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I am being banded January 22nd in Dallas and I travel quite a bit for my job (>75%). I will be off the road long enough to recover (approximately 4 weeks after surgery) but I will have to start back to travel eventually. I also entertain customers on the road and would be interested in tips and tricks that any of my fellow road warriors might have picked up on how to eat on the road.

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Soups and salads work well. Soups go down easily and you can eat them OK as long as they arent too chunky. A salad with chicken or something on it works good because there is usually not a ton of chicken on it and you can pick out the Proteins and eat some of the salad without looking like you aren't eating anything.

Pasta, potatoes and breads can put you in an uncomfortable situation and should be avoided in public unless you know you can tolerate them. They fill your pouch fast, don't go anywhere quickly and can give you 10-20 minutes of pb hell if you are not careful (not easy to explain if people don't know you are banded and you spent half of your meal in the restroom).

I really love a good steak but I just can't eat very much of it.

I always order Water - because I can't really drink it very much and people don't notice it. I drink before the meal, but never during or after.

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