat is that you pay so much for a meal that you only have a few small bites of. I don't like leftovers at all so I throw them away and feel that I am wasting so much.

The loveless cafe portions are pretty big so unless you eat leftovers, I would pass on going for now.

I'm curious. What is it about leftovers you don't like? How in the world (and I don't mean this in a judgmental way at ALL) do you cook 1/4-1/2 at a time so as not to waste mounds of food?

[becweaves 67]

I'm curious. What is it about leftovers you don't like? How in the world (and I don't mean this in a judgmental way at ALL) do you cook 1/4-1/2 at a time so as not to waste mounds of food?

I have a very hungry husband :-) he eats all the leftovers so I never waste anything! And he's 6'6 and 223 so soon I'll weigh less than him!! Woot!