Congratulations on choosing this diet...as for your questions:

Hot Dogs/sausage -- you need to be VERY Careful when selecting these items, check the list of ingredients, you want to stay away from sugar, and alot of sausage/bacon is cured with sugar....


Not an expert on soy, someone else will be though...thats the beauty of these boards...


Milk is going to be a no-no for at least the induction phase of the diet, in the OWL portion it may be fine in small quanities....but it is very high in carbs, so i would venture to say that milk is gonna have to be cut out totally.

Going out to eat is a unique challenge....I try not to go to restaurants too hungry for fear i may be tempted to grab a dinner roll or something....I usually stick to easy things, cheeseburgers with salad--no bun....steak with no side, if all thats offered is potatoes....

Hope i helped ya out some :-)