It is so exciting to look forward to flying on an airplane in coach as a post op. it was such a humiliating and uncomfortable experience before WLS, especially if squished in between folks. Anyways, I am now BMI weight and I am sure there will be plenty of room between me and the boundary of the seat. So excited!!! Hawaii, here we come! We will be flying Hawaiian airlines.

For those who have flown post op, I have a couple questions:

1. Did you pack all your food for the flight? It is an 8 hour flight so I will be eating at least 3x. I am thinking that Protein bars would be the easiest food to carry on, but know that they are not really the healthiest, even the low carb ones. They only serve one meal and a couple snack, neither that really work for my eating plan. I usually eat every 2-3 hours.

2. Did you pack an empty Water bottle to fill on flight or did you buy some bottled water after the security check point? It would be hard to refill my water bottle on the flight for several reasons. I am sure the stewardess does not want to bring me water every 15 minutes in the small glasses they give you. Seems like I will also have to be prepared for a lot of bathroom trips. Sigh. I drink like a race horse.

Hey, you're going to Hawaii! I wouldn't mind living in the plane's bathroom if it gets me to Hawaii. Maybe you can pack some lunch meat or some jerky for the protein. If I was going to Hawaii, I'd take the easy way and pack protein bars Enjoy your trip!

I've found stuff on their in-flight menu that I could always eat (cheese, fruit, etc) and I have also found they will give me the whole bottle of Water if I ask (and then some!)

You're going to feel so comfortable that you will want to take many many more trips!!

I can relate, I travel for my job and was so humiliated before surgery. Now I feel normal! As for food/water- I bag some snack baggies of various things like turkey or ostrich jerky, almonds, and yes- Protein bars. I just try to find the best options for protein bars I can- I can't even eat the whole bar anyway.

As the prior member stated, if you ask for the bottle they will give it to you- I usually just say I had surgery recently and need more to take my meds. OR if its a long flight just buy a big Water after security or bring and fill a large bottle after security. One big water and then 2 of the waters from the flit should get you through. Another thing that works great are these Protein shakes on the link below, just add water and shake- not the best but not bad.

http://www.dietdirect.com/bariwise-instant-protein-drinks-weight-loss-bw240-wildberry.html

I have flown post op and I took string cheese, roasted edamame and some nectar Protein powder. Someone suggested boiled eggs but I didn't take those. I would highly recommend just sucking it up and buying a bunch of Water past security. You know it will taste good and you will need even more. Flying dries you out. I bought 2 24 oz bottles for a 3.5 hour trip and had about 1/4 of one left. For an 8 hour trip I would get 4.

Have a fantastic trip! Hawaii is one of our favorite places.

What Island(s) are you visiting?

We are visiting Kauai and it is our favorite island to visit.

I can relate' date=' I travel for my job and was so humiliated before surgery. Now I feel normal! As for food/water- I bag some snack baggies of various things like turkey or ostrich jerky, almonds, and yes- Protein bars. I just try to find the best options for protein bars I can- I can't even eat the whole bar anyway.

As the prior member stated, if you ask for the bottle they will give it to you- I usually just say I had surgery recently and need more to take my meds. OR if its a long flight just buy a big Water after security or bring and fill a large bottle after security. One big water and then 2 of the waters from the flit should get you through. Another thing that works great are these protein shakes on the link below, just add water and shake- not the best but not bad.

http://www.dietdirect.com/bariwise-instant-protein-drinks-weight-loss-bw240-wildberry.html

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Interesting drink idea! These will get through security too. Will think about these the next time I travel.

Do you stay in Princeville or down on the sunny side?

Landed in Lihue, Kauii yesterday evening and was pretty exhausted from the plane ride (crashed at 6 pm and awoke at 6am). The plane ride was much more enjoyable with the extra space and much easier to get in and out of the aisle way. I still got very dehydrated even though I was drinking a lot of Water on the plane.

Here is a picture from Marriott in Lihue taken this morning:

Sipping on a nice brew of 100% kona coffee. Nice...

I think we will move here someday; this is our 8th time back to Kauii. We are here on a promotion, but do own a few weeks with Marriott where we stay mostly down at the Waiohai location on the south end.