I just got banded on 12/20. Post-op pain and sensation of fulness has been more intense than I thought it would be but so far things are manageable.

I travel for work almost every week and my schedule for January already has be out of town (actually out of the country) every week starting 1/9. I will still be in the mushy diet stage until 1/20. I would like to know how others who have been banded stay on schedule with shakes, drinks, broths, etc.

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I am lucky in that I get to fly in First Class and stay in top tier hotels where it is easy to get staff to mix my shakes for me and to prepare special lunches for me to take to the office in the morning. I can also have a refrigerator/microwave brought to my room. Also, I am not embarassed about having a Protein shake in front of business associates/clients during dinners, so there is no problem there. It's just the time differerences I have to deal with that may get me off-track with my meals and having unexpected travel delays without the appropriate type of food being available that I am worried about.

Try packing with you some of those small individual servings of unsweetened applesauce, sugar free pudding, and some mashed bananas. I hope you like fruit. These things won't go bad while traveling. Make sure you have plenty of water and good luck. Happy Holidays

I was all about Atkins shakes.

You can also bring bullion cubes. Some are better than others. When I traveled I would ask the flight attendant for hot water and make my own soup. They also have the cambells to go cups. These are great when you are in a hurry. and on the go. Someone also posted about high protein pudding- 35 grams of protein, 2 grams of fat and 100 calories. These are great and filling and don't need to be refridgerated. I bought some at gnc.

I traveled 2 days post op. I often had soup at dinner and strained it with my spoon if I could not get one without chunks. Once I was on mushy I ate tuna salad all the time (in fact I am now quite sick of it).In flight I drank warm tea and loads of water.

i just tried the 100 calorie balance bars

i have been eating one after work on my way to the gym so i am not so hungry at the gym and then come home and over eat

try them out....