Eating Out While Traveling

[wildrose1966 396]

I am 3 weeks out and am traveling for work this weekend. Nobody I am with knows of the surgery. I am on pureed and blenderized. Bfast, cream of wheat, was okay, lunch was fine. I have packed some Optifast so that is good. But dinner last night. Italian. My instructions do say that I can have thinned potatoes and Pasta. So..........I ended up ordering pumpkin ravioli. It was a purred pumpkin filled piece of heaven. However, I was really nervous about all that Pasta, so I ended up cutting the edges off of every piece of ravioli just to get the middle part and the majority of the pumpkin filling, took pieces the size of my pinki nail and chewed like mad. In the end, I bet I had more ravioli edges left on my plate than what I ate (and I did feel too full afterwards...........bad move) and I am sure my coworkers felt like they were eating with a picky 5 yr old.

Today is probaby and opti day as we are at a football game today and home tomorrow, thank goodness.

[ElleG 394]

Do what you have to do, make the best choices for you. It would be worse to eat the wrong thing and have a episode in front of everyone. Good Luck and enjoy your trip

[DELETE THIS ACCOUNT! 12,703]

You're doing great, you really are. I've seen many people who aren't still on a restricted post op diet crack under pressure and eat complete junk, yet here you are, trying to stick to your surgeon's guidelines even when away from home and with coworkers!!

Seriously, you should be very proud of yourself!! You're doing awesome!!

[scorrea 95]

I agree! That was awesome! You stuck to your guns and did what was right for you. You didnt fold and just eat whatever because you didnt want to stick out. You did the right thing.

Keep up the great work!

[line-dancer 810]

great job not sure I could have been that true to myself that soon. if you dont want to tell anyone just tell them you have an upset stomch everyone will understand that one and not hassel u.

keep up the good work and dont let others define who you r or who u want to be.

line dancer

[CHEZNOEL 4,061]

Good job! Traveling adds it challenges. Look closely at the appetizers, they will often give you a low volume out! Keep up the good work! I know it will pay off for you!

[honk 780]

As long as you aren't controlling what they eat; your coworkers should'nt really care what YOU eat.