For our 10th wedding anniversary, my husband and I will be going to Ft. Lauderdale for a week. Does anyone have suggestions on how to enjoy myself eating out and how to stay on program as much as possible? I will be 3 months post-op and down 50lbs since my surgery. Looking for strategies and tips. Thanks for the support.

First of all - great job so far!

I have the same questions - we are traveling to Nova Scotia for vacation in 5 weeks - I will be six weeks post op. I plan to concentrate on hydration, and eating soft foods. I am not tempted by regular food at this point (actually, repelled by most food, if truth be known)

Looking forward to seeing other comments!

I would usually just eat off of what my husband ordered or order a healthy appetizer. Still tried to keep on the regular schedule that I have at home. Also brought along protein shakes for the week. Good luck

The people in my support group say to order 1 meal and split it. When we go out, ordering seperate meals, I just get some broiled fish or crab, skip the sides, and enjoy what I can.

We are going to Vegas in two weeks as well, but we decided to order one meal and split it between the two of us. We did that for our Anniversary and it worked out wonderfully. In fact for Fathers Day we took the kids to Red Robin and I ordered the wedge salad and I had a bit of his patty melt and that was all I could eat, but I felt that I was not deprived, so I know I will do great in Vegas, it's all about making smart choices now, and not just thinking about food.

Order crab in the shell! It's a lot of work and you get only small bits of soft protein at a time! Just forget using the butter!