Hi everyone!

I'm going to Vegas next week. I'm Trying to figure out what to do for food. My hotel room has a fridge (made sure of that) and I have a plan to go to the grocery store but not till the second day when the people with the cars show up. At the store I'm planning on getting some shakes ( I just always get the pre made ones because for my lifestyle it is easier) and yogurt, cheese sticks ect. But until then I don't know what to do the whole first day. I will be 12 weeks then so my diet is still limited. Plus right now stress has me by the sleeve! So I'm having a hard time eating. But anyway, Does anyone have any advice. I know I can throw a few shakes in my check in bag, but everything else I eat has to be refridgerated.

Advice? (oh and am I nuts for bring my scale with me? My 3 month post op visit is the day after I get home and I want to keep an eye on what's going on. I want them to be proud of me and I'm so close to a milstone) Thanks!!!!

Are you staying on the strip, because there is Walgreen's on both ends of the strip that would would be able to get a few items at (most likely), the ABC Stores are everywhere too and carry some healthy refridgerated stuff (yogurt, cheese, fruit). Depending on where you are staying it might be walking distance.

If you are using your sleeve as you are supposed to, there is no reason to doubt yourself and bring your scale to "check". Plus, if you did gain because of bloating or something, it could preoccupy your thoughts and take away from the fun of your vacation. Let your sleeve give you some freedom and confidence with your food and the number on the scale!! Especially if you are flying, I once gained and lost 14lbs overnight because bodies and flying and altitude can mess a person up!!

I am staying on the strip. All the way at one end. I do recall a drug store and was thinking of running there. I did that last year for a couple of things. I remember the ABC carrying a lot and there is 2 in my hotel. I'm going for a convention so I won't be as active as I'd like to be in Vegas. Plus I plan on skipping most of it for the pool. Haha! I'm just not counting on the ABC stores to carry what I can have. I'm also thinking of going to a resturant for lunch and then I will have leftovers which can be dinner and Breakfast. I usually do ok finding things on a menu. It's stressful at first but I'm getting pretty confident with it. I'm very lucky that one of the girls I'm going with knows about my surgery (none of the others) so we have a good plan for eating out.

As for the scale, I love what you said about trusting your sleeve and working it. This is a perfect time to see what I can do on my own. I know that may sound weird and it even does to me a bit. But I like most weigh myself everyday and I do it because it helps keep me on track. Like if it's up then I can look at my day before and think about what I ate and maybe what I did wrong. It's a great way to help me learn. Or on the positive side if it's down I know what I did right! But I will prob bring it anyway. At least I'm not bringing both of them!

i thought after 5 weeks we could pretty much eat anything? Could you just do the eat protein first, veggies second and starches last? Enjoy some amazing food..there are GREAT places there. Do you like sushi? That could get a good easily small portioned thing. i'm not even onto soft foods yet so i may not know what i'm talking about but i was told full foods (whatever my tummy can digest) at 5 weeks.

Well my surgeon's office gave me a whole timeline for foods to be reintroduced. Like no lettuce till 5 months. I still can't eat veggies. Just super cooked carrots and califlower. He is super strict. Or like at 4 months I can eat broc but it has to be very OVER cooked. Uh, yeah, no thanks. lol. Basically no fiberious veggies. Plus there's that whole, I'm still watching my diet. Low carb. But right now I basically eat cheese, yogurt, fruit, and meat and potato. I've never wanted salad so bad. I think the reason is because the stomach doesn't break down food like it used to yet. That's why the fibery foods are a no no until time goes on and it functions more properly. But everyones surgeon gives different take home instructions. Like I said, my surgeon is crazy over this stuff. I think once I go out to eat a couple times it will help because I will have plenty of leftovers which is what I live off of most of the time. I don't cook.

Shrimp and crab cocktail were my go to restaurant foods at first. Get the cocktail sauce on the side. If you can have beef jerkey it is a great snack. I also traveled with powders?utm_source=BariatricPal&utm_medium=Affiliate&utm_campaign=CommentLink" target="_ad" data-id="1" >unjury chicken Protein the first few months to make sure I was getting enough protein each day. Another fav of mine for travelling was Gold Standard whey Protein in French vanilla mixed with Starbucks Decaf Italian instant coffee. You'll need a shaker for that one. The chicken Unjury mixes up fine with just a spoon in the cup and some warm Water.

Lynda

Take a cab! It's not that much! Set your self up for good outcome!

Soup is a no fail. Almost all restursnts have it and you can even take some to go in case you want to switch things up.