During the summer the girls in my office often go out for lunch. During the school year we can't go out often, so during the summer we take advantage of the layed back atmostphere while the kids are gone.

Last summer I most did soft stuff that I brought because I had just had surgery. This year I can eat with them again.

The places we tend to go are:

Subway

Moe's Southwest Grill

Buffalo Brothers

Applebees

Chic fil a

Wendy's

I use to get a 6 in sub at Subway, but I don't think I can do that now- way more than a cup. So what do you all get at these places? Or, should I just bring my lunch and not go with them?

When I go to Subway, I get sub fixings in a salad. It's really good!

When I go to Chick-A-Filet, I get their kids' meal. They have chicken nuggets that are baked (so no breading) and they are out of this world good. I get applesauce with it instead of fries.

At Wendys, I get a cup of their chili

I bet if you look up the other places online (or maybe on a smart phone app) you could find good alternatives for the other places too.

Go and enjoy yourself. At Subway get whatever meat and veggies you love and use a fork and don't eat the roll. I eat out all the time, most of the time I am perfect but I do eat bad sometimes. Do the 'girls' eat out more than once a week? Because once a week is no biggie.

Subway has salads, and kids meals which I think are a 3 inch sub. Or you could just get the 6 inch and not eat the whole thing, save it for later. Anywhere with a kids meal is good.

Applebees has Soup and salad (so does Olive Garden).

I dont really eat at Wendy's bc the fries are too tempting.

Ninety-Nine also has some sensible choices on their menu.

Dylan- they go out about 2-3 days a week. I try to eat as healthy as I can. If I know a head of time where we are going I will google the nutrition info for that place. 2 of the girls (It's 4 of us) have had Lapband along with myself. The other one is a vegitarian. One of the banders doesn't eat like she should so she hasn't lost anything the other has lost 70 and has kept it off for 4 years, but she doesn't follow the rules at all. So we are all different situation, so I don't ask there advice.

Missy that's exactly what I get at Chick fil A, lol. As for the other restaurants I would look online for their nutritional info and make choices before you get there. I"m afraid Moe's would be too tempting for me, love that place but I don't have one near me so I can't be tempted, I would have to travel to Nashville to eat there. There is a Chipotle near me tho. Haven't tried it yet but did look at their menu online and all their stuff is fattening.

At Chipotle I get 3 soft taco's and it makes 3 meals. I can eat one for dinner and one the next day for lunch (it's not bad, even cold!) and one for the following dinner. They are about 290 calories per taco. And it's delicious! At Chick-Fli-A I usually get the chicken strips and make that into 2 meals too. But I will try the kids meal next time. That sounds great too.

Everybody s giving you great suggestions and I also get the salads at subway I used to be able to eat the flat bread and sometimes I still can but I eat only a bit and take he rest for later or give it to someone in my family and they eat the rs sine we can only eat a little so if you can tolerate the flat bread that is another choice but I do really like their salads & I get the veggies and chicken put in it.