Been on the road and...

....managed to lose 5 lbs. in the last 2 weeks, despite 2 long weekends away for family events, and a LOT of time in the car driving to Michigan, home again, Vermont, and home again.

Keys to success were:
I took pre-measured protein powder in ziploc bags for breakfast to be sure I could get the protein in,
Kept a 32 oz. water container going at all times,
Packed a cooler bag with my "car food" for snacks (jerkey, sf pudding, greek yogurt with a side small container of sf jelly for flavoring, muscle milk lite)
Got in the pool each day and did at least SOME knd of workout (not like the gym, but hey...)
At restaurants, gave thanks for my DH, who asked me each time what HE should order that I could share. I did order on my own twice - a shirmp ****tail at Red Lobster and ate only some shrimp, and a chicken breast at a diner-type restaurant which I ate about 1/3 of, with a little broccoli.

Thanks for all your tips and suggestions in the earlier "travel food" thread a couple of weeks ago.

Congratulations!  Sounds like you did an awesome job of managing your program!  

Karen

Super planning on your part - that's great! Altho I don't know how some of you guys eat jerky - I tried it once and it was a killer for me! Just too tough and hard to chew - same with shrimp - I have to be really careful with that even this far out (19 months out). But glad you were able to enjoy both and got your proteins in!! Congrats on the 5 lb loss as well - that's FANTASTIC!!

Truth is...

I didn't like the jerkey much. Salty, spicy, and way too chewy. But it was a good backup item, and I'll probably keep some in the pantry in case of snowstorm or nuclear attack.

Glad to hear that you did so well!! Careful planning is really the key to successing after WLS.

How did the wedding go??? We want pics! lol

Pics will be enroute...but I have had trouble uploading pictures here. Thus, I remain "faceless" in the forum.

Actually I tried once or twice but got a message that the file was too large. Kind of ironic for an obesity forum, huh?

Lynn get in touch with the OH board they have a sweetie pie named Gwen and she will walk you thru it or even do it for you.  Thats how I got Cassidy and I on there. She was funny too she is also a wls person and a doll.