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Small Portions At Restaurants

I know that some restaurants are opposed to letting adults order off the kid's menu, so a lot of our food goes to waste when we eat out (my doc says no heating up meat because it gets too tough). Went out to dinner today at Houlihans and they have a small plates menu that included a couple of "mini me" meals. They had a 4 oz filet mignon that came with a side of veggies and fries, which I subbed out for mashed potato (they also have a cauliflower mash, but I'm not a fan). Get it without the butter on it. I ate 1/2 the filet and a couple bites of potato and was full. A great meal for $10.99 and the dog got the leftovers. Best part is it's trackable on MyFitnessPal.

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I've been out twice for dinner since being sleeved and it's been OK. On Saturday night I went to an Indian restaurant and just ordered an entree serve of chicken (would've been 2 thighs) and managed to only eat one thigh with about a tablespoon of lemon rice.

I went out again for dinner on Monday night and again ordered just an entree of lemon pepper calamari. I only managed maybe 3 calamari rings, 2 chips and 2 slices of cucumber from the salad.

I haven't yet attempted ordering off the kids menu, but from what they offered, it was crappy fried food anyway.

I'm going out again in a few weeks to an Italian restaurant which mainly deal with pizza...any suggestions appreciated as to what I can have. I was thinking thin crust vegetarian if they have it.

my dr gave me a card stating that I had bariatric surgery and could only consume 3oz at a time and to allow me to order a kids meal or a 1/2 size portion ... I went to red robin and red lobster.. both didn't even question me when I asked if it were possible to see a kids menu bc I have had surgery and they were like yeah no problem at all. I ended up splitting a meal with my friend both times and even at red lobster.. the waitress even asked if I wanted a small side salad bc my friend was getting one with her meal and she got me one at no charge.

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