I was sleeved on 3/1, I'm on mushies now, and Yesterday I went out to lunch with a couple of my old eating buddies. Most of the time when I get together with these friends no matter what we do, we always eat once, if not twice during the course of the day. I live in upstate NY and its pretty much the food capital of the world if you ask me, lots of good tasting, unhealthy food, one of our local dishes is called a garbage plate if that explains the kind of food around here. We ended up and a diner that is well known for their fish fry, oh how I love their fish fry! My one buddy got a beer battered fish fry with extra tarted sauce, french fries, coleslaw, and mac salad, my other buddy got a BLT club with extra bacon and extra mayo, I sat there quietly and ate a half a cup of split pee soup which was the only thing on the menu I could have beside mashes potatoes. While I will say I am a huge fan of both the lunches my buddies ordered, and both looked so damn tasty, it wasn't as hard as I thought it would be to sit there and watch them eat. I am wondering how hard it would be to be good if I wasn't on mushies, would I have ordered the BLT or of the Fish Fry?

If you had you would only be able to eat a very small portion of it. That is the one good thing if your mind says lets eat this and you get it. Your stomach says umm hey I can only have a couple of oz of dense food so enjoy the bites you do get. Better to just steal from your buddies plates (when you are on solids that is).

I agree with Lily 100%. I eat out several times a week with friends.

The one thing that was really awesome, even early out, I could order whatever I really wanted or whatever sounded good, eat what I could, and bring home the rest. I remember my fridge looking like a take-out box haven early out. I did order more Protein based appetizers, or protein items a la carte to keep my leftover counts down. I remember ordering lots of pot stickers (eating just the insides), nachos(eating just the Beans, cheese and meat), and tacos with no shell. My point is that after I got to regular food, eating out seemed pretty awesome and I never felt deprived while I watched all my friend chow down on unhealthy portions of every decadent food that got me fat in the first place