I was worried about what to eat while traveling through Indonesia, so I packed some Isopure protein in my luggage, and hoped for the best. Turned out ok considering. I ate grilled chicken, tiny bits of rice, eggs, veggies, no noodles, no spicy stuff.

Twice I hid food in napkins and stuffed it in my purse so people wouldn't look at me funny. (What have I become?) The locals kept asking if I didn't like the food! I know maybe I should not care but I did.

I don't regret the surgery but I realised how much I mourn food, and my ability to eat different kinds, especially while traveling. Feels like it took some of the fun away. Couldn't drink alcohol either.

I don't have a question. Still have some adjustments to make going forward & wanted to post my thoughts to see if anyone can relate.

I definitely do! I travel a lot, in fact, I went to Germany when I was a month post-op. Although I never thought of myself as a big foodie when I travelled (I've always had a sensitive stomach so have had to be careful), it's so much different now as I am now painfully aware of what I can't eat. There's a whole lot more can't than can. :-( Even though I never went totally off plan, I did have a couple of small breakfast sausages, a bit of bread here or there, and lots of cheese (the only source of protein that was available wherever I went). I ended losing about a pound a day on that trip, so maybe my body liked the change up in foods. It was also the first trip I've been on where I hadn't had any alcohol.

I'm very much still in the "zone", that is, I don't crave food, I rarely feel any real hunger (and if I do it may just be gas/acid), and I have no problem passing over what I used to eat and drink all the time. But I do feel like you sometimes, I mourn food, I miss being able to eat what I want, to go with friends and not worry if there will be something on the menu that I can mostly eat, etc. But I never want to go back to where I was, so eventually I hope the mourning period will pass.