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I spent the past week in Florida (my first real vacation since my VSG just over a year ago). We had a blast!!-- 1 week at Vero Beach and a couple days at Disney (Magic Kingdom).

I was surprised and excited to see how wonderful vacation is as an average sized person. I wore a bathing suit, played in the sand, kept up without getting out of breath, my feet didn't hurt, and it wasn't NEARLY as HOT as I remembered other vacations to be. LOL. I felt comfortable in my own skin & fit in all the rides :) -- I skipped my family's last trip to Disney bc I was embarrassed I wouldn't fit on some rides-- anyway-- It was AWESOME!

So... About the food:

For the most part, I eat very well at home. Very few packaged food (only dairy, nuts, Protein supplements, and peanut butter)) and the rest of my diet is fresh produce and meats.

As for our trip, I decided to take a vacation from my way of eating while on vacation. I still focused on protein and ate small portions, but I went a little wild on my choices of Snacks at Magic Kingdom. My husband (who also follows a low carb/ high protein diet) says, "there's no rules on vacation!" LOL

My confession: at Disney I ate a Mickey icecream bar, a fruit smoothie, 5 French fries, and shared an icecream sundae with my husband. GASP! I also had 3 alcoholic beverages during my week (of which I can only drink about 1/3 ).

Confession continued: nothing tastes as good as I remembered. Nothing gave me the high it once did. I didn't crave it. I didn't love any of it. And afterwards, Those poor food choices made me feel tired & down... Just no energy. That trash did nothing good for my body.

Junk makes you feel like junk.

So I had a WONDERFUL vacation, but I'm happy to be back to my normal eating & drinking habits.

Here's a few pic of my trip along with some food & beverage choices. And a pic of the safety bar on a ride that doesn't keep me very safe bc I'm so much smaller than my husband now. HAHAHA.

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@@sweetieme4u2 THANKS!!

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Awesome! You look wonderful. You look so happy on your vacation. Thanks for sharing.

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What a fun post! And great pictures. You're an inspiration to us all. :) Thanks.

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Awesome/informational post to show others, who are not as far along in their journey, how to have a blast, yet still be responsible (okay, mostly responsible! :P).

Glad to see your better half was rockin' the purple & gold too! ;)

We try to visit Mickey & Minnie every chance we get...life's too short not to act like a kid as much as possible! :lol:

You've done an awesome job, keep on inspiring others!

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You look fantastic & so happy in your vacation pictures!!! Glad to hear you had a great time & really enjoyed it to the fullest!!! May you continue to be blessed along your journey & continue to make new exciting memories along the way!!! :)

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Great post. We are going to Disneyworld when I am 5 months out from surgery. I hope to be getting close to my goal. Glad they have good Proteins available. I might have a bite of my hubby's ice cream, once or twice. ;)

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