OMG vacation with a non WLS peep is eye opening

Hey, Hey, Hey..

Just got back from my first vacation in years. We drove the PCH1 from OR down to San Francisco. She is a photographer and it was all mist, grey's most of the way. I can't wait to see the photos and when we hit the Redwood forrest it was a spiritual experience. Sun was setting, fine mist and the shadows were unreal. It was the prefect storm for photos.

The reason I am posting is OMG, I have never hung with non WLS person for this long. I had forgotten the amount of food we use to eat is unreal I made my choices and were fine with them, but we no sooner had eaten and then it was time to eat again By the end of the trip I just sat there with tea

For those of you that are surrounded with non WLS peeps full time how do you do it? I remember the buffet days but I guess seeing it and living it again was a shocker. Shaking my head

**changed my subject line as it's not the worst but reflective of where I came from!

I'm the only WLS postop in my circle of friends so I just deal with it. If anything I think they have to deal with me and my constant eating only a little bit of something and then shoving my plate towards them to fini**** so my money isn't wasted!!!

One of the things she had on her list of things to do was a hot fudge sundae on Ghirardelli. I could not remember the last time I had one. Yes, I ordered one and took 2 bites and it was not going well I love my tool

I'm going on a 16 day trip to Europe in July with 20 family members and friends that don't know I had WLS. Most of them are close to normal BMI so I hope it's not a big deal. But there will be lots of wine & decadent desserts so I expect to get some questions when I don't partake.

If you don't want to get into it with them I'd just say you have a funny tummy. Where in Europe are you travelling? I went to Munich and Prague and did struggle a bit with options. I ended up eating tons of fruit, cheese and meats BUT with all the walking I was fine and actually lost 3 pounds.

We're going to the Balkans (Hungary, Serbia, Bulgaria, and Romania). I've never been to that part of Europe before so it'll be an adventure. I may also extend my trip and visit some friends in Paris as I used to live there. I haven't had a big vacation in awhile so I'm really looking forward to it. I'm hopeful that I'll find something to eat; meat, cheese, yogurt, veggies.

you should be able to get all that in those countries for sure!

This is hilarious to me because my non-WLS friends (all my friends really), complain I eat a ton.

I eat every 2 or 3 hours, and most non-WLS people go a lot longer than that without eat and when I am not eating I am drinking something non stop.

I just got back from a vacation to Houston with two people I grew up with. That was their main issue with me, too. That I have to eat every couple hours or I turn into a jerk. They were honestly surprised I was losing still.... but I reminded them that even though I'm eating all the time.... I'm only eating a couple bites at a time.

I just returned from a 10 day beach vacation with 13 non-WLS people. I actually didn't think it was terrible, but we had a house with a kitchen and did not eat out. I just ate the protein option and left the rest to them!