scale withdrawal and other vacation issues

I know, I know... I am VERY fortunate to be in sunny, warm Siesta Key this week while Ohio is mired in cold rain... but I still need to vent. It has been hard to be on vacation and not be able to eat the way I used to.  I have done fairly well, but I have been eating too many almonds (too much fat!) in order to avoid worse things.  I really miss going to IHOP for the strawberry pancackes and some of the other special food treats. I am also going through scale waithdrawal.  I normally weigh 2x/week, but have not weighed myself for over a week.  I miss the positive reinforcement of the scale.  Not sure how I feel about that yet.  I am close to Onederland... someplace I have not been for years... so I am anxious to get there. Does anyone know how long antibiotics can stay in your system?  I have sun poisoning, and the only other time in my life I have ahd it was when taking antibiotics.  I had some in September (the same kind I was on when I got sun poisoning before), but not since... but I can;t figure out why every part of me that has been in the sun (except my face) is covered with it! On a brighter note, I bought a replacement for my lost ring.  It is identical as far as style and number and size of stones, but has a slightly different band.  It's not my original one, but at least I don;t have to keep looking at my "empty" hand. Lora

Oh, can I come hang with you???  Sounds wonderful to be in someplace warm and sunny!

I'm too new postop to really comment about changing eating from prior vacations, except to say "ugh .. this is what we signed on for".  Perhaps you can look at IHOP's nutrition information online and find out what you can have.

The scale withdrawal I get completely.  In order to focus on the process, I am only weighing myself once a week after having gotten in the pre-op gotta-make-weight panic habit of weighing daily.  No numbers are difficult to work with.  Are there other signs you can look for?

Otherwise, slather on some serious spf and have fun!