I was wondering if you had visited any old favorite resturants (sit down or fast food) since being banded? I know for some of us that type of food got us to a bad/unhealthy point but now that we know what we can eat and what not to eat we can do it!

I love Chickfila and I hope someday I can return and have a wrap or grilled nuggets

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my favorite mexican food resturant with my family and have 1 enchilada (granted I can handle tortillas or not :/ )

right now I am mourning food and having BIG TIME withdrawals, this has been the hardest thing I have ever done but I did it for my health and my neice!!!!

I am in Georgia currently and stopped at ChicFila a couple times on the drive down. I got their 4 piece grilled chicken nuggets and an applesauce and it was the perfect lunch.

I go to all my old favorite restaurants since being banded. I just try to order to healthy, and if I really want a fattening old favorite, I am sure to eat a bandster sized portion despite being an unhealthy food choice. I am just careful not to make eating bad a daily or even weekly thing. Maybe once a month at most.

Here in NH we have Tokyo Japanese Steakhouse. They cook all the food right at the table. Little pricey but nice. I would like to go again some day but none of it really that good for you when you consider all the sauces they put on the food. Plus their portion sizes are crazy huge.

i hope to one day (once i am out of my mushies/soft foods)

right now am concentrating on following my dr diet that he gave me.

def a fan of mexican food though.

i am pretty tight - going to any restaurant is a crap shoot whether i'll be able to each much of anything besides soup - and that is the way i like it - no temptation that way. I go to restaurants now strictly for the atmosphere and conversation and to see and be seen now that i get to dress cute everyday - ha!

I have gone to several restaurants with family (I just order grilled chicken, fish, veggies) but I don't think I can go to my favorite restaurants yet. Emotionally, it's still hard for me and I'm scared of my triggers. I have avoided all fast food spots except for Wendy's where I only get a small chili.

I got a four piece kids meal today from chick filet! All I could eat was the nuggets and 1 fry! I am saving the lemonade for later. It was SOOOO good!

My biggest downfall isn't actually an eating establishment...my biggest downfall is going to the movies. I have figured out that even with restriction I can put away popcorn by the buckets. I always start out with the mentality that I will be strong and NOT eat the popcorn. I buy a bottled Water instead of soda and add my crystal light to-go packet...but then my husband looks so happy eating the salty-buttery-puffy-kernels and then I give in.

So...I try to really limit my movie theatre going, which is difficult for me considering it with the summer heatwave there is nothing like a cool dark comfy movie theatre in the middle of a scorching 100+ degrees day.

I love Chick too! I just discovered the grilled nuggets 2 weeks ago and was so excited to have a healthy option. The 4 piece grilled nugget is the perfect size!!!

I don't really get fast food much... if at all anymore. It is too hard to find healthy alternatives on the menu.

I'm not going into any restaurants unitl I'm further along in my surgery...with no fill yet, I would be too tempted. So I'll wait....whe I do go back though it will be protein and produce...I'm done with the unhealthy stuff.

I've been to a Longhorn Steakhouse since surgery and didn't have any problems. Waitress was probably annoyed cause I was eating so slow and she couldn't turn the table. They were slammed that day. I had a 6oz ribeye a little mash potato and a little bit of veggies. I avoided the bread all together although I love it. I am not so sure I can eat that meal now with this 3rd fill. I eat a 4oz pc of meat and a little veggy now and I am done...

I eat out quite a bit. Just less! I have been to the Angus barn, chick fil a, a yummy mexican restaurant called the flying burrito. I order what I want, eat what I want to of it and either throw the rest out or take it home. I do try to make healthy choices. I just had another fill so not sure how much restriction I'll have now....

_{I'm only 3 weeks post-op, and returning to my favorite restaurant is the last thing on my mind. I want to avoid those places for as long as I can, because I know that the fast food and the ordering in is what got me where I am today. My first few days of mushies my fiance talked me into stopping at KFC so I could have some mashed potatoes and mac and cheese (why I agreed to such a crazy dinner is beyond me!). I felt awful afterwards, not really physically terrible, but I was so upset with myself that I let myself go back there so fast. I worked so hard with the liquid diet for 5 weeks, and to just go crazy and eat KFC that fast! I told myself that day that I will not go back to another fast food or restaurant until a few fills, it is way to tempting to overeat (besides the fact that it's terrible for you).}

I just started my mushy phase today... had refried beans with salsa for lunch. Not sure how well its going down. Seems to be a bit sluggish. Anyone else experience that? I am trying mashed potatoes tonight. I can't wait until I can eat real food again. I have been craving my favorite restraunt.

I was wondering if you had visited any old favorite resturants (sit down or fast food) since being banded? I know for some of us that type of food got us to a bad/unhealthy point but now that we know what we can eat and what not to eat we can do it!

I love Chickfila and I hope someday I can return and have a wrap or grilled nuggets

or

my favorite mexican food resturant with my family and have 1 enchilada (granted I can handle tortillas or not :/ )

right now I am mourning food and having BIG TIME withdrawals, this has been the hardest thing I have ever done but I did it for my health and my neice!!!!

Actually, one of the best "fast food" meals I've discovered for a bandster is the Chick-fil-a grilled chicken nugget Kids Meal...grilled chicken with a small side fruit salad. I have not measured the portion size, but it's filling and fast (fast to get your order, not to eat!)! I get the small lemonade with the Splenda, and drink it prior to eating the meal!

digital, you couldnt have said it any plainer than this the us new banders. temptation is hard if your head is not in the game. not to mention eating (food) when you are suppose to be on mushies/soft is dangerous.