BTW - Down 100+ lbs :) Yeah... I'm getting shrinkles and a bit of saggy skin... but who cares when you compare the before and after photos!
I am so proud of the past 2 vacations I took in September.... I went on a week-long Caribbean cruise... came home for a week and then spent 5 days in Las Vegas. Now the cruise was new to me... but I have been a Vegas regular for a while. This was the difference 7 months post sleeve:
I could get around so much better (down 100 lbs)
Comps/Upgrades came much easier (dang superficial people)
Didn't do a single buffet. Only ate at restaurants off the appetizer menu. What I had left over - I gave away to homeless people I saw on the street.
Didn't do that much alcohol. My free gambling drinks - bottled water
The cruise:
Only used one plate at the buffet. Took a scoop of everything I wanted.. and ate one or two bites of each. I made sure I only ate 12 fork/spoonfuls of food... since I couldn't measure my food. It worked... until the one meal where I lost count and ate 14ish bites. I got sick
At the seated dinner in the evening - for the 3 course meal I did the same thing... just took a few bites of each of my meals. At first - the head waitress thought I didn't like my food... but I explained to her that I had WLS. She made sure to accommodate any request I had for the preparation of the food. I only had a handful of alcoholic beverages... stuck to mostly water.
Overall results:
Cruise - gained 4 lbs (I think from the fruit juice and having a few desserts during the week.)
Time to lose 4 lbs gained - 6 days
Vegas - gained 2 lbs
Time to lose 2 lbs gained - 3 days
Pre-sleeve trips to Vegas - gain 10lbs
Time to lose - what loss? It never went away!!
I hope this lets everyone know that traveling with the sleeve can still make for a good vacation - especially when you are surrounded by an excess of food!
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