One of the reasons I'm really eager to have weight-loss surgery is because I want to travel! It's embarrassing to ask the flight attendant for the seat belt extender, and to have to keep pulling my CPAP machine out of my carry-on bag at the security checkpoint. I don't like getting winded as I walk around, and I especially don't like being unable to do certain things because of physical limitations.

Two thoughts are going through my mind:

1. Am I going to regret the surgery because I won't be able to enjoy food when I travel?
2. How will I be able to make good food choices when I'm eating out three times a day?

Anyone else grappling with these issues?

I travel all of the time for work. I take protein shakes with me in my checked luggage and then rely on meat and green vegetables when I eat out on these trips. I don't rely on protein shakes at all on a daily basis, so having to on work trips is my only regret, but it is a necessity. Eating and drinking on these work trips was part of my obesity problem, so I can't say that I miss that. I was so tired of being fat and dealing with those travel issues of which you spoke (seat belts, walking through the airport, dragging a suitcase around, trying to look nice and professional at 400 pounds). These 200 pounds (and counting!) I have lost is worth so much more to me than the travel food and drink.

The nice thing about the sleeve (or so my surgeon says!) is that after a certain amount of time, you can still enjoy most foods, but in much smaller quantity. (I'm due to have the sleeve 6/2!)

Eating out in general is a concern. Eating breakfast at a hotel...well since I can't stand eggs I don't plan on ever really eating their breakfast again. Those lounges (including Alaska Airlines Board Room) and breakfast bar are major carb sources for me. Pancake machines, bagels, cereal, juice...yum! I figure I'll need to travel with some protein powders to make my own shakes.

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Honestly, at 6 months out, I do eat out a lot. I can pretty much always find something on the menu that's not too terrible: just look for high protein, low carb. Usually I go for an appetizer, which I rarely finish. I have no regrets about the surgery. It doesn't limit my ability to do all the things I used to love doing. It doesn't even, really, prevent me from tasting things that I always loved. I just can't overindulge the way I used to.

I'm a big traveler, and my highest point was 308. I'm now 234 less than 4 months PoP.

I find that traveling is definitely easier, I snore no more...I lately before my surgery never needed the seat belt extender because they do make seat belts bigger these days... :-)

You'll love it, go for itm

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