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.

Can't go wrong with soup, pudding or just water.

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

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.

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.

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.

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, 201511 yr by maria88

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!

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.

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

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 get a cup of soup when I eat out

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?

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!