Vacation and Family Reunion

[Beadingnurse 116]

I am on my first vacation since having surgery and attending a family reunion to boot...both with potential landmines for the newly sleeved! Plus...couldn't convince hubby to let me bring my scale on the plane so I haven't been able to weigh obsessively. .

The good news is the folks I was most worried about noticing my weight loss and reduced food intake have barely noticed. I've got a couple of "is that all you are going to eat comments" but I just said that I had been snacking all day and wasn't very hungry. The bad news Is that I HAVE snacked a lot more and have eaten things I wouldn't have eaten at home. But..my jeans (size 12!) and shirts feel looser so I don't think I have gained weight. It is really hard not to weigh every day though!

[Tiffykins 673]

Congrats on a great vacay ! ! ! When I had no access to a scale, I ran by Walmart for a few items, sneaked into the hardware department where the scales are located and weighed myself. HA, that's obsessive.

[Beadingnurse 116]

Weighing in Walmart is a GREAT idea but I try to weigh naked so that might get me arrested!

[thinoneday 445]

I am on my first vacation since having surgery and attending a family reunion to boot...both with potential landmines for the newly sleeved! Plus...couldn't convince hubby to let me bring my scale on the plane so I haven't been able to weigh obsessively. .

The good news is the folks I was most worried about noticing my weight loss and reduced food intake have barely noticed. I've got a couple of "is that all you are going to eat comments" but I just said that I had been snacking all day and wasn't very hungry. The bad news Is that I HAVE snacked a lot more and have eaten things I wouldn't have eaten at home. But..my jeans (size 12!) and shirts feel looser so I don't think I have gained weight. It is really hard not to weigh every day though!

GOOD FOR HUBBIE! YOU ADDICT YOU! They have probably noticed, but from shear jealousy they won't mention it. . . i've noticed people do that, they are nutty that way. . . enjoy your vacation! And you'll probably love your new weight when you get home. . I can just see obsessive you galloping to the scale the minute you hit the door!

[poohmsg 13]

I am getting ready to go on vacation for 2 weeks and I am worried about not having access to all the healthy food that I eat at home while I am gone. There is also a lot of the family that doesn't know I had surgery so if you don't mind I am going to steal that line if anything comes up. There are just some people I don't care to tell about the surgery as I am not in the mood for their judgments of my life. I am hoping somebody has a scale in their bathroom when I visit or I may end up at Walmart too !!!

[Nancy Rivers 24]

Have a good time while on vacation - enjoy the company and the sights. Forget about weighing yourself for a few days.

[Beadingnurse 116]

Got back last night from my vacation and my vacation from the scale and still lost weight! whooo-hooo!

This was really an affirming vacation for me as I ate a lot of my favorite foods in New England (where I was visiting) including blueberry pie, fried clams, oyster stew and a lobster roll! The difference this year is that I ate 5 fried clams...not a huge plateful with french fries and coleslaw like I would have before surgery! I ate the lobster off of the lobster roll without eating the bread and didn't even eat all of that. My crab cake was shared with hubby and the piece of blueberry pie was just a sliver. The important message to me was that I didn't feel deprived and ate all of my favorite foods but just in portions sizes that were appropriate for my new little tummy. Going on vacation worried me and especially being with family who didn't know about the surgery but it couldn't have gone better.