Tortured by Disney

My Big Day 3/15/2011 · May 2, 2011

I returned today from a short weekend get-a-way to Disney with my skinny husband and 3 yr old son. We spent one day at Magic Kingdom and one day at Typhoon Lagoon waterpark. Magic Kingdom was pure torture for a sleeve patient. Here I am only able to eat fruits, veggies, Protein, yogurt, and milk and everywhere you look there are tempting smells. popcorn was everywhere...I really wanted to attack the popcorn vendor and bury myself in the popcorn but I didn't. Then there were candy stores everywhere and icecream! Oh, and giant soft pretzels! I did not get near any of this stuff just thought about how much I would have eaten without the sleeve and how much money I would have spent on food. Instead I had milk and yogurt at Breakfast, cesar salad with grilled chicken at lunch, and in the afternoon a no sugar added whole fruit strawberry popsicle. Whoever said this surgery might be the easy way out was an idiot...it is not easy to pass up all of the wonderful smells at Disney...but I did it b/c I know my sleeve would not appreciate having any of those foods. For anyone who has not had surgery...this isn't easy. You still follow a diet post-op and have lots of restrictions, however you don't have that I'm starving feeling in your belly anymore. I am thankful I have the sleeve and am eating the right things instead of all the junk I was eating. Man though, that popcorn was killer!

Disney · May 2, 2011

Good for you! It is so hard when you can smell all of that yummy goodness!!!

How did the caesar salad go down and how much could you eat of it? I am still scared to try it.

My Big Day 3/15/2011 · May 2, 2011

salad goes down fine for me...the crisper the lettuce the easier it goes down so romaine is great. I am almost 7 weeks out from surgery and salads are starting to be one of my favorite go to meals...love to add strawberries and walnuts.

katmagmom · May 2, 2011

I completely sympathize with you! We went to Branson to Silver Dollar City for the weekend and it was the same kind of torture! I am just three weeks out today and this trip was killer!! popcorn, ice cream, polish sausage, candy, fudge, you name it, there was a vendor for it!! I stood firm though! Good for you for your willpower! Congrats!!

Rev Me Up! · May 2, 2011

Funny, isn't it? This is sooooo not easy, but the sleeve really helps you to make the right choice. We are all faced with temptation, but the thought of your tummy rumbling in revolt will stop you dead in your tracks!

I went to Legoland this weekend. I had already eaten breakfast and ate a little string cheese for a snack while I was there. For lunch I ate 5 bites of my partners bbq chicken, 2 Beans (yes, only 2), and 2 french fries. I was stuffed and I got to participate with the family.

I do think, however, that Disney is a special challenge with the smell of popcorn cruising through the air. To be honest, the thought of eating popcorn scares the s#!t out of me - maybe a leftover from lapband days when I couldn't swallow it. But it smells sooooooooo good.

Congrats!

Lara