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This is my very first post. I have been reading many of them on here since I was sleeved on 11/18/15. I am 5 weeks out and headed out of town for vacation. As per the doctor's instructions, I am eating eggs, most fish and seafood, and mashed veggies. I am doing very well and have tolerated small amounts of food thus far. While on vacation I am supposed to introduce chicken and raw veggies. Any suggestions for traveling & having to eat out?

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@@Wildtreegirl81 - Welcome to the family!

I would order appetizers, share Entrees and ask for a to go box to put in a refrigerator for later. I think I would stick with your current diet until you get back home or if I introduced anything new it would only be a bite or so. traveling and not feeling well, sucks. I have started taking ziplocks, because we eat out a lot.

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I traveled to Florida a week after my surgery. I was on total liquids so I got a couple of Protein drinks at the first nutrition store I passed. I did some enchilada Soup at a Chili's and the restaurant in the hotel I stayed in served French Onion Soup. We ate dinner at a BJ's Brewhouse and I just had some mashed potatoes (they were not on my plan but there wasn't a whole lot there that I could have)

One thing I did when I was in the restaurants was tell my waitress that I had just had bariatric surgery so they would understand when I only ate a few bites of things. The waitress at the hotel really went out of her way to get me something that was on my plan which I truly appreciated. The first bowl of soup she brought me had a lot of cheese and croutons in it, she sent it back without me even saying anything and told the kitchen I needed more of the broth and leave the croutons out.

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