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Thank you everyone, such great ideas! I think what I'll do in the MDR is take my bread plate and place it over my water glass and when the waiter goes to remove it I'll let him know that as a person who had surgery I cannot eat and drink simultaneously. I mean I don't care who knows about my surgery... if people wanna judge me then so be it, I'll be proud of my weight loss. This cruise will be to celebrate just that! I'm going to inform our waiters and the Head waiter just so they can make accommodations and don't give me funny looks when I don't finish my food or cannot drink and eat at once, or I only eat the sugar free and low carb options. I want to enjoy myself and if that means divulging then I don't care.... also the Pizza place.... I know pizza isn't something I should be eating, but they say that they have low carb options when it comes to pizza? Has anyone else experienced this? I decided to change the ship I'm going on, so there's no Guy's Burger Joint, it'll be the Carnival Splendor (again) and they have a pizza place, mongolian wok, mexican (my fave!), and a taster bar... which I think is new- and probably the best for bariatrics since it's small servings... maybe? Anyway, thanks again everyone!

You can go to the dining room when you embark and let them know you have special dietary needs, IE low/no sugar, etc. They will give you the menu for the next evening at the end of the night so that you can preplanning your meals.

 

Don't be afraid to special order! They want you to be happy with your meal and your choices.

 

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Thank you! I'll make sure to do this!

There's usually a sugar free or no sugar added dessert, and there's always fruit or a cheese plate. Plan your eating strategy ahead of time, don't worry about ordering something and leaving most of it on the plate - just smile and tell the wait staff that you're watching your diet, no explanation needed. Just eat as normal, get your protein in, ask for sauces on the side when possible. I would order an appetizer, eat a couple of bites and then my husband would finish it. Order a main course, eat about a third of it, sometimes he'd eat some of it, sometimes not. The first night the waiter asks if he can get me something else, did I not like the dinner, but I just tell them everything was great and I'm just watching my diet. After that they don't say anything else - one of the reasons we like the traditional dining. There's iced tea and lemonade in the buffet area - mix a little lemonade in a glass of tea, the lemonade is too sweet, the tea is bad without something in it. Just a little lemonade makes it drinkable without much sugar.

Good luck!

I love Arnold Palmers, I didn't know if the lemonade is too much sugar to cause dumping? I guess everyone is different, though. I'll hopefully know by then what I can eat... I'm thinking either we go February/March of 2019 or September of 2019... depending on when I lose the weight. I want to be down to my goal so I can feel good about myself (or at least down to the weight I was in High School - 170 lbs) in a bathing suit. But thank you for the advice!

So before anyone gets on me about how their sister's cousin's friend's grandmother died from getting Gastric Bypass surgery, you're wasting your time, I know the risk, my doctor has the lowest mortality rate in the country and I feel safe getting this surgery. I'm not lazy for getting this surgery, I'm sick and tired of only losing 10 pounds and not a pound more and then giving up and gaining even more weight than I lost. Not to get into the details I'm dedicated and as a reward about 2 years out I'm planning a cruise to commemorate getting to my goal (cause I will, I have faith) and to enjoy life. So my question is this:

Are there many sugar free options? Also the Guy Burger Join, does it do Protein (lettuce wrapped) burgers? And what are the free drinks Carnival offers? I noticed they took away juice... so it's water and milk? coffee? Any other suggestions as to what other food options a person who has had Bariatric surgery should have?

Again I know the risks, and I figured at the rate my health is declining whilst I am somewhat overweight, I might as well take the chance of trying to make a healthier change. And it'll make walking on my treadmill a hell of a lot easier! :D

I will be taking my second cruise in February 2011. Here are a few things I intend to take with me based on my first cruise and the opinions of others:

 

A cafeteria style serving tray so I can take my food from point A to B << I don't think you need this since they have plenty of trays on the cruise ships.

 

Rum runners for my own alcohol

 

Water bottle

 

Ear plugs

 

Binoculars

Bring the over the door bag- it saved my cruise since I'm such a neat freak.... haha, my boyfriend was annoyed, but it was actually good at keeping things organized- and we used every one of the 30 or so pockets between the two of us.

Wow, all of these items are great... took me like a day to get through all the posts, but definitely considering taking the shoe organizer since it's wildly popular (of course there's only going to be 2 of us.... but I'm such a neat freak I can't stand clutter or mess), of course the power strip, we're (my Boyfriend and I) are also taking my iLuv (iPod Alarm clock/radio/dock) which has a screen that can dim or turn off completely. We're going to be in an inside cabin- I'm not sure if I should bring the night lights since neither of us has a problem if one turns on the lights. Also a really good investment I saw somewhere is to get a water resistant wristwatch. I'm very iffy about bringing along my cell phone since we won't use it, and I'd rather not risk damaging it somehow either but the pool or losing it in Mexico.... so I found some really cute ones on the Walmart website for $16- I only wish they came in purple! :) Another really awesome thing I saw posted was the post-it notes since it'd be nice to either leave each other notes incase one of us ventures off (walkie talkies might come in handy too) and wants to let the other one know where we'll be or that we'll be back or something- also for the stewards so that we could let them know if we need something and we don't see them.... I know how behind the scenes they are sometimes. This will be my first cruise on my own and his first cruise period (unless you wanna count the Navy). Make sure to bring pens and pencils since you never know who you'll meet or what you'll need to write down.... maybe the number or address to a place off the coast of one of your stops.... maybe the names of your room steward and attendants so that you can spell them correctly when you post reviews about them later.... I better stop rambling!

Good Luck everyone!