I have once...brought some low carb tortilla chips to a Mexican restaurant. They didnt notice. I want to go to this Japanese steakhouse that I love and was thinking about substituting cauliflower for my rice. Just wondered what the rest of your have gotten away with.

Just salad dressing. We have a steakhouse we like to go to, but the ONLY dressing on the menu that isn't loaded with sugar is the blue cheese. I love blue cheese, but I can get tired of it. I sometimes bring my own bottle of Hidden Valley Ranch! Mmmmmmmmm!!!!!

I always have a small tupperware container with decaf sugar free iced tea. The waiters get confused when they bring water and come back and I'm drinking tea!

I sometimes bring a ziplock of salad toppings...like bacon bits, shredded cheese, and a bit of good homegrown tomatos. My husband laughs...but it makes the boring restraunt salad taste much better.

NO...I have never done that. It sounds like fun though..freak the waitress /waiter out
When I go out to eat it is usually special..so I don't want to wreck it..
That kinda sounds like going to the movies with your own cooler..( not the drive ins) It's just not me I guess, but good for you if it's your thing

One of the guys I work with is on a very strict diet (not atkins) and he goes to lunch everyday with others from the office.....and brings his own meal. Most of the time he simply gets a drink, but a few places have given him grief and he'll get a dessert or something small....of course, he walks in with a lunchbox, so it's pretty obvious! LOL

Having worked in a restaurant, I've seen a LOT of things, but never yet seen anyone bring their own lunch.... I understand the need to accomodate a special diet, but most restaurants are very agreeable and can make a few adjustments or substitutions. After all, it's a restaurant, not a cafeteria. I also wasn't aware that a restaurant can get in health department trouble allowing customers to bring food into the restaurant, just like a bar being put in liscensing "purgatory" by allowing outside liquor to be brought in.

Most restaurants won't give you grief for a bottle of dressing or a few toppings, indeed if they even notice, but I think I'll just stick to making the best choices I can from what's offered. JMHO

I wish that Atkins would make little packets of SF ketchup and BBQ sauce that we could throw into our purses/pockets before heading out to restaurants. How easy would that be?

I never go out without my low-carb bread. I alert the waiter beforehand and always ask if there is any objection. I would not take meals to a restaurant, however. What about everyone else?

Whammy

I always bring packets of Splenda and my Walden Farms 0 carb Russian salad dressing. Once I brought low carb tortillas and ordered the Fajitas with no rice or tortillas and just used my own.

Luckily, most restaurants I went to had food on their menus that accomodated our LC WOE. Most allowed substitutions also (i.e. extra veggie in place of a starch or carb).

I bring in my dressing all the time... hehehe
and also packets of splenda...

That idea about the packets of lowcarb sauces.. would make someone a million if they tried it...

I do bring my own homemade BBQ with me to friends houses when i know they are grilling...
Or 2 liter of Diet Rite when I know there will be cocktails

well..I dont think I ever would bring my own food but I can sure see a need!!! I went out to Denny's witha friend thikning breakfast food is mostly safe....but they charged me tons and wouldnt substite anything at all...I was still pretty hungry after my tiny pile of scrambled eggs n cheese.... they SUCK!

I bring my own sauce/salad dressing. That way you can always get a plain piece of grilled chicken or pork chops etc. and use your own sauce that you know is safe. Same with the salad. I bring my own dressing.