Episode 11: Planes, Trains, and Tiny Portions: The Bariatric Travel Episode

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another episode of Bariatric Banter Podcast.

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We're back. We're back. What is this? Episode

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11? I was going to say, I think we're on 11.

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Deuces. 1 -1. This is crazy that we're only on

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episode 11. I can't believe it. Like, yeah, I

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really can't. Can't believe you guys are all

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still like, let's listen to these crazy chicks

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ramble on. I love that people are still following

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and getting engaged and caring about what we

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have to say. Honestly. And like. We have over

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600 downloads just on Spotify as of today. I

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love it. It blows my mind. Like, I don't even

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know how to thank everybody. Like, I just genuinely

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don't know how to say thank you. I literally

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thought it would be just like us. shooting the

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shit every week and then like oh we got we got

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three listeners oh we got five my mom listened

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you know like yeah i've had i've had so many

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people just be like oh i listened to your podcast

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i'm like oh my god shit okay yeah thank you right

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i've had people stop me in town like i've been

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i was out for a walk at lunch the other day and

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i went into uh the bakery and one of the moms

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from school who i like i I'm acquaintances with,

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but I don't really know her. Yep. Hey, I just

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want to let you know, like, I love your podcast.

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Oh, thank you. I know she was listening. Not

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a clue. It's awesome. Guys, Steph is so famous.

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She can't even go to her town bakery. I can't

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even go shopping in town without being recognized.

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I have not been swarmed like that. So I guess

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we know who the star of this podcast is. It's

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not me. So my 1200 person town. I'm going to

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stop bringing the main character energy then

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and switch over to sidekick mode. I think that's

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cool. Like I like hearing that people listen.

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Yeah. So that just shows you never know. who's

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listening, who's paying attention. You're going

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to have those people that are vocal, but you

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never know who's just kind of hanging back, watching

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and listening. Who's like, hey, I love listening

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to this. Maybe they're just here for Bo, who's

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like chewing. I'm here for Bo. Chewing a stick

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in the background that's now all over my couch.

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I'm here for Bo. Let's be real. He is our podcast

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mascot. So Protein Bo, that's what we'll call

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him. So handsome. I love it. I'm excited to talk

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about today's topic. Before we even start, I

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bought this and I just have to call it out. Okay,

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so I got Gatorade water. They're not a sponsor.

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Nobody sponsors us, by the way. But I was at

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the grocery store and I was like, I'm just kind

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of like, I was coming back from a coffee thing

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and I was like, we'll try it. I don't understand

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the purpose of this and I feel like such a sucker

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for buying it, but it's like alkali electrolyte

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for taste water. Does it taste like Gatorade?

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It does not taste like Gatorade. Oh, so what's

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the point? I don't understand. Like, honestly,

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I thought that it had electrolytes in it. And

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I was like, you know, I definitely don't get

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enough. I went for a run yesterday and I know

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I'm depleted. And I didn't feel like the blue

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Gatorade. And then I was like, electrolytes for

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taste. Like, I don't. So I tasted it and I was

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like, oh, you know, this tastes like Dasani.

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You know, it's the worst bottled water. Dasani.

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I would have assumed it tasted like, I would

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have bought it thinking that when I take a sip,

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it's going to taste like Gatorade. Thank you.

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Like orange Gatorade, but clear. So I was like,

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what in the shit is the point of this? And so

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like, there's not even that many electrolytes.

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There's like 65 milligrams of sodium and 10 of

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potassium for the whole bottle. And I was like,

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okay, so just pro tip. This is not worth it.

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Stick with Gatorade. Or make yourself like a,

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we buy the, I shouldn't say we, because I don't

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really drink them anymore. But Devin got hooked

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on the Prime. Oh, yeah, yeah. But we buy the

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packets, like the powdered individual packets

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from Costco. And he drinks those. I try. Or I

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just bought electrolytes off Amazon, like flavored,

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I think it's like raspberry something. Delicious.

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No. I buy the powdered zero Gatorade electrolytes

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and they're fine. But it tastes like Gatorade.

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It does taste like Gatorade. Yeah. I tried Body

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Armor for the first time last night. What did

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you do? I kind of like it. They're good, eh?

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I kind of do. They're like, they're like oddly

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delicious. They are really good. I got the sugar

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-free lemon lime. And I was like, whoa, I was,

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I was not expecting this to taste like this.

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Devin got them from the corner store the other

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day. He went in to grab something. He came, I

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was like, I got us drinks. And at first I just,

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I looked at it. I was like, what is this? I didn't

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think I could drink it. Checked it out. I was

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like, oh, okay. So good. So good. Like I can't,

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the, the, the Gatorade water tastes disgusting.

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So somebody needs to tell them like, also I'm

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just like forewarning everybody. It's not worth

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it. It's got such a weird, disgusting taste to

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it. Dasani's the worst. That weird aftertaste.

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That gross aftertaste. This is just Dasani, like

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100%. I'm sure there's a conspiracy theory here.

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Somebody with a tinfoil hat, look it up for me.

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But Body Armor, if they're listening, they could

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sponsor us. But Body Armor was really good. It

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oddly tasted carbonated, but wasn't carbonated.

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It tastes like juice. I felt like I was drinking

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a treat. Yeah, but not like a weird sugar -free

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juice. No, or that like chemically weird fake

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taste. No, it tasted like legit juice. When I

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say I drank that bottle in record time, like

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I took a sip and was like, whoa, buddy. And I

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just like, I binged that bottle in a split second.

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Like should have taken my time. And then I went

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back to Shoppers Drug Mart and was like, I will

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be taking all of the body armor. Thank you. Because

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they make a lot of sugar -free body armor. And

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so like. This might be my new thing. I'm kind

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of into it. And to find one that doesn't taste

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like chemicals and have that gross aftertaste

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is really hard. And sometimes you just want like

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that sweet because we're not really drinking

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pop, not drinking juice, but you still want that

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sweet treat taste. So when you can find something

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that doesn't taste like crap, you got to stock

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up on it. Yeah, you got to stock up. You got

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like. Don't stock up before surgery. I've told

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this to a few people before, and so I know there's

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people listening that are going into surgery

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this year. Please do not buy things in advance.

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Do not buy protein powder or protein drinks.

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I know that you're thinking with the best intentions.

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Anything that you like now, I could almost bet.

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you'll hate after surgery. I didn't listen to

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the advice and bought a shit ton of stuff. I

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had all these hauls and stopped. And then as

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soon as I came out of surgery, it was like, you're

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disgusting. You're disgusting. You're disgusting.

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You're disgusting. You all taste like shit. I

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literally can't stomach it. I use crystallite

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as the example. I loathed it going into surgery

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and told like, I was like, nope. And came out

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of surgery and it's the only thing I can stomach.

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And I love crystallite now. It used to give me

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like crystallite. So I could drink a lot of flavored

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waters before. But crystallite always gave me

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a sore throat. Always. And so crystallite was

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the one I never drank. And when we went shopping

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like months ago in the States, it was when like

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the flavored water packets were really popular

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and hard to get here. So I bought so many of

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them in the States and I loved all of them. They

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were phenomenal. Post -surgery. I literally tried

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every single different flavor of the water packets

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in my cupboard. And there was maybe one that

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I could stomach. Yeah. And it was shocking. And

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now, Crystal Light Iced Tea, hands down, every

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day, that's my go -to. Doesn't bother me. I can't

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get enough of it. It's delicious. Yeah. So good.

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I literally have a container, like a big container

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of water packets in my cupboard that I can't

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touch anymore. I think they're disgusting. Same

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boat. I was like, okay, getting ready for surgery.

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All I'm seeing is water talk. And it was like

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Starburst, Skittles, Orange Crush. Unicorn. Yeah.

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Get the syrups. Go buy them. So I fucking stocked

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up. Yeah. And I was like, yeah, boy. After surgery.

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Gross. I literally have been trying to give them

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away. I've been trying to pay people to take

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them off my hands. I'm like, I can't drink these.

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And people are like, what do you mean? I'm like,

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they are. They're so disgusting. I can't palate

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them. I could easily drink them before. I physically

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cannot drink these anymore. So I beg of you,

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do not buy anything before surgery. Even if people

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are telling you this is the best protein, I love

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it. Those people are not bariatric patients.

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And I don't know what it is. It is a very well

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-known phenomenon that when you come out of surgery,

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your tastes drastically change. They don't even

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just like minusculely change. You're going to

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be like, whoa. Yes, exactly. There will just

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be things that you're like, I can no longer palate

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this, eat this, stomach this, taste it, smell

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it. I don't want it. Even just the thought of

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certain things. Like there are certain things

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that I don't even have to try. I just have to

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look at it. And it was always like go -tos or

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treats or anything. And I just look at it now

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and I'm like, not even, don't even want to try.

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Yeah, I'm going to be honest with you. Jello?

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Oh, Jello. Jell -O was good for me after surgery.

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Jell -O was okay. Too much pre -op PTSD where

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I was like, I don't want it. That's fair. I think

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I can't do coffee anymore. I was like two cups

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of coffee a day minimum before surgery. Then

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cut back pre -op because you can't have coffee

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pre -op. And then I remember when I could finally

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bring it back in. I was so excited. I was so

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pumped. Made my coffee the same way I always

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made it. I took two sips and I spat it out. I

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was like, this is the most disgusting thing I've

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ever had. So I tweaked it. I tried for days and

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I could not. I can do decaf. Like when I make

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protein coffee, I use decaf. The odd time I'll

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have a half caff, but I'm going to say maybe

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once every two weeks. But to drink regular coffee

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now, I think it's so vile. I was in the same

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boat. I obviously like our program said that

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we weren't allowed to have it, which they've

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since gone back on. Awesome. So I switched to

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decaf and I stopped drinking it. And then I kind

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of was like, decaf is really not doing it for

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me. Like I can't. So it took me a while to kind

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of go back and forth. And now I found like, I'm

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a dark roast Keurig K -Pod person and it needs

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to be a flavored coffee. Now I don't mean flavored

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with sugar, but I need like a, like a maple or

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a hazelnut or something. I can't do like plain.

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There's just. we're choking on our stick. I can't

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just do like plain, plain, but also I can't add

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syrups to it. I've tried. I'm sorry. I have literally

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tried to be Jenna bariatric. I have tried so

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many times to make her coffees. I got the caramel

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sauce out. She goes, I got the chocolate sauce

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out. She goes, I got all the frigging syrups

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out. They go. I can't do it. But the one thing

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that worked was I now use premier protein shakes

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as creamer. Yeah. Boom. It was like, and I think

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I told you, oh my God, Steph, I'm now drinking

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two coffees a day. Like I got to cut back. Like

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I just, all of a sudden, here we go. I can't

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get enough coffee. It's crazy. My parents are

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now hooked on Premier Protein as their creamer.

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They were like, whoa. That's what I use for my

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protein coffee. It's so good. So I get it. It

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is tough. It just mixes well with coffee. I don't

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know. So I've told people this too. Powdered

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protein. is not going to mix with your hot beverages

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and some days you don't want an iced fucking

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profi you want a hot coffee so keep the liquid

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shakes on hand don't be mixing powder into your

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hot coffee it's going to curdle like it's not

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going to mix it's going to be weird and just

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don't do it but anyway we digress our advice

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to you is please don't go stock up your cupboards

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in your pantries before surgery just just trust

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us on this one reach out to other people look

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on reddit It is very well known that like, even

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if you found a protein powder that today you're

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like, this is the best thing I've ever had. You'll

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come out of surgery and be like, so everybody

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told us. You're going to buy too much. You get

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in this mindset. And I was guilty of that. I

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did that with Gatorade and with the. sugar -free

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jello and the sugar pudding I stocked up because

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they were on sale and I remember being like oh

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I'm gonna need these I still have the Gatorade

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zeros some of them in my kitchen because I still

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haven't used them all because you're having such

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small amounts like like you forget that you're

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having like an ounce at a time so I remember

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I stocked up and sugar -free applesauce I still

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have some downstairs too um so don't get ahead

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of yourself because you'll be so excited to stock

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up and be ready and you're pumped and it's good

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it's positive yeah but you're you're gonna have

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like way more than you way more than you need

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i had a whole thing a fair life go bad and i

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was like what a waste of my hard -earned dollars

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because i get it people are like fair life is

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the literal best thing out there and like it

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is like it is very good there's a texture thing

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with me that it's like real thick compared to

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other ones and also i just was not drinking protein

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shakes to the level that other people were we

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weren't allowed yeah it went bad and i was like

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well so just Pump them breaks, especially when

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it comes to protein, powdered protein, because

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A, it's stupidly expensive for how little you're

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getting. And B, it will drastically taste different

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post -surgery. Right now, you're going to go

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try those brands like Good Protein or Clean Simple.

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What is it? Clean Simple Eats. Yeah. You're going

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to try them now and probably think like, whoa,

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because like they're full of a ton of sucralose

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and stevia and all that. Like they're super sweet.

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I guarantee you you're going to have that post

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-surgery and be like, holy Christ. That was my

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jam pre -surgery. I sweet everything, like sweet

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tooth, sweet, sweet, sweet. That's why I like

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the water enhancer so much. They were sweet.

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And now I still like sweet things, but I cannot.

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manage that extent of sweetness anymore. I need

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natural sweet now. And like our clinic's been

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great about that or, you know, my dietician anyway

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said, if you're going to have it, I'd rather

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you have the real stuff. You know, just obviously

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I limit my grams per serving. So like if I'm

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baking or I'm making something, I would genuinely

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rather just use maple syrup in my recipe than

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monk fruit sweetener or stevia. Like I just calculate

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the recipe to the point where a serving is still

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10 grams of sugar or less. But yeah, I can't

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stomach. the exception of crystal light and i

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don't know if it's magic or it doesn't bother

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me at all but that's the only one that doesn't

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bother me but everything else like really upsets

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my stomach i ghost protein is the only protein

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that i can really stomach uh and bake with and

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cook with but just you know just a pro tip what

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tastes good today probably won't taste good post

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-surgery and protein powder she'd be expensive

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as all holy hell so just pump the brakes and

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wait time yeah just wait also get stuff that's

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easy to get i think before we get to our topic

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of the podcast today i was getting stuff from

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the states i was getting stuff that you know

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i'll order in i'll do this and then like supply

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chains dry up and you can't get fair life at

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costco every week and then you get this dependence

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on something you can't get so I've also kind

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of looked at what tastes good enough and is easily

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accessible for me so that if I run out or I'm

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in a city traveling for work, I can run and get

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something. So Premier Protein, while people don't

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think it's better than Fairlife, and I do understand

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that, I can get it at every single grocery store.

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It's a great staple. Multiple flavors. Yep. So

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I've learned to love it because to be honest

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with you, getting Fairlife was a pain in my hole

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and I'm not driving to Costco. No, we switched.

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We we've switched to premier protein. We, um,

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it was on sale the other day. Poor, I was watching

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the poor UPS man. Cause he was like in his sixties.

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And I think we ordered. nine or 10 cases of premier

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protein because it was like $10 off. And so Devin

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drinks it, I drink it, like we all drink it.

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And so we just stocked up and I was on a work

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call and this poor 65 year old man was lugging

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all of these boxes of premier protein up to our

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porch. Oh my goodness gracious. But yeah, that's

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become our staple too because it's just, it's

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so convenient. And like I said, it works well

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with coffee, hot or cold. It's good to grab and

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go. It's good for, it's just so versatile. Exactly.

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So find what is good and accessible because you

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don't want to be in a pinch searching high and

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low and all over hell and creation for things.

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You don't want to get hooked on something that

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you can't get. So here's a great example. Built

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bars. Yes, you could get them in Canada. Yes,

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built bars are amazing. Like, hands down, I would

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sell everything I own for built bars. I love

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them. Put them in the microwave or the toaster

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oven. They're great. they've run into a production

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issue where they can't get a certain ingredient.

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So they're very behind on production. So you

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can no longer get it at Walmart. You can no longer

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get it at Costco. I'm not going to the United

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States just to get built bars. So, you know,

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be careful of becoming dependent on things that

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you just can't get in your city. So now I am

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on pure protein bars. They are good. They are

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not as good. And I got hooked on Built Bars,

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but I have to make do with what's Canadian, what's

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available, what I can run out to Shoppers Drug

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Mart and get in a pinch when I need something.

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Because this is what happens with some of these

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trendier, awesome, big things. Not only does

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their website sell out five minutes after they

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launch a bar, which that's a whole thing I'm

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annoyed about. It seems like only influencers

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can get the bar. But you can only get it now

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in America because they have lost their distribution

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with Costco and Walmart. So just be careful.

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Like, Bearbells, people love them. They're great.

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That's another example of they're here now for

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a hot minute and they could be gone tomorrow.

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So plan. Go back yourself into a corner. Yeah,

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just plan. Yep. And that leads us into today's

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topic, which is travel and vacations. We get

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this question a lot. Yeah. And we also have come

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up against this a lot. We are heading into vacation

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season. We're heading into conference season.

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So we're going to cover things like planning

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a vacation and going on it, being sent away for

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work travel and what that looks like. And just

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our own experiences with having to travel very

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shortly after surgery or a couple of years after

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surgery. How do you prepare for it? How do you

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plan for it? We get a lot of questions about

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that. Like, when am I allowed to go? And how

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do I get ready to go? How are you going to do

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that? How are you going to go on a trip? What

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was it like? And I'm going to be pretty honest.

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Like, it's kind of okay. The world is not as

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scary as it seems. And it's way more bariatric

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friendly than you will imagine. Also just depends

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on like what type of vacation you're going on

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too. But yeah, we're going to kind of dive whole.

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head first into travel and vacations and how

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do you do it as a bariatric patient, both pre

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and post -op, I think is important. Great. Yeah.

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I think there's a lot of people that, oh my gosh,

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well, how are you going to do this? How are you

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going to go there? How are you going to go on

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vacation? Well, what do you mean? What do you

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mean how I'm going to go? Yeah. Like I'm going

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to go, I'm going to make it work and I'm going

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to just shift my priorities, right? I'm not going

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to go. I mean, I might still go to the all -inclusive

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to relax, but. My trip's not going to be focused

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on the swim up bar and the restaurants. Those

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will still be there and you can still have them

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in moderation. But my focus is now going to be

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on swimming or walking on the beach or hiking

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or doing activities. Your priorities and your

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focus is going to shift. So you're still going

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to go on a trip. I'm just not going to go to

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Mexico and binge tacos and guacamole and margaritas

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all day, as great as that sounds. I'm still going

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to have tacos and guacamole. I'm still going

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to have it. But I'm going to do all those activities

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that maybe I didn't do last time because either

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I couldn't or because I was too busy binging

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on the tacos that I missed out on all the other

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fun things. The cool thing is too, depending

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on like who you're going with, now you can actually

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look at like, do we need an all -inclusive package?

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Maybe we could go somewhere fancier because I

00:20:07.799 --> 00:20:10.599
could split my meal with you, husband, partner,

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whoever you're going with. I could, you know,

00:20:13.640 --> 00:20:15.500
we could share, we could share a platter, we

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could share a meal. Maybe we don't need that.

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Maybe we don't need to buy a drink package because,

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you know, I'm not drinking and you could just.

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Because I'm not drinking, you could buy your

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drinks and we would still save money. So the

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other really cool thing is trips can now look

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a lot different. It's not two adults needing

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bottomless drinks and food for a whole trip anymore.

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So that's something that you can really take

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into consideration when you're going. But the

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one thing I know that we're going to get and

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that I've seen too on Reddit is, well, what if

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I'm a foodie though? Like I'm a foodie. I want

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to travel because I'm a foodie. okay, no one

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is saying that you cannot travel and explore

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and still delight in all of the great food that

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the world has to offer. It's not that you're

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not eating on these trips. You're not going to

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go to Italy and not eat food. Yeah, you're not

00:21:03.609 --> 00:21:04.690
going to be like, you know what I'm not going

00:21:04.690 --> 00:21:07.470
to have in Italy? Any of the good food. I'm not

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going to have any noodles or pasta or any pastries

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at all or any gelato. I'm just going to look

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around. No, like not going to happen. Let's be

00:21:17.210 --> 00:21:19.029
real. But it's going to be different. So like,

00:21:19.069 --> 00:21:21.549
do I have gelato? Goddamn right. I have gelato.

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I have like a very crippling addiction to gelato.

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But it's different. Like when I get gelato. A,

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I limit myself to like, I'm going to have a gelato.

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If I have a gelato, I'll have one a month. I'm

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not going to be going every week and getting

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it. And I get a kid cup now. And it's awesome.

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It's like nice and small. I think it's like two

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and a half ounces. I get two flavors still. They

00:21:40.970 --> 00:21:43.089
like shove two little flavors in there. And that's

00:21:43.089 --> 00:21:45.529
all I need, right? So if I'm in Italy, I'm not

00:21:45.529 --> 00:21:47.789
going and getting a tub or a pint of gelato.

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I'm not getting a cone of gelato. And I think

00:21:49.930 --> 00:21:52.410
that's the difference is you're thinking about

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it maybe right now pre -surgery. And so you're

00:21:55.500 --> 00:21:57.500
thinking, well, that's not, that sounds terrible.

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I want to be able to indulge and eat. And I guess

00:22:00.319 --> 00:22:01.980
I actually get this. There's somebody that I

00:22:01.980 --> 00:22:04.319
work with who's like, you know, my favorite thing

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is eating to that point where you're so full

00:22:06.980 --> 00:22:09.000
that you just need to sit on the couch and like,

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oh, and he's like, you know, you don't get that

00:22:11.420 --> 00:22:13.299
though, right? Like you don't get that feeling

00:22:13.299 --> 00:22:15.160
anymore. And I was like, buddy, I definitely

00:22:15.160 --> 00:22:17.579
get that feeling. I just get it after like a

00:22:17.579 --> 00:22:20.200
bite and a half. I got that today at lunch. You

00:22:20.200 --> 00:22:23.299
know? Yeah. I still get that feeling. Yeah. But

00:22:23.299 --> 00:22:26.930
also we just get there faster. Why? If you're

00:22:26.930 --> 00:22:31.529
in Italy, of all places, why would you want to

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eat yourself to the point of like, oh, I can't

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move. I'm exhausted. We're in a coma. Don't you

00:22:36.250 --> 00:22:38.269
want to have little bits of everything here and

00:22:38.269 --> 00:22:41.109
there? Thank you. Have a couple bites here, then

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walk for a while, then have a couple bites here.

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Sample everything. Everything. Instead of plowing

00:22:46.349 --> 00:22:48.769
yourself full of a bowl of pasta. At one place.

00:22:48.910 --> 00:22:51.970
Feeling like crap. Yes. The whole rest of the

00:22:51.970 --> 00:22:53.309
afternoon, you're just sitting there going, oh

00:22:53.309 --> 00:22:57.170
my God, we overate. Oh, now I'm really tired.

00:22:57.269 --> 00:23:00.589
Let's go sleep. I just need a nap. If I'm going

00:23:00.589 --> 00:23:04.289
all the way to Italy. No, I want to take it all

00:23:04.289 --> 00:23:07.250
in. So you're still doing it. You're still enjoying

00:23:07.250 --> 00:23:09.809
the food, but you're sampling little bits. And

00:23:09.809 --> 00:23:13.829
it's just that it's not the full focus of your

00:23:13.829 --> 00:23:17.960
trip. part of the activities and part of the

00:23:17.960 --> 00:23:20.059
trips. When you reflect on the trip and people

00:23:20.059 --> 00:23:22.319
go, how was it? You can go, well, we did this

00:23:22.319 --> 00:23:24.900
and we saw this and we ate this and we went here

00:23:24.900 --> 00:23:28.119
versus like, oh my God, we had the best pizza

00:23:28.119 --> 00:23:29.359
and the best pasta. And like, there's nothing

00:23:29.359 --> 00:23:32.099
wrong with having good food. But when I reflect

00:23:32.099 --> 00:23:36.200
on trips of past, it usually was all food. Where

00:23:36.200 --> 00:23:37.380
are we going to eat? Where are we going to go?

00:23:37.480 --> 00:23:39.859
I need food. I'm hungry. I'm starved. Like food,

00:23:39.880 --> 00:23:42.720
food, food, like food, drink, food, drink. Yeah.

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And it wasn't ever about anything else. No. Eat

00:23:48.599 --> 00:23:50.039
what you want to eat. Like Steph's right. If

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I went to Italy today and like I do want to go

00:23:52.240 --> 00:23:54.140
to Italy, it is on my bucket list. There's a

00:23:54.140 --> 00:23:55.759
million things I want to do in Italy though.

00:23:55.839 --> 00:23:58.240
Like I want to go sightseeing and walking and

00:23:58.240 --> 00:24:01.000
hiking. But I do want to try, like they're known

00:24:01.000 --> 00:24:02.700
for their fish. I want to try some fish dishes.

00:24:02.819 --> 00:24:05.019
I'd love to try some like homemade gnocchi. I'd

00:24:05.019 --> 00:24:07.539
love to try gelato. I want to try some of the

00:24:07.539 --> 00:24:10.400
fresh bread or maybe a slice of pizza. Chops

00:24:10.400 --> 00:24:12.380
that are supposed to be amazing. But in like

00:24:12.380 --> 00:24:14.720
moderation. I'm not going to go and order a whole

00:24:14.720 --> 00:24:16.259
pizza. I'm not getting a whole frigging plate

00:24:16.259 --> 00:24:18.779
of pasta. The other thing. is when you look at

00:24:18.779 --> 00:24:22.559
a lot of these countries it's tapas it isn't

00:24:22.559 --> 00:24:25.619
the western serving sizes that you're used to

00:24:25.619 --> 00:24:27.819
like it's about those little meals throughout

00:24:27.819 --> 00:24:30.960
the day yeah it's just having a little bite a

00:24:30.960 --> 00:24:34.240
little bite a little bite but yes we do focus

00:24:34.240 --> 00:24:36.019
so much on that like Devin and I were talking

00:24:36.019 --> 00:24:37.539
about a trip because we're going away in two

00:24:37.539 --> 00:24:41.430
months yeah and I had said something about wanting

00:24:41.430 --> 00:24:44.589
to go to a resort to just like unwind, relax,

00:24:44.769 --> 00:24:47.309
put my feet up. And I said something about wanting

00:24:47.309 --> 00:24:50.789
to go back to Mexico. And his first comment was,

00:24:50.829 --> 00:24:52.950
well, why? You can't eat and drink like you used

00:24:52.950 --> 00:24:56.170
to be able to. And when I thought about it, I

00:24:56.170 --> 00:24:57.970
was like, you know what? When we have gone away

00:24:57.970 --> 00:25:01.329
to like Cuba, Mexico, wherever we've gone, that's

00:25:01.329 --> 00:25:04.279
literally all we do. The morning would be sit

00:25:04.279 --> 00:25:06.400
at the beach and drink in the beach chairs and

00:25:06.400 --> 00:25:08.619
then go to the buffet at lunch, have a bunch

00:25:08.619 --> 00:25:11.500
of tacos and guacamole and margaritas, then go

00:25:11.500 --> 00:25:13.500
to the pool, hang out at the swim -up bar, drink

00:25:13.500 --> 00:25:16.720
all afternoon, then go binge out at dinner, have

00:25:16.720 --> 00:25:20.099
a bunch more. It was so focused. We went to Mexico

00:25:20.099 --> 00:25:22.640
because of the tacos and guacamole, not because

00:25:22.640 --> 00:25:24.880
of the beach or the scenery or the activities.

00:25:25.119 --> 00:25:28.680
We went because they had good tacos. So I was

00:25:28.680 --> 00:25:31.359
like, you know what? You're not wrong. Like,

00:25:31.359 --> 00:25:34.460
why are we spending $5 ,000 because they have

00:25:34.460 --> 00:25:37.460
good tacos? So now we're taking the kids and

00:25:37.460 --> 00:25:40.019
we're going back to Alberta. We're going to Camargo.

00:25:40.200 --> 00:25:42.220
This will be our third time there. The kids have

00:25:42.220 --> 00:25:44.980
never gone. But now, yeah, there's still like

00:25:44.980 --> 00:25:46.960
a really great Mexican restaurant in Banff that

00:25:46.960 --> 00:25:48.920
I want to do for my birthday while we're there.

00:25:50.140 --> 00:25:53.160
we are doing like we're our trip is now focused

00:25:53.160 --> 00:25:56.319
on the the rafting we're doing and the gondola

00:25:56.319 --> 00:25:58.500
we're doing and the boat tour we're doing and

00:25:58.500 --> 00:26:01.660
the hikes that we can take the kids on like your

00:26:01.660 --> 00:26:04.339
priorities just change and now the trip yeah

00:26:04.339 --> 00:26:05.839
there's going to be great food and we know we're

00:26:05.839 --> 00:26:07.180
going to go to the breweries and we're going

00:26:07.180 --> 00:26:11.079
to have all this stuff but the trip is now focused

00:26:11.079 --> 00:26:13.599
around what are the activities and the sites

00:26:13.599 --> 00:26:16.990
and the things we're going to do while we're

00:26:16.990 --> 00:26:19.690
there to make those memories versus just, well,

00:26:19.750 --> 00:26:21.089
what restaurants are we going to hit up while

00:26:21.089 --> 00:26:24.390
we're there? Yeah. It's just a shift in priority

00:26:24.390 --> 00:26:28.849
and focus. And you will still look up where to

00:26:28.849 --> 00:26:31.450
eat. So make no mistake, whatever vacation you

00:26:31.450 --> 00:26:33.829
go on, there is still going to be an aspect of

00:26:33.829 --> 00:26:35.829
food involved. But now it's from a different

00:26:35.829 --> 00:26:40.099
lens. Now it's if we're going out to eat. genuinely

00:26:40.099 --> 00:26:42.220
you want to eat at a good quality restaurant

00:26:42.220 --> 00:26:44.660
because you can you can barely eat like you have

00:26:44.660 --> 00:26:47.259
you have small portion sizes so my kind of rule

00:26:47.259 --> 00:26:50.039
was i'm not going to the keg or to an east side

00:26:50.039 --> 00:26:52.660
mario's if i'm traveling because i have limited

00:26:52.660 --> 00:26:56.559
space i want the best restaurant in this area

00:26:56.559 --> 00:26:59.660
and then i want to look up and make sure that

00:26:59.660 --> 00:27:02.019
they have something i can eat because i also

00:27:02.019 --> 00:27:04.690
don't want to get into a situation where You

00:27:04.690 --> 00:27:06.250
make bad choices. It's a slippery slope, right?

00:27:06.349 --> 00:27:09.450
Oh, when I went to the Bahamas, they have a senior

00:27:09.450 --> 00:27:12.170
frogs. And I was like, well, I guess we could

00:27:12.170 --> 00:27:14.190
just eat there. Like we were hungry. We had walked

00:27:14.190 --> 00:27:17.049
the whole island. And it was my friend who was

00:27:17.049 --> 00:27:19.390
like, no, there's probably like some little place

00:27:19.390 --> 00:27:21.089
we could go and get some fish or something else.

00:27:21.150 --> 00:27:23.049
Like we don't have to just go there because it's

00:27:23.049 --> 00:27:25.490
easy and convenient. And it was all fried food,

00:27:25.549 --> 00:27:28.109
right? It's that touristy, you're hungry, let's

00:27:28.109 --> 00:27:30.089
get. And so that's the other thing is I don't

00:27:30.089 --> 00:27:33.410
want to fall into a trap of. not preparing and

00:27:33.410 --> 00:27:35.210
then getting stuck eating at chain restaurants

00:27:35.210 --> 00:27:38.809
or things like that so food will still be an

00:27:38.809 --> 00:27:42.930
aspect but it's because you can't sit and eat

00:27:42.930 --> 00:27:46.029
for four hours straight you have to plan other

00:27:46.029 --> 00:27:49.710
things to do and you also realize like and this

00:27:49.710 --> 00:27:51.730
is a hot topic and so if you want to drink drink

00:27:51.730 --> 00:27:55.049
we do what you want to do. Our clinic was pretty

00:27:55.049 --> 00:27:57.009
clear about, well, A, you're not allowed to drink

00:27:57.009 --> 00:27:59.609
before surgery. And then B, they're very, very

00:27:59.609 --> 00:28:01.809
adamant that you just do not take that habit

00:28:01.809 --> 00:28:04.609
up again. Many reasons, the sugar, the empty

00:28:04.609 --> 00:28:07.509
carbs, but also it's very easy to get transfer

00:28:07.509 --> 00:28:09.549
addiction and become an alcoholic after surgery.

00:28:09.849 --> 00:28:12.130
That's just not our opinion. That is statistics.

00:28:12.369 --> 00:28:15.170
You should look it up. It's a quite large statistic

00:28:15.170 --> 00:28:18.630
of people who, after bariatric surgery, become

00:28:18.630 --> 00:28:22.809
alcoholics. I don't drink. So that's the other

00:28:22.809 --> 00:28:25.990
thing for me is if I'm going on vacation, I need

00:28:25.990 --> 00:28:28.569
to have things planned to do because it is no

00:28:28.569 --> 00:28:31.990
longer fun for me to sit at a swim up bar for

00:28:31.990 --> 00:28:35.009
four hours. Now, if you're pre -op, you're probably

00:28:35.009 --> 00:28:37.670
thinking this all sounds horrible, Hannah. Like,

00:28:37.670 --> 00:28:39.529
of course, I want to go to a swim up bar and

00:28:39.529 --> 00:28:41.769
like, oh, my God, maybe I don't want this surgery.

00:28:43.069 --> 00:28:45.569
Your mentality changes as well, though. You're

00:28:45.569 --> 00:28:47.950
thinking about these things in a larger body

00:28:47.950 --> 00:28:50.750
where you get tired easy, where you don't get

00:28:50.750 --> 00:28:52.609
to do a lot of the things other people do, where

00:28:52.609 --> 00:28:54.890
you're not actually out exploring because you

00:28:54.890 --> 00:28:57.289
are very limited in what you can do. And you've

00:28:57.289 --> 00:29:00.849
only ever known all inclusive eating, binge eating,

00:29:01.029 --> 00:29:04.650
binge drinking. After surgery, I said it in the

00:29:04.650 --> 00:29:08.130
last podcast, the world opens up to you in terms

00:29:08.130 --> 00:29:12.650
of exercise. things to do. Like I rode a horse

00:29:12.650 --> 00:29:15.609
for the first time last year. I can do all these

00:29:15.609 --> 00:29:17.630
great activities. I have more energy and I'm

00:29:17.630 --> 00:29:19.410
more awake. My body no longer hurts. Your comfort

00:29:19.410 --> 00:29:22.130
level doing these things is significantly higher.

00:29:22.210 --> 00:29:25.230
You're not so worried about doing them or afraid

00:29:25.230 --> 00:29:27.710
about doing them. Your first thought isn't, oh

00:29:27.710 --> 00:29:30.329
my gosh, can I handle that? Is that okay with

00:29:30.329 --> 00:29:32.230
my weight? Am I going to be tired? Is it going

00:29:32.230 --> 00:29:34.470
to hurt my joints? You don't go to that place

00:29:34.470 --> 00:29:37.089
in your mind anymore. You actually get excited

00:29:37.089 --> 00:29:41.119
about all of the things that weren't something

00:29:41.119 --> 00:29:43.160
you could get excited about before. Exactly.

00:29:43.279 --> 00:29:46.859
So when your friend says, hey, let's walk to

00:29:46.859 --> 00:29:49.660
that rum cake factory in the Bahamas that you

00:29:49.660 --> 00:29:51.380
wanted to get something for your dad from, you

00:29:51.380 --> 00:29:53.400
go, yeah, who cares? Next thing you know, it's

00:29:53.400 --> 00:29:55.660
22 kilometer round trip. And you're like, that

00:29:55.660 --> 00:29:57.279
was probably a lot longer than it should have

00:29:57.279 --> 00:29:59.839
been in the Bahamas. But you don't. bat an eye

00:29:59.839 --> 00:30:02.079
like you book the swim at the dolphins because

00:30:02.079 --> 00:30:03.880
you don't mind being in your bathing suit you

00:30:03.880 --> 00:30:06.259
don't care about riding a bike around the island

00:30:06.259 --> 00:30:09.119
you you want to go explore and go shopping and

00:30:09.119 --> 00:30:13.180
um you just you feel different so i know there's

00:30:13.180 --> 00:30:14.500
going to be people thinking this sounds like

00:30:14.500 --> 00:30:17.640
torture it doesn't like that you trust me you

00:30:17.640 --> 00:30:19.839
will be bored if you're going on a vacation that's

00:30:19.839 --> 00:30:23.180
all about like eating and drinking you will be

00:30:23.180 --> 00:30:25.299
that friend who's like boy could we maybe do

00:30:25.299 --> 00:30:29.160
something else yeah and It's just a society thing.

00:30:29.259 --> 00:30:31.960
I didn't realize it. And you won't realize it

00:30:31.960 --> 00:30:34.259
till after surgery because I couldn't put it

00:30:34.259 --> 00:30:37.140
together before surgery. After surgery, I was

00:30:37.140 --> 00:30:41.220
like, holy shit. Our society is all about eating.

00:30:41.460 --> 00:30:44.079
Like it's always eating. Try to plan an event

00:30:44.079 --> 00:30:46.039
with friends after surgery. Oh, okay. Well, where,

00:30:46.079 --> 00:30:49.680
where do you guys want to go? Yeah. Even planning

00:30:49.680 --> 00:30:51.440
something like, do you guys want to go to winners

00:30:51.440 --> 00:30:54.000
to go shopping? Sure. And then it's like, well,

00:30:54.099 --> 00:30:55.460
I'm kind of hungry. Like if you eat and like,

00:30:55.500 --> 00:30:57.960
we should go eat after. And it's like. No, I'm

00:30:57.960 --> 00:30:59.539
good. But if you want to eat, like, go ahead.

00:30:59.759 --> 00:31:01.319
Or, hey, do you guys want to come over? Yeah,

00:31:01.400 --> 00:31:04.039
what can we bring? What should we eat? I don't

00:31:04.039 --> 00:31:06.880
know. Just come over. Just hang out? Just come

00:31:06.880 --> 00:31:09.099
hang out. Everything has to have food attached

00:31:09.099 --> 00:31:11.980
to it. Always. Always has to have something attached.

00:31:12.140 --> 00:31:14.559
So the other thing that I've tried to do is...

00:31:14.880 --> 00:31:16.799
Because I want to be accommodating on vacations.

00:31:16.799 --> 00:31:18.859
I don't just go by myself. And I want people

00:31:18.859 --> 00:31:21.559
to feel, I never want people to not eat and not

00:31:21.559 --> 00:31:23.619
indulge and enjoy because I'm with them. And

00:31:23.619 --> 00:31:26.200
my family will do this and it bugs me. So I always

00:31:26.200 --> 00:31:28.690
try to remember. Take breaks throughout the day

00:31:28.690 --> 00:31:30.829
and find places to go. But that's why I'll be

00:31:30.829 --> 00:31:32.750
like, there's this great coffee shop I heard

00:31:32.750 --> 00:31:35.170
about here. Why don't we go to this coffee shop?

00:31:35.230 --> 00:31:37.390
Because I know they can eat if we're at the coffee

00:31:37.390 --> 00:31:40.190
shop. And this happened in Nova Scotia of all

00:31:40.190 --> 00:31:42.589
places. I'm from there. I go home often. I'm

00:31:42.589 --> 00:31:45.269
going again in June. And we were all going out

00:31:45.269 --> 00:31:48.329
shopping. And the other thing is you have to

00:31:48.329 --> 00:31:50.069
either pack your own food or be prepared that

00:31:50.069 --> 00:31:51.690
people need to stop every two hours for you to

00:31:51.690 --> 00:31:53.829
at least have something in your stomach. I always

00:31:53.829 --> 00:31:56.049
have snacks in my purse. Always. And I remember

00:31:56.049 --> 00:31:58.920
telling my mom like, we should stop like we should

00:31:58.920 --> 00:32:01.000
stop somewhere and she's like oh and i was like

00:32:01.339 --> 00:32:03.039
I don't think people can keep up with our pace

00:32:03.039 --> 00:32:05.240
of shopping. And it was true. We were with my

00:32:05.240 --> 00:32:06.900
aunts who I don't think were at the level of

00:32:06.900 --> 00:32:09.519
my mom and I were for shopping nonstop. And so

00:32:09.519 --> 00:32:11.140
I was like, there's a great coffee shop. I had

00:32:11.140 --> 00:32:12.759
already looked it up ahead of time. I knew they

00:32:12.759 --> 00:32:14.839
were going to have food. And of course, the second

00:32:14.839 --> 00:32:17.539
we get in sandwiches, like they were so hungry.

00:32:17.660 --> 00:32:20.079
So that's the other thing I keep in mind is yes,

00:32:20.180 --> 00:32:22.339
I might not be eating much, but I am with other

00:32:22.339 --> 00:32:25.200
people that will want to indulge and enjoy. So

00:32:25.200 --> 00:32:28.880
that's okay. Don't go too far into not, not planning

00:32:28.880 --> 00:32:31.650
little stops, but. As the bariatric patient,

00:32:31.809 --> 00:32:36.230
just you should maybe know what's available because

00:32:36.230 --> 00:32:37.789
you just don't want to get stuck in a situation

00:32:37.789 --> 00:32:40.789
where you're forced to eat somewhere that because

00:32:40.789 --> 00:32:44.009
people undoubtedly will just not eat if you're

00:32:44.009 --> 00:32:46.910
not eating. And it sucks. And I wish they wouldn't.

00:32:47.340 --> 00:32:49.660
They don't want to make you feel bad. Well, and

00:32:49.660 --> 00:32:52.099
that's like, too, when we're going to Canmore,

00:32:52.220 --> 00:32:55.460
we have an Airbnb because then we have a full

00:32:55.460 --> 00:32:58.220
kitchen. So we can do our own grocery shopping.

00:32:58.319 --> 00:33:00.079
We can have our own food in there. So, yes, we

00:33:00.079 --> 00:33:03.240
can go out. And where our Airbnb is, it's a phenomenal

00:33:03.240 --> 00:33:05.180
location. Like, it's right downtown Canmore.

00:33:05.480 --> 00:33:07.380
So, yeah, we can go out. We have lots of options.

00:33:07.480 --> 00:33:09.980
But we can also then pack our own food, pack

00:33:09.980 --> 00:33:11.640
our own snacks when we do our hikes, when we

00:33:11.640 --> 00:33:13.619
go on the boat. We can make sure we have that

00:33:13.619 --> 00:33:15.960
packed. We can do our own breakfast. We can come

00:33:15.960 --> 00:33:17.240
back and make our own breakfast. own dinner if

00:33:17.240 --> 00:33:20.339
we want. We have those options to be prepared

00:33:20.339 --> 00:33:24.579
so that we're not put in situations where you

00:33:24.579 --> 00:33:26.380
have to make a bad choice or there just isn't

00:33:26.380 --> 00:33:28.000
a choice for you and you have to suffer through.

00:33:28.339 --> 00:33:30.759
And like go and enjoy yourself and have fun.

00:33:30.900 --> 00:33:33.279
It's just be prepared so that it's not like every

00:33:33.279 --> 00:33:35.279
day I went to a cafe and had an eclair because

00:33:35.279 --> 00:33:37.019
it was like the only thing near the hotel and

00:33:37.019 --> 00:33:40.180
it's like now I've gained 15 pounds. And feel

00:33:40.180 --> 00:33:42.160
like crap. Yeah. And you don't feel great because

00:33:42.160 --> 00:33:44.599
you're not used to that much sugar. So be prepared.

00:33:46.490 --> 00:33:49.809
The Airbnb is a great idea when I travel for

00:33:49.809 --> 00:33:51.910
work. And I actually had to travel for work in

00:33:51.910 --> 00:33:54.549
April. So I had my surgery in March and they

00:33:54.549 --> 00:33:56.910
made me go away in April. And I was just in Montreal.

00:33:58.109 --> 00:34:00.069
But it was like sheer fucking panic because I

00:34:00.069 --> 00:34:02.470
was like, I'm on an eight hour train ride. I,

00:34:02.549 --> 00:34:04.569
you know, I'm very limited on food. What's my

00:34:04.569 --> 00:34:08.050
energy level going to be like? You're still trying

00:34:08.050 --> 00:34:10.150
to learn your habits. I should have said no to

00:34:10.150 --> 00:34:11.949
work. It was way too soon. Like energy level

00:34:11.949 --> 00:34:14.630
wise, it was a huge problem. Like, you know what

00:34:14.630 --> 00:34:17.010
work travels like. You gotta be on all the time

00:34:17.010 --> 00:34:18.670
and then go out for dinner and schmooze and booze.

00:34:18.710 --> 00:34:21.949
But the second I got into my hotel, I called

00:34:21.949 --> 00:34:24.710
ahead and made sure that there was a... mini

00:34:24.710 --> 00:34:27.309
fridge in the room and I went right to the grocery

00:34:27.309 --> 00:34:30.170
store and I bought pre hard -boiled eggs I bought

00:34:30.170 --> 00:34:33.550
deli meat I bought cheese I bought almonds like

00:34:33.550 --> 00:34:36.630
at this rate you're eating like real real little

00:34:36.630 --> 00:34:39.030
like a month out I was on soft food but I was

00:34:39.030 --> 00:34:41.030
like I have to do the best I can do on this work

00:34:41.030 --> 00:34:43.289
trip I'm not gonna be able to make chicken salad

00:34:43.289 --> 00:34:46.269
in my hotel room so I got hard -boiled eggs I

00:34:46.269 --> 00:34:48.010
got cheese like I got things where I was like

00:34:48.010 --> 00:34:50.010
there's protein I can nibble on this throughout

00:34:50.010 --> 00:34:52.070
the day there's gonna be nothing in the office

00:34:52.070 --> 00:34:55.659
that I can have So I did the best I could. We

00:34:55.659 --> 00:34:58.480
went out for dinner and this is a big one. So

00:34:58.480 --> 00:35:00.960
I didn't tell a lot of people except for my boss

00:35:00.960 --> 00:35:03.480
that I was having this surgery. Now we're out

00:35:03.480 --> 00:35:05.420
for dinner. And you're going to have two little

00:35:05.420 --> 00:35:09.579
bites of food and be full. Yeah. So I recommend

00:35:09.579 --> 00:35:11.440
telling your boss if you have a good relationship,

00:35:11.559 --> 00:35:12.880
you got to tell somebody because you will be

00:35:12.880 --> 00:35:15.219
put in this weird situation at least once. So

00:35:15.219 --> 00:35:17.559
he knew. And so ahead of time, he was like, what

00:35:17.559 --> 00:35:19.380
would be good for you? And I was like, you know,

00:35:19.400 --> 00:35:20.900
maybe just something where like we're sharing

00:35:20.900 --> 00:35:23.840
plates or, you know, just. I don't know, something

00:35:23.840 --> 00:35:25.820
where there's meat is my answer. So we picked

00:35:25.820 --> 00:35:27.579
an Indian restaurant and it was actually great

00:35:27.579 --> 00:35:30.260
because it was a ton of sharing platters. So

00:35:30.260 --> 00:35:32.119
nobody really noticed that I just took a little

00:35:32.119 --> 00:35:34.159
bit of the chicken and a little bit of like sag

00:35:34.159 --> 00:35:37.179
paneer. I didn't take any of the rice. Like I

00:35:37.179 --> 00:35:39.320
was able to build a plate that made sense. I

00:35:39.320 --> 00:35:41.500
didn't drink, but because it was so bustling

00:35:41.500 --> 00:35:45.440
and nobody heard that I wasn't drinking. But

00:35:45.440 --> 00:35:46.860
that, you know, that is a thing that you might

00:35:46.860 --> 00:35:49.000
have to tackle and it can be a bit hard and a

00:35:49.000 --> 00:35:50.639
bit awkward. But if you at least have someone

00:35:50.639 --> 00:35:53.280
at work that you can talk to, you can, again,

00:35:53.340 --> 00:35:55.800
maybe be the advocate for here's a great restaurant

00:35:55.800 --> 00:35:58.599
that has some stuff I could order. Worst case,

00:35:58.739 --> 00:36:01.739
just order an appetizer as your main. No restaurants

00:36:01.739 --> 00:36:04.420
really care about that. I've traveled for work

00:36:04.420 --> 00:36:06.079
and had to have done that. Hey, I'll take the

00:36:06.079 --> 00:36:08.880
scallop appetizer as my main. Thank you so much.

00:36:10.250 --> 00:36:12.409
They don't care. And it's worked. I've door dashed

00:36:12.409 --> 00:36:15.449
things to my hotel because I've had to just have

00:36:15.449 --> 00:36:18.010
protein powder. There's lots of options. You

00:36:18.010 --> 00:36:20.869
just have to do the research. Plan ahead. I have

00:36:20.869 --> 00:36:24.630
to start traveling for work soon. And like, yeah,

00:36:24.650 --> 00:36:26.429
my boss knows, my team knows, everybody that

00:36:26.429 --> 00:36:28.789
I work with knows. But for me, I'm going to be

00:36:28.789 --> 00:36:31.849
having to go out with clients probably. And they

00:36:31.849 --> 00:36:35.190
obviously don't know. A lot of my clients know

00:36:35.190 --> 00:36:38.489
I was off work for a number of weeks, but they

00:36:38.489 --> 00:36:41.250
don't know why. Yeah. So that's going to be an

00:36:41.250 --> 00:36:42.730
interesting thing when I have to start doing

00:36:42.730 --> 00:36:46.710
that is, yes, I'm still now, well, almost now

00:36:46.710 --> 00:36:49.130
eating everything. I can have one more, four

00:36:49.130 --> 00:36:52.110
more weeks so I can have red meat. Oh, I'm so

00:36:52.110 --> 00:36:57.010
excited. But it'll be interesting when I go out

00:36:57.010 --> 00:36:59.010
with them because a lot of times that's exactly

00:36:59.010 --> 00:37:01.230
it. You wine and dine people, right? Oh, yes.

00:37:01.590 --> 00:37:04.750
It's society. Exactly. So I won't be drinking.

00:37:05.289 --> 00:37:07.949
My food will be those small portions, those little

00:37:07.949 --> 00:37:09.650
bits. So I'm sure it's going to come up, and

00:37:09.650 --> 00:37:13.269
that's fine. But just do your research. Look

00:37:13.269 --> 00:37:16.090
at some menus beforehand. Pre -plan. I always

00:37:16.090 --> 00:37:18.989
have snacks in my bag. Even simple things, like

00:37:18.989 --> 00:37:20.889
not even traveling, but if I know I have a crazy

00:37:20.889 --> 00:37:24.130
day on the road with the kids or with me and

00:37:24.130 --> 00:37:27.530
appointments and yada, yada, I always will put

00:37:27.530 --> 00:37:30.929
Bilt Bars or protein bars in my bag. Those little

00:37:30.929 --> 00:37:35.239
protein, like applesauce -y packets. Yeah. Like

00:37:35.239 --> 00:37:37.599
a protein shake. Exactly. I buy those little

00:37:37.599 --> 00:37:40.000
edamame beans. Best crackers. Sheen yeast strings,

00:37:40.380 --> 00:37:44.420
baby bells. I will always have baby bells. So

00:37:44.420 --> 00:37:46.719
good. I will always have snacks in my bag because

00:37:46.719 --> 00:37:50.139
otherwise it's way too easy to just hit up a

00:37:50.139 --> 00:37:52.059
drive -thru, hit up Timmy's, hit up McDonald's,

00:37:52.059 --> 00:37:54.519
hit up whatever it is. But if you have the snacks

00:37:54.519 --> 00:37:56.960
and the food prepared and you've done your research

00:37:56.960 --> 00:38:00.000
and you have a plan in place, you're far less

00:38:00.000 --> 00:38:03.420
likely to fall off the wagon. I agree with you.

00:38:03.440 --> 00:38:05.980
Like it helps you not fall off. Mine are also

00:38:05.980 --> 00:38:08.039
there because I tend to be the type of person

00:38:08.039 --> 00:38:11.960
where, oh, we've been in this boardroom for seven

00:38:11.960 --> 00:38:13.900
and a half hours and all of a sudden Hannah's

00:38:13.900 --> 00:38:17.380
feeling real fucking lightheaded. You can just

00:38:17.380 --> 00:38:19.719
get swept up in work travel or just travel in

00:38:19.719 --> 00:38:22.039
general. So I keep snacks because I tend to be

00:38:22.039 --> 00:38:25.760
the type that will start to feel really quickly

00:38:25.760 --> 00:38:28.949
that I haven't had enough to eat. If you have

00:38:28.949 --> 00:38:30.949
to go to fast food, like again, do your research

00:38:30.949 --> 00:38:33.150
too. That's fine. There's a great hack about

00:38:33.150 --> 00:38:35.630
Chick -fil -A getting the kale. I think it's

00:38:35.630 --> 00:38:38.429
the kale salad and the grilled nuggies. And it's

00:38:38.429 --> 00:38:40.769
like 300 calories, but like 30 grams of protein.

00:38:40.949 --> 00:38:43.829
That's fucking dope. Yeah. But it's, I get what

00:38:43.829 --> 00:38:45.809
you mean. It's like the, you don't want to be

00:38:45.809 --> 00:38:47.829
in that weird situation. So always keep snacks

00:38:47.829 --> 00:38:51.670
with you. Yeah. When it comes to work, like what

00:38:51.670 --> 00:38:54.360
do you. Okay. So here's a pro tip that I did

00:38:54.360 --> 00:38:56.900
recently. I was out on like a team. We went to

00:38:56.900 --> 00:38:59.480
a big dinner team event. I was like, you know,

00:38:59.480 --> 00:39:01.780
guys, we should order appetizers for the table.

00:39:01.860 --> 00:39:04.159
Like here's some great. And so I made, there

00:39:04.159 --> 00:39:06.260
was three, I got three appetizers for the table

00:39:06.260 --> 00:39:09.079
because I could pick it a little of these things,

00:39:09.159 --> 00:39:12.099
but it filled everybody else up. So when their

00:39:12.099 --> 00:39:15.199
mains came, they didn't finish their mains and

00:39:15.199 --> 00:39:17.840
I sure shit didn't finish my mains. It was not.

00:39:18.319 --> 00:39:20.019
weird and there wasn't this big conversation

00:39:20.019 --> 00:39:22.559
about that's all you're eating. Uh, but you,

00:39:22.579 --> 00:39:23.940
you know what, you kind of just also need to

00:39:23.940 --> 00:39:26.099
get used to it. It is going to happen, but a

00:39:26.099 --> 00:39:29.260
pro tip, get, get them to order a ton of appetizers

00:39:29.260 --> 00:39:32.380
and then nobody can finish their main. Uh, you

00:39:32.380 --> 00:39:34.760
can, you can use it as an excuse. Oh, you know,

00:39:34.780 --> 00:39:37.960
I just ate a lot of those appetizers. I didn't

00:39:37.960 --> 00:39:40.159
need any of them. Uh, but that's my, that is

00:39:40.159 --> 00:39:44.239
my tip for how to get through it. Um, If you

00:39:44.239 --> 00:39:45.539
don't want to tell people, you don't have to,

00:39:45.619 --> 00:39:47.980
but like nobody, honestly, the scariest thing

00:39:47.980 --> 00:39:49.599
is the own judgment in your head that someone's

00:39:49.599 --> 00:39:53.119
going to say something. They won't. Okay. So

00:39:53.119 --> 00:39:54.780
now you're thinking, well, they told us that

00:39:54.780 --> 00:39:56.960
we need to bring snacks. We need to be prepared,

00:39:57.079 --> 00:39:59.980
but I'm going on a vacation. How do we do it?

00:40:00.159 --> 00:40:03.800
Cool. Six months after surgery, I went on a cruise.

00:40:04.590 --> 00:40:07.769
I would highly, highly, highly recommend cruises

00:40:07.769 --> 00:40:11.530
to all you bariatric listeners out there, especially

00:40:11.530 --> 00:40:14.489
if it's your first vacation. I think there's

00:40:14.489 --> 00:40:17.670
nothing safer and more comforting and more bariatric

00:40:17.670 --> 00:40:22.010
friendly than a cruise. I went on Royal Caribbean

00:40:22.010 --> 00:40:24.349
and so they're, you know, American cruise lines.

00:40:24.840 --> 00:40:27.480
bariatric surgery in the u .s is huge so they

00:40:27.480 --> 00:40:30.280
know how to deal with it i've been on msc and

00:40:30.280 --> 00:40:33.219
royal caribbean love them both um the best part

00:40:33.219 --> 00:40:35.900
about a cruise is the buffet because you can

00:40:35.900 --> 00:40:39.639
pick literally as much as you want and the choices

00:40:39.639 --> 00:40:41.539
are exquisite you're gonna think well hannah

00:40:41.539 --> 00:40:44.780
i'm low sugar low calorie high protein well what

00:40:44.780 --> 00:40:48.800
am i gonna do oh buddy so there's always always

00:40:48.800 --> 00:40:51.659
a sugar -free dessert because diabetes is a really

00:40:51.659 --> 00:40:54.039
big problem in the States and most of their audience

00:40:54.039 --> 00:40:56.440
is the States. There's always a sugar -free option

00:40:56.440 --> 00:40:58.880
literally anywhere you go. Ben and Jerry's, the

00:40:58.880 --> 00:41:00.900
buffet, a seated diner. They have to cater to

00:41:00.900 --> 00:41:03.800
such a wide variety of people on the ship. Yep.

00:41:03.860 --> 00:41:06.659
The buffet will always have things like scrambled

00:41:06.659 --> 00:41:09.639
eggs, hard -boiled eggs, turkey sausage, regular

00:41:09.639 --> 00:41:12.880
sausage at breakfast. They'll always have some

00:41:12.880 --> 00:41:15.780
type of roast beef, roast chicken. fish they

00:41:15.780 --> 00:41:18.260
always have some sort of carvery they have a

00:41:18.260 --> 00:41:21.659
salad bar they have quinoa like you everything

00:41:21.659 --> 00:41:23.579
you'll feel like you're in a bariatric dream

00:41:23.579 --> 00:41:24.860
because they'll be like oh my god i have a little

00:41:24.860 --> 00:41:26.079
bit of this roast beef i'm gonna have a little

00:41:26.079 --> 00:41:27.519
bit of this chicken right shit i'm gonna have

00:41:27.519 --> 00:41:29.380
a hard -boiled egg because why the hell not and

00:41:29.380 --> 00:41:33.510
that buffet is open 24 7. royal caribbean had

00:41:33.510 --> 00:41:36.010
a taco bar and so like there were just times

00:41:36.010 --> 00:41:37.469
where i was like i'm just gonna go get a ground

00:41:37.469 --> 00:41:40.449
chicken taco because like i'm hungry and i can

00:41:40.449 --> 00:41:44.070
just eat a taco yeah we went to the seated yeah

00:41:44.070 --> 00:41:46.769
the seated restaurant you have the same server

00:41:46.769 --> 00:41:49.630
and the same table and you can go to the seated

00:41:49.630 --> 00:41:51.630
restaurant if you would like it's included in

00:41:51.630 --> 00:41:54.289
your package so i just hold my server oh i'm

00:41:54.289 --> 00:41:56.469
bariatric so i won't be able to eat the whole

00:41:57.069 --> 00:41:59.349
And she gave me options. Do you want to take

00:41:59.349 --> 00:42:01.170
it back to your room or should we just cut your

00:42:01.170 --> 00:42:03.630
portion in half? And I was like, well, shit,

00:42:03.670 --> 00:42:06.469
Christine, maybe we cut it in half. Like what

00:42:06.469 --> 00:42:08.869
a great option. So like I had a half serving

00:42:08.869 --> 00:42:11.349
of the appetizer, a half serving of the main

00:42:11.349 --> 00:42:14.710
and always a sugar free dessert. And I told her

00:42:14.710 --> 00:42:16.869
I'm not going to be able to eat it all, but I'd

00:42:16.869 --> 00:42:18.989
like it all. And they don't care. They were like,

00:42:19.010 --> 00:42:20.670
no, it's fine. You already paid for it anyway.

00:42:20.829 --> 00:42:23.309
Yeah. So who cares? That's a big thing for me.

00:42:23.820 --> 00:42:26.059
And I think you should all enjoy it. If you want

00:42:26.059 --> 00:42:28.739
to try the damn food, try the damn food. Don't

00:42:28.739 --> 00:42:31.519
sit there and go, well, I only have room for

00:42:31.519 --> 00:42:34.340
the appetizer or the main. Have a bite of the

00:42:34.340 --> 00:42:36.340
appetizer and then have a bite of the main. Pay

00:42:36.340 --> 00:42:40.380
for all the food anyway. Just do it. Don't limit

00:42:40.380 --> 00:42:41.760
yourself to the fact that you're not going to

00:42:41.760 --> 00:42:43.519
finish it. If you want to try it, try it. You

00:42:43.519 --> 00:42:44.679
want to try that grilled salmon dish? You've

00:42:44.679 --> 00:42:46.420
got to live your life. Try that grilled salmon

00:42:46.420 --> 00:42:50.699
dish. I actually saw a video today of, I told

00:42:50.699 --> 00:42:54.119
you about him, Dr. Clap. from Texas. Yeah. He

00:42:54.119 --> 00:42:58.559
makes me think of an STD. Sorry. I love him.

00:42:58.579 --> 00:43:01.960
If you want to follow somebody, a medical, I

00:43:01.960 --> 00:43:04.619
can't even talk today, a medical professional.

00:43:05.059 --> 00:43:07.480
Yes. He's on TikTok. I think he's on Instagram

00:43:07.480 --> 00:43:09.559
too, but I follow him on TikTok. Dr. Clap. I

00:43:09.559 --> 00:43:12.820
think it's Benjamin Clap. He's in Texas and he's

00:43:12.820 --> 00:43:15.059
a bariatric surgeon, like a really big one. And

00:43:15.059 --> 00:43:18.880
I love his videos. He's very honest to the point.

00:43:19.199 --> 00:43:22.659
And I just saw a video he did. today or yesterday

00:43:22.659 --> 00:43:25.519
about buffets and how exactly that there's such

00:43:25.519 --> 00:43:29.480
a good place for a bear because there are so

00:43:29.480 --> 00:43:32.460
many options to pick from there's always protein

00:43:32.460 --> 00:43:35.840
there's always veg um and that it's just a great

00:43:35.840 --> 00:43:37.960
way to like you said sample a little bit of everything

00:43:37.960 --> 00:43:39.920
get a little bit of everything and you're always

00:43:39.920 --> 00:43:42.159
going to find something that works for you at

00:43:42.159 --> 00:43:44.380
a buffet Yeah, they had chicken salad. I'm not

00:43:44.380 --> 00:43:46.239
even kidding. They had a deli bar. And every

00:43:46.239 --> 00:43:47.840
day I was like, hello, hi, it's me again. I'm

00:43:47.840 --> 00:43:49.420
here for the chicken salad. Thank you so much.

00:43:49.579 --> 00:43:52.139
And like, boom, big ass scoop of chicken salad.

00:43:52.139 --> 00:43:55.960
And my friend. We're hungry every like two hours.

00:43:56.159 --> 00:43:58.179
Every two hours. You have a buffet or something

00:43:58.179 --> 00:44:00.380
like that that you can just go to every two hours

00:44:00.380 --> 00:44:03.380
and have food on demand there. Super convenient.

00:44:03.380 --> 00:44:05.239
My friend laughed so hard at me. She's like,

00:44:05.260 --> 00:44:06.500
are you just eating a plate of chicken salad?

00:44:06.679 --> 00:44:09.119
I was like, I genuinely want to order this at

00:44:09.119 --> 00:44:11.260
room service because like at 11 p .m. I'd be

00:44:11.260 --> 00:44:13.230
like. I really want some fucking chicken salad.

00:44:13.409 --> 00:44:15.289
And she was like, Hannah. And I was like, it's

00:44:15.289 --> 00:44:18.409
really good chicken salad. It was such good chicken

00:44:18.409 --> 00:44:20.690
salad. I, not even kidding. I would order room

00:44:20.690 --> 00:44:23.630
service tuna salads because like to Steph's point,

00:44:23.690 --> 00:44:26.150
we don't eat a lot. And so the other thing you

00:44:26.150 --> 00:44:27.590
need to think about on vacations, cause you're

00:44:27.590 --> 00:44:29.409
probably thinking, well, I'm not that hungry

00:44:29.409 --> 00:44:32.110
at home. Correct. You're probably not as active

00:44:32.110 --> 00:44:34.690
as on vacation where I was like. up from the

00:44:34.690 --> 00:44:36.550
crack of dawn being like, we're in the Bahamas.

00:44:36.670 --> 00:44:38.309
And like, we're walking and we're running and

00:44:38.309 --> 00:44:39.789
we're swimming and we're going. So like every

00:44:39.789 --> 00:44:45.550
two hours. Yeah. Every day we averaged 42 ,000

00:44:45.550 --> 00:44:49.909
steps a day. So like I was starving. I would,

00:44:49.909 --> 00:44:52.750
I'd call room service and be like, hello, I would

00:44:52.750 --> 00:44:55.730
love the children's tuna salad. Thank you. And

00:44:55.730 --> 00:44:58.090
she laughed at me, but like it would be 11 PM

00:44:58.090 --> 00:45:00.849
and I'm on our balcony mowing down on a tuna

00:45:00.849 --> 00:45:04.679
salad. And I was. the happiest life oh it was

00:45:04.679 --> 00:45:07.599
like I was just so happy and I didn't gain any

00:45:07.599 --> 00:45:09.380
weight I lost weight because of how much I was

00:45:09.380 --> 00:45:12.860
walking but it was great so I cannot stress a

00:45:12.860 --> 00:45:15.519
cruise enough because oh are you on the island

00:45:15.519 --> 00:45:18.119
right now and oh no you're starting to get a

00:45:18.119 --> 00:45:20.429
bit hungry and a bit lightheaded Guess what's

00:45:20.429 --> 00:45:22.889
back on the ship? The all you can eat buffet.

00:45:23.469 --> 00:45:26.690
So like back your little legs go. But also I

00:45:26.690 --> 00:45:29.030
called them ahead of time and I said, I'm a bariatric

00:45:29.030 --> 00:45:31.769
patient. I was told if I told you this, you'd

00:45:31.769 --> 00:45:34.449
give me a mini fridge and allow me to bring protein

00:45:34.449 --> 00:45:37.269
drinks on. And they said, yep, everybody's allowed

00:45:37.269 --> 00:45:39.400
to bring. a certain amount of drinks on, but

00:45:39.400 --> 00:45:40.800
they don't always give you a mini fridge. They

00:45:40.800 --> 00:45:43.380
consider it a medical issue. Bariatric surgery

00:45:43.380 --> 00:45:45.300
is considered medical and they'll give you a

00:45:45.300 --> 00:45:47.679
mini fridge. And I was able to stock my premier

00:45:47.679 --> 00:45:51.079
protein in the mini fridge. But here's another

00:45:51.079 --> 00:45:54.820
amazing thing. If you can afford MSC, do MSC.

00:45:54.940 --> 00:45:56.400
I know that some of the other ones are a bit

00:45:56.400 --> 00:45:59.440
cheaper, but MSC is a European cruise line. Now

00:45:59.440 --> 00:46:01.440
you're going to see a lot of hate on Reddit because

00:46:01.440 --> 00:46:04.340
it's not for your typical, like it's not the

00:46:04.340 --> 00:46:07.800
typical buffet American style cruise. They're

00:46:07.800 --> 00:46:10.699
very health conscious, the Europeans. And so

00:46:10.699 --> 00:46:14.579
I thrived on MSC because not only was the buffet

00:46:14.579 --> 00:46:17.239
amazing, but they had a healthy buffet section

00:46:17.239 --> 00:46:20.440
where like I could get low sugar yogurt. I could

00:46:20.440 --> 00:46:23.599
get no sugar muesli bowls. I could get, they

00:46:23.599 --> 00:46:26.460
would make a smoothie bar or something. They

00:46:26.460 --> 00:46:31.860
had a protein smoothie bar. So I'm like in this

00:46:31.860 --> 00:46:34.239
little cafe, which also had the best coffee ever.

00:46:34.760 --> 00:46:37.199
And I could literally order five different protein

00:46:37.199 --> 00:46:39.659
drinks with 30 grams of protein in it. It was

00:46:39.659 --> 00:46:41.739
like whey protein. I could add bananas in if

00:46:41.739 --> 00:46:44.400
I wanted. And I was like, this might be the best

00:46:44.400 --> 00:46:46.460
cruise I've ever been on in my life. They had

00:46:46.460 --> 00:46:49.519
tons of sugar -free options, like way more than

00:46:49.519 --> 00:46:53.400
other cruises. And they just had like... i was

00:46:53.400 --> 00:46:55.099
just so impressed i was blown away i was like

00:46:55.099 --> 00:46:57.179
i'm getting like grilled salmon at the buffet

00:46:57.179 --> 00:46:59.820
and i'm get like there were just healthier options

00:46:59.820 --> 00:47:01.760
all cruises are going to be great for bariatric

00:47:01.760 --> 00:47:05.219
patients msc specifically really good for like

00:47:05.219 --> 00:47:06.920
health conscious and they had the state -of -the

00:47:06.920 --> 00:47:08.940
-art gym and i worked out while i was there because

00:47:08.940 --> 00:47:11.820
my life is a little different now but yeah i

00:47:11.820 --> 00:47:15.380
loved msc i would recommend cruising even if

00:47:15.380 --> 00:47:17.369
you're not cruising Call wherever you're going

00:47:17.369 --> 00:47:19.849
ahead. Explain that you're bariatric. Ask if

00:47:19.849 --> 00:47:21.650
you can have protein brought with you. Bring

00:47:21.650 --> 00:47:26.250
snacks. Just plan. Before my cruise, I packed

00:47:26.250 --> 00:47:30.530
cashews, jerky, protein powder, protein drinks,

00:47:30.849 --> 00:47:35.889
Gatorade electrolyte powder, and something else.

00:47:35.949 --> 00:47:37.650
Some sort of chocolate something. Because I was

00:47:37.650 --> 00:47:40.360
like, great. I don't know. If a buffet is going

00:47:40.360 --> 00:47:42.820
to have snacks and things and blah, blah, blah,

00:47:42.860 --> 00:47:44.960
blah, blah. And they don't. They have food, but

00:47:44.960 --> 00:47:46.420
they don't have snacks. So there will be nowhere

00:47:46.420 --> 00:47:49.239
for you to get crackers or chocolate or things

00:47:49.239 --> 00:47:51.320
that fit. Snacky things. And you're going to

00:47:51.320 --> 00:47:54.480
feel snacky at times. You are. I didn't buy an

00:47:54.480 --> 00:47:56.119
alcohol package because I don't drink alcohol.

00:47:56.360 --> 00:47:59.480
But the best part about travel, guys, they have

00:47:59.480 --> 00:48:02.320
mocktails. Mocktails are becoming huge, especially

00:48:02.320 --> 00:48:06.219
in the U .S. And they're great. Massive market

00:48:06.219 --> 00:48:08.400
for mocktails now. I had mocktails and it was

00:48:08.400 --> 00:48:10.260
awesome. And they're not like pumped full of

00:48:10.260 --> 00:48:12.639
sugar, might I add, too. They try to make them

00:48:12.639 --> 00:48:15.400
like a cocktail just with non -alcoholic spirits.

00:48:15.820 --> 00:48:17.400
So that's the other nice thing. It's not just

00:48:17.400 --> 00:48:20.000
sugar water. It's, yeah, we have non -alcoholic

00:48:20.000 --> 00:48:21.420
gin. Would you like us to make you a gin and

00:48:21.420 --> 00:48:24.340
tonic? And I was like, yes, please. Yes, I would.

00:48:26.059 --> 00:48:28.360
Travel becomes far less scary than you think.

00:48:28.480 --> 00:48:31.280
Most places, especially U .S. places and cruises,

00:48:31.280 --> 00:48:34.099
are very bariatric friendly. I know that Disney

00:48:34.099 --> 00:48:36.360
is very bariatric friendly. So just call ahead

00:48:36.360 --> 00:48:39.159
and tell them, get a mini fridge, plan and prep,

00:48:39.380 --> 00:48:41.880
stop at a grocery store, where possible, book

00:48:41.880 --> 00:48:44.280
an Airbnb so that you can make your own food.

00:48:44.980 --> 00:48:48.340
I went to Nova Scotia very soon after my bariatric

00:48:48.340 --> 00:48:50.579
surgery, and I just said, I'm going to the grocery

00:48:50.579 --> 00:48:52.840
store. And people will try to be like, well,

00:48:52.880 --> 00:48:54.869
let us prepare things for you. Don't bother.

00:48:54.949 --> 00:48:56.989
I'm literally going to live on like cheese nuggets

00:48:56.989 --> 00:49:00.289
and tuna salad. And I'll be very happy. And they

00:49:00.289 --> 00:49:02.369
were like, no, but you won't. I was like, no,

00:49:02.489 --> 00:49:05.869
yes, I will. And I did. I loaded up on dill pickles,

00:49:06.090 --> 00:49:08.989
tuna and cheese. That sounds great. I was on

00:49:08.989 --> 00:49:11.510
soft food diet. Like I had no choice. So I had

00:49:11.510 --> 00:49:13.690
scrambled eggs for breakfast and tuna salad morning,

00:49:13.849 --> 00:49:16.030
noon and night. But my life doesn't revolve around

00:49:16.030 --> 00:49:18.849
food. So I didn't even care. I was so busy doing

00:49:18.849 --> 00:49:24.139
other things. So travel. Don't travel. too soon

00:49:24.139 --> 00:49:26.340
after surgery because like again energy levels

00:49:26.340 --> 00:49:29.820
but I'd say was my clinic thrilled I went on

00:49:29.820 --> 00:49:32.699
a cruise six months no but was I perfectly fine

00:49:32.699 --> 00:49:36.639
absolutely it was the perfect time to go I do

00:49:36.639 --> 00:49:39.300
not regret it I had no restrictions no issues

00:49:39.300 --> 00:49:42.179
six months was fine I'd say you're eating all

00:49:42.179 --> 00:49:44.559
your foods at six months you're everything on

00:49:44.559 --> 00:49:46.960
your list is available there's no restrictions

00:49:46.960 --> 00:49:49.280
and limitations on your food anymore I'm sure

00:49:49.280 --> 00:49:51.039
I'm curious to see when I have my appointment

00:49:51.039 --> 00:49:53.909
in April the end of April I'm curious to see

00:49:53.909 --> 00:49:55.730
if I get any feedback about going to Kenmore.

00:49:55.809 --> 00:49:57.789
I'm thinking, I don't know. I would think maybe

00:49:57.789 --> 00:50:01.010
they, I would think they wouldn't because I'm

00:50:01.010 --> 00:50:03.309
going, I'm not going to a resort. I'm not going

00:50:03.309 --> 00:50:05.590
to a, on a cruise. I'm not going somewhere where

00:50:05.590 --> 00:50:07.210
they're going to think I'm going to be super

00:50:07.210 --> 00:50:10.269
food or alcohol. Yeah, that was their fear with

00:50:10.269 --> 00:50:12.889
me. But I'm curious what the feedback is, but

00:50:12.889 --> 00:50:16.210
it really like. At the end of the day, it really

00:50:16.210 --> 00:50:18.750
just comes down to planning. Just doing your

00:50:18.750 --> 00:50:21.130
research, planning. Like I got snack containers

00:50:21.130 --> 00:50:23.969
because our flight is four hours. And so I know

00:50:23.969 --> 00:50:26.809
I'm going to be hungry on the plane. I know it's

00:50:26.809 --> 00:50:29.550
going to happen. So I bought for the kids and

00:50:29.550 --> 00:50:33.039
then another one. Devin hates when I call them

00:50:33.039 --> 00:50:34.719
this, but I think like online everybody calls

00:50:34.719 --> 00:50:37.239
them snackle boxes. Snackle box. A tackle box

00:50:37.239 --> 00:50:39.920
for snacks. Yeah. But yeah, I bought three snackle

00:50:39.920 --> 00:50:41.960
boxes off Amazon that have like really decent

00:50:41.960 --> 00:50:45.280
sized containers. And I actually sent one to

00:50:45.280 --> 00:50:47.079
an appointment Leah had in London the other day

00:50:47.079 --> 00:50:48.559
with my parents. And the lady at the appointment

00:50:48.559 --> 00:50:50.900
said right away to my mom, she said, where did

00:50:50.900 --> 00:50:53.920
you get this? I don't know if my daughter bought

00:50:53.920 --> 00:50:56.340
it. So I bought three of those. So like the kids

00:50:56.340 --> 00:50:57.739
will each have one on the plane. And then I bought

00:50:57.739 --> 00:50:59.880
myself one on the plane. I love it. Because I

00:50:59.880 --> 00:51:02.719
know I'm going to be hungry. I know that the

00:51:02.719 --> 00:51:04.579
airplane snacks that they're going to have to

00:51:04.579 --> 00:51:06.659
offer are probably not going to be great. They're

00:51:06.659 --> 00:51:09.500
usually crackers. They're just going to be peanut.

00:51:09.579 --> 00:51:13.099
Non -bariatric. They suck in general. Exactly.

00:51:13.360 --> 00:51:16.480
They're crap either way. And I know we're flying

00:51:16.480 --> 00:51:20.239
out of a small airport when we go there. I know

00:51:20.239 --> 00:51:22.840
the cafe there is just all your like pre -made

00:51:22.840 --> 00:51:25.099
muffins and all of that stuff, which isn't going

00:51:25.099 --> 00:51:28.739
to be either. So just be prepared. Do your research.

00:51:29.019 --> 00:51:32.039
And that's all it comes down to. Everything else

00:51:32.039 --> 00:51:35.360
can still be done. Your view on it is going to

00:51:35.360 --> 00:51:37.320
change a little bit. Correct. But you're still

00:51:37.320 --> 00:51:40.019
going to have fun and you can still eat. You're

00:51:40.019 --> 00:51:42.619
still going to eat. Just be cautious. Don't keep

00:51:42.619 --> 00:51:44.619
track of things. No, your life's not put on hold

00:51:44.619 --> 00:51:46.420
because you had surgery. Your life should expand

00:51:46.420 --> 00:51:49.829
and open. Yes. Just be prepared because you don't

00:51:49.829 --> 00:51:52.750
know delays. Things happen. Always have a snack.

00:51:52.949 --> 00:51:55.329
Always have a snack. Airport food just sucks

00:51:55.329 --> 00:51:57.769
in general. I will give a shout out to Detroit

00:51:57.769 --> 00:52:01.010
and Florida, Orlando airports. They have these

00:52:01.010 --> 00:52:04.309
vending machines, farmer something, farmer's

00:52:04.309 --> 00:52:06.389
fresh or farmer's table. I can't remember, but

00:52:06.389 --> 00:52:09.409
like, damn, I was, I think I was in Michigan

00:52:09.409 --> 00:52:11.550
and I was just like going to chew my own arm

00:52:11.550 --> 00:52:14.070
off, needed something. And I found this like

00:52:14.070 --> 00:52:16.559
fresh made. vending machine that had sandwiches

00:52:16.559 --> 00:52:18.699
and like they told you everything in it i got

00:52:18.699 --> 00:52:21.179
like this smoked cheddar turkey it was like 210

00:52:21.179 --> 00:52:26.340
calories and i was like okay okay um awesome

00:52:26.340 --> 00:52:29.280
but plan ahead like i have to travel for work

00:52:29.280 --> 00:52:32.019
i have to go to nashville i say have to because

00:52:32.019 --> 00:52:34.920
like i love i love you americans that listen

00:52:34.920 --> 00:52:37.539
and i've always had the most lovely time in your

00:52:37.539 --> 00:52:41.090
country I am a proud Canadian who does not want

00:52:41.090 --> 00:52:43.489
to support travel right now in the U .S., but

00:52:43.489 --> 00:52:47.389
work is calling and I must go. So I'm back to

00:52:47.389 --> 00:52:49.250
planning. Yes, I'm two years post -op, but I

00:52:49.250 --> 00:52:53.849
still plan. So I know. OK, so here's my travel

00:52:53.849 --> 00:52:56.789
day. Oh, remember that conversation we had about

00:52:56.789 --> 00:52:59.409
maybe Hannah does too much. So I'm running a

00:52:59.409 --> 00:53:03.329
10K. I'm running a 10K in the morning, the Hamilton

00:53:03.329 --> 00:53:06.070
around the bay. And then I literally have an

00:53:06.070 --> 00:53:08.889
hour to get home, shower. Put the dog in the

00:53:08.889 --> 00:53:12.949
car. Get home from Hamilton. Yeah. Which like,

00:53:13.010 --> 00:53:14.809
I'm not going to tell you all where I live, but

00:53:14.809 --> 00:53:16.429
like, that's gonna be about an hour drive. Get

00:53:16.429 --> 00:53:18.090
home from Hamilton, shower, grab the dog, put

00:53:18.090 --> 00:53:19.630
him in the car, grab my colleague who's coming

00:53:19.630 --> 00:53:22.769
in and then bomb down to Windsor, drop dog off

00:53:22.769 --> 00:53:24.269
at my parents. And then we're going to continue

00:53:24.269 --> 00:53:25.570
through to Detroit because we're going to fly

00:53:25.570 --> 00:53:29.300
out of Detroit. So. I have to be prepared. I

00:53:29.300 --> 00:53:31.739
have to not only fuel for my race, but I have

00:53:31.739 --> 00:53:34.059
to have that car stocked with things that are

00:53:34.059 --> 00:53:35.900
legally allowed to come across the border because

00:53:35.900 --> 00:53:38.920
I'm not getting detained. But I need to be prepared

00:53:38.920 --> 00:53:40.980
that like I'm going to be more hungry than normal.

00:53:41.139 --> 00:53:42.860
I'm going to be at the airport with someone who

00:53:42.860 --> 00:53:44.940
also will want to eat at a restaurant and be

00:53:44.940 --> 00:53:47.800
hungry. I'm going to be on a plane for two hours

00:53:47.800 --> 00:53:50.260
and then I'm going to be in Nashville. And I'm

00:53:50.260 --> 00:53:52.039
going to have just run a 10K. My body's going

00:53:52.039 --> 00:53:54.199
to be like, fuel me, fuel me, feed me, feed me,

00:53:54.199 --> 00:53:57.239
feed me. So she's luckily amazing and knows I've

00:53:57.239 --> 00:53:59.300
had surgery and we're already planning, which

00:53:59.300 --> 00:54:00.760
like is a fun thing to do. I'm like, where do

00:54:00.760 --> 00:54:03.199
you want to eat at the airport? Let's look up

00:54:03.199 --> 00:54:05.940
the Detroit airport and see what's there. I was

00:54:05.940 --> 00:54:07.900
like, we're going to be early and need to eat

00:54:07.900 --> 00:54:10.840
something. And what can I legally bring across

00:54:10.840 --> 00:54:13.280
the border? Like I can't bring liquids. Can I

00:54:13.280 --> 00:54:14.960
bring, like, I don't want them to be like, what's

00:54:14.960 --> 00:54:16.960
this mysterious powder, Hannah, in your bag?

00:54:17.099 --> 00:54:20.199
And then no one sees Hannah for 10 days. So I

00:54:20.199 --> 00:54:22.980
have to plan strategically that way. I've already

00:54:22.980 --> 00:54:25.119
looked up the closest grocery store to where

00:54:25.119 --> 00:54:27.440
we're staying. We're staying right at the Opryland

00:54:27.440 --> 00:54:29.940
Resort and there is a grocery store. So I told

00:54:29.940 --> 00:54:32.420
her like. I'm going to be that guy that needs

00:54:32.420 --> 00:54:34.380
to go to the grocery store once we land. You

00:54:34.380 --> 00:54:36.300
can come. You don't have to. It's your choice.

00:54:36.420 --> 00:54:38.639
But I have to have stuff for the conference floor

00:54:38.639 --> 00:54:40.820
because I also will be on a conference floor.

00:54:41.019 --> 00:54:43.179
I won't be able to eat at the conference convention

00:54:43.179 --> 00:54:45.860
center. I need to have things that I can, you

00:54:45.860 --> 00:54:47.679
know, that are convenient, that it can be eaten.

00:54:48.519 --> 00:54:51.300
So I'm planning. And then, you know, being in

00:54:51.300 --> 00:54:53.639
Nashville, there's great food. And so I don't

00:54:53.639 --> 00:54:56.719
want to yuck anyone's yum and diminish that.

00:54:58.229 --> 00:55:00.550
proactively started that combo. You guys want

00:55:00.550 --> 00:55:02.349
to eat while we're here? Are there really cool

00:55:02.349 --> 00:55:05.909
places that you recommend? And I kind of make

00:55:05.909 --> 00:55:07.590
it like just a fun thing where I'm like, listen,

00:55:07.650 --> 00:55:09.550
all I care about is protein. So you point me

00:55:09.550 --> 00:55:10.929
in the direction where I can get some good ass

00:55:10.929 --> 00:55:15.050
chicken and I will be happy. I don't need to

00:55:15.050 --> 00:55:16.929
tell them my whole life story, but I tell them,

00:55:16.949 --> 00:55:18.949
oh, I really would love great protein. There

00:55:18.949 --> 00:55:21.730
are some good places to go. And so many people,

00:55:21.809 --> 00:55:23.909
honestly, there's so many people with dietary

00:55:23.909 --> 00:55:28.110
restrictions that it's not out of the norm for

00:55:28.110 --> 00:55:30.710
you to need or want to go to a certain place

00:55:30.710 --> 00:55:33.010
that has XYZ. Because you're going to find people

00:55:33.010 --> 00:55:35.849
who are gluten -free, who are dairy -free, who

00:55:35.849 --> 00:55:37.730
are vegetarian. Diabetic, heart -conscious. Yeah,

00:55:37.730 --> 00:55:41.630
it is not out of the norm to have a dietary requirement.

00:55:42.110 --> 00:55:44.050
No, and it's not your whole identity or personality.

00:55:44.070 --> 00:55:46.010
If anything, you have one of the easier ones.

00:55:46.110 --> 00:55:51.469
So I'll let you guys know how travel goes. I

00:55:51.469 --> 00:55:53.150
did. I mean, I was on a cruise in November, so

00:55:53.150 --> 00:55:55.369
I am, you know, I've been traveling a decent

00:55:55.369 --> 00:55:57.650
chunk, but this will be the first like travel

00:55:57.650 --> 00:56:00.829
for work, super busy back to back long days,

00:56:00.929 --> 00:56:03.989
like packed, packed days. So there won't really

00:56:03.989 --> 00:56:05.809
be a time for me to stop and prep something.

00:56:05.849 --> 00:56:08.210
And I have to, that's my, my biggest challenge

00:56:08.210 --> 00:56:10.710
two years post -op. I have to start becoming

00:56:10.710 --> 00:56:14.329
better with my timing on eating. I can no longer

00:56:14.329 --> 00:56:17.519
afford to go these long stretches because. When

00:56:17.519 --> 00:56:19.579
traveling for work, I'm going to be up at the

00:56:19.579 --> 00:56:20.980
crack of dawn. I'm going to be in that convention

00:56:20.980 --> 00:56:22.599
hall manning that booth. And then we're going

00:56:22.599 --> 00:56:24.000
to have to go out for dinner after. And then

00:56:24.000 --> 00:56:26.199
we're going to do blah, blah, blah. You're in

00:56:26.199 --> 00:56:29.039
go, go, go mode. And you have to be on. I can't

00:56:29.039 --> 00:56:32.019
be like, hey, Chris, boss man, I'm going to go

00:56:32.019 --> 00:56:34.119
sleep for four hours because I really forgot

00:56:34.119 --> 00:56:36.440
to eat enough protein. And as a bariatric patient,

00:56:36.619 --> 00:56:39.900
you cannot catch up. You just can't. So I have

00:56:39.900 --> 00:56:42.469
to. You cannot catch up on your hydration. You

00:56:42.469 --> 00:56:45.329
have to drink your water because we can't chug

00:56:45.329 --> 00:56:48.570
water. So if you all of a sudden realize it's

00:56:48.570 --> 00:56:50.809
11 a .m. and you've had nothing to drink, you're

00:56:50.809 --> 00:56:53.170
not going to get your one liter water and chugging

00:56:53.170 --> 00:56:57.030
it. You're screwed up for the day. This is why

00:56:57.030 --> 00:56:59.869
you need to pack powdered electrolytes. You need

00:56:59.869 --> 00:57:02.010
to go find a really good brand and pack it. If

00:57:02.010 --> 00:57:04.989
you are traveling, you must have it. It was a

00:57:04.989 --> 00:57:06.969
huge mistake when I traveled six months post

00:57:06.969 --> 00:57:10.300
-op in the Bahamas. I obviously... coming from

00:57:10.300 --> 00:57:12.940
Canada, was very ill -prepared for what the weather

00:57:12.940 --> 00:57:14.920
in the Bahamas was like. And I stepped outside,

00:57:15.119 --> 00:57:18.360
my hair went and I was like, so I have heat stroke

00:57:18.360 --> 00:57:20.400
two minutes into being off this boat. Cool. But

00:57:20.400 --> 00:57:22.239
like it did, it caught up. Like even my friend

00:57:22.239 --> 00:57:24.280
looked at me and went, oh, you okay? We were

00:57:24.280 --> 00:57:26.539
just like on the beach walking somewhere. I was

00:57:26.539 --> 00:57:28.840
like in the middle of a ha ha. And I just kind

00:57:28.840 --> 00:57:30.480
of stopped and she's like, oh buddy, are you

00:57:30.480 --> 00:57:33.820
okay? And I was like, I am not. Like I went zero

00:57:33.820 --> 00:57:36.440
to 100 and I was just like, oh, we need to get

00:57:36.440 --> 00:57:38.599
back to the boat. And it's because like I felt

00:57:38.599 --> 00:57:41.159
great. I wasn't thirsty. I wasn't drinking. And

00:57:41.159 --> 00:57:44.599
I was just sweating out everything in my body.

00:57:44.980 --> 00:57:47.599
So that was it's my biggest recommendation is

00:57:47.599 --> 00:57:50.400
get good powdered electrolytes and pack them

00:57:50.400 --> 00:57:53.349
with you. I don't care if you're. going to canmore

00:57:53.349 --> 00:57:55.670
or you're going to the bahamas or you're going

00:57:55.670 --> 00:57:58.130
to nashville you are probably doing a lot more

00:57:58.130 --> 00:58:00.369
activity than you think or on your feet for longer

00:58:00.369 --> 00:58:02.670
and steph is right you will not make up that

00:58:02.670 --> 00:58:04.829
deficit you can't just go hey guys let me just

00:58:04.829 --> 00:58:07.670
chug this gatorade real quick so for fuel like

00:58:07.670 --> 00:58:10.030
when i'm on the conference room floor i'm going

00:58:10.030 --> 00:58:11.929
to need to have a bottle of electrolytes with

00:58:11.929 --> 00:58:13.389
me and i'm going to need to be drinking that

00:58:13.389 --> 00:58:15.789
throughout the day because while i'm not running

00:58:15.789 --> 00:58:18.170
a marathon i am going to be on my feet and working

00:58:18.170 --> 00:58:21.269
and talking and moving i need the electrolytes

00:58:21.269 --> 00:58:23.969
to keep me back balanced. Pack your vitamins.

00:58:24.269 --> 00:58:26.849
I think we forgot to touch on this one, but please

00:58:26.849 --> 00:58:29.329
write out your vitamins. Now, there's two schools

00:58:29.329 --> 00:58:31.690
of thought here. Some people will pack the original

00:58:31.690 --> 00:58:33.769
packaging. If you were on prescription medication,

00:58:34.110 --> 00:58:36.429
I do strongly urge you to pack it in its original

00:58:36.429 --> 00:58:39.250
packaging if you are traveling borders, especially

00:58:39.250 --> 00:58:44.420
now. If not, have it written out very clearly

00:58:44.420 --> 00:58:47.940
what is in there. Again, just especially now,

00:58:48.139 --> 00:58:50.699
people are getting scrutinized a little harder,

00:58:50.860 --> 00:58:52.880
but you must take your vitamins and stuff with

00:58:52.880 --> 00:58:54.539
you. I know you're thinking, what a pain in my

00:58:54.539 --> 00:58:57.340
hole that I have to take like seven bottles with

00:58:57.340 --> 00:59:00.460
me. When I traveled, I did not, but the world

00:59:00.460 --> 00:59:03.440
was a very different time even last year. But

00:59:03.440 --> 00:59:06.039
I did write out my vitamins so that when it went

00:59:06.039 --> 00:59:07.820
through the x -ray, there was a piece of paper

00:59:07.820 --> 00:59:09.639
that said this was just vitamin D and this and

00:59:09.639 --> 00:59:10.920
this and this and this. I did that one, yeah.

00:59:11.320 --> 00:59:14.559
for Nashville will not be taking that risk. I

00:59:14.559 --> 00:59:16.360
will be taking all the original packaging with

00:59:16.360 --> 00:59:17.659
me for Nashville. I did that with my supplements.

00:59:17.760 --> 00:59:19.420
Even when we went to Canmore last year, I was

00:59:19.420 --> 00:59:21.699
on a bunch of supplements from the naturopath

00:59:21.699 --> 00:59:24.019
before surgery. And I did the same thing. I had

00:59:24.019 --> 00:59:28.559
them all in like my pill organizer, but I had

00:59:28.559 --> 00:59:31.280
photos of all the bottles on my phone. And then

00:59:31.280 --> 00:59:33.239
I had written out what all of them were, even

00:59:33.239 --> 00:59:35.559
though I was staying within Canada, just to be

00:59:35.559 --> 00:59:37.780
safe. Just to be safe. So yeah, for Nashville,

00:59:37.800 --> 00:59:40.179
because I'm crossing at a land border and I'm

00:59:40.179 --> 00:59:43.489
not in the safety of a Canadian airport, I will

00:59:43.489 --> 00:59:45.389
be taking the original bottles for all of my

00:59:45.389 --> 00:59:46.949
supplements with me. And I'll just tell them

00:59:46.949 --> 00:59:48.849
I'm a bariatric patient and I must be able to

00:59:48.849 --> 00:59:51.750
take my supplements. I do understand. I understand

00:59:51.750 --> 00:59:54.469
that that's scary, but you need to take your

00:59:54.469 --> 00:59:56.449
vitamins with you. You have no choice. So they

00:59:56.449 --> 00:59:57.849
must come with you. Especially if you're going

00:59:57.849 --> 01:00:00.210
somewhere for like a week at a time, you don't

01:00:00.210 --> 01:00:03.090
want to be off your vitamins for a prolonged

01:00:03.090 --> 01:00:06.000
period of time. Nope. So electrolytes, vitamins,

01:00:06.159 --> 01:00:08.260
all that jazz. I'll let you guys know how Nashville

01:00:08.260 --> 01:00:11.440
goes. If you have recommendations of great places

01:00:11.440 --> 01:00:13.639
I should check out for food, let me know because

01:00:13.639 --> 01:00:16.920
I am going with colleagues that I love spending

01:00:16.920 --> 01:00:18.780
time with. But, you know, if there's some really

01:00:18.780 --> 01:00:20.719
great places that I could look up ahead of time

01:00:20.719 --> 01:00:23.900
or look for, please let me know so that I can,

01:00:23.900 --> 01:00:27.599
you know, prep what I'm going to eat. I'll need

01:00:27.599 --> 01:00:30.320
something close by for breakfasts for sure. I

01:00:30.320 --> 01:00:32.219
am going to try to get kind of my staples, my

01:00:32.219 --> 01:00:34.320
hard boiled eggs and stuff from the grocery store.

01:00:34.480 --> 01:00:36.639
Yeah. Just some like staples. Like even if I

01:00:36.639 --> 01:00:38.699
can just get some protein oatmeal, which is pretty

01:00:38.699 --> 01:00:41.559
common in the U .S. Like I can mix up a cup in

01:00:41.559 --> 01:00:44.320
my hotel room. I get peanut butter. I get bananas.

01:00:44.559 --> 01:00:47.219
Like I get some things that are just easy. Like

01:00:47.219 --> 01:00:49.280
is it going to be the most culinary glorious

01:00:49.280 --> 01:00:52.500
thing? No. But is it good to have these things

01:00:52.500 --> 01:00:54.969
just in case like. oh boy, there isn't anything

01:00:54.969 --> 01:00:57.250
I can get for breakfast or like you got to watch

01:00:57.250 --> 01:00:58.929
breakfast sandwiches because sometimes they're

01:00:58.929 --> 01:01:01.349
like seven or 800 fucking calories. So yeah,

01:01:01.949 --> 01:01:04.130
I want to just make sure that like, I feel like

01:01:04.130 --> 01:01:06.190
I'm full. I'm not dizzy. I'm not lightheaded.

01:01:06.289 --> 01:01:08.250
I have enough in my body and that I'm prepped

01:01:08.250 --> 01:01:10.590
for conference life. Because if you don't work

01:01:10.590 --> 01:01:12.530
in tech or you haven't been on a trade show floor,

01:01:12.690 --> 01:01:15.570
it's exhausting. Rains the life out of a normal

01:01:15.570 --> 01:01:18.469
person. So yeah, I just want to be prepared.

01:01:19.690 --> 01:01:22.449
I'm excited to report back into you all, not

01:01:22.449 --> 01:01:25.110
next week, but the week after. So you got to

01:01:25.110 --> 01:01:28.829
wait two more episodes. Episode 13, I'll tell

01:01:28.829 --> 01:01:32.730
you about Nashville. But book the trips, have

01:01:32.730 --> 01:01:36.269
fun. Maybe don't book them before surgery because

01:01:36.269 --> 01:01:40.010
you don't really get a guaranteed timeline of

01:01:40.010 --> 01:01:44.179
that. do a last hurrah for all means. If you

01:01:44.179 --> 01:01:46.099
want to do a last hurrah, do a last hurrah, but

01:01:46.099 --> 01:01:48.579
just know you'll never have to give up traveling

01:01:48.579 --> 01:01:50.380
and you'll never have to give up traveling for

01:01:50.380 --> 01:01:53.320
food. If you're excited to like try the gelato

01:01:53.320 --> 01:01:56.320
in Italy, or you can't wait to go try ramen hand

01:01:56.320 --> 01:01:59.780
pulled in Japan, or you want haggis in Scotland

01:01:59.780 --> 01:02:03.360
for some unknown reason. Yeah. Ew. You can still

01:02:03.360 --> 01:02:04.719
do this. It's just going to be in moderation

01:02:04.719 --> 01:02:06.920
and it's going to be a small portion of your

01:02:06.920 --> 01:02:10.420
trip, not your whole trip. So start getting really

01:02:10.420 --> 01:02:12.579
acquainted with. the cool shit you want to do

01:02:12.579 --> 01:02:14.880
in these places that maybe you can't do now.

01:02:15.820 --> 01:02:18.340
Exactly. I'm excited. Yeah. Tell us where you're

01:02:18.340 --> 01:02:20.860
going this year. Tell us about your travel. Tell

01:02:20.860 --> 01:02:22.679
us about your pro tips. Like we want to hear

01:02:22.679 --> 01:02:24.400
what are your tips? What did we miss? What didn't

01:02:24.400 --> 01:02:27.780
we cover? Yeah. What advice do you have? Where

01:02:27.780 --> 01:02:29.760
have you gone? What's worked for you? What places

01:02:29.760 --> 01:02:31.659
have you gone back to where you've had a totally

01:02:31.659 --> 01:02:33.619
different trip? Like that's what I'm so excited

01:02:33.619 --> 01:02:36.219
about for Canmore. It'll be our third time. It'll

01:02:36.219 --> 01:02:38.119
be different because we have the kids, but it'll

01:02:38.119 --> 01:02:41.179
be so much more focused around activities and

01:02:41.179 --> 01:02:46.539
memory making and doing versus sitting and spending

01:02:46.539 --> 01:02:48.539
the afternoon in Banff bar hopping, which was

01:02:48.539 --> 01:02:51.440
fun, but it's going to be a totally different,

01:02:51.579 --> 01:02:54.280
a totally different trip. Even traveling in your

01:02:54.280 --> 01:02:56.300
first year versus your second is a totally different

01:02:56.300 --> 01:02:59.119
trip because I'm going back to Nova Scotia in

01:02:59.119 --> 01:03:01.440
June and the trip is so different already. I'm

01:03:01.440 --> 01:03:03.480
not concerned about the grocery store and eating

01:03:03.480 --> 01:03:06.659
tuna salad. I'm going because I'm running a 10K.

01:03:06.719 --> 01:03:08.679
A good friend is getting married. I'm going to

01:03:08.679 --> 01:03:10.519
go put my feet up at the cottage and listen to

01:03:10.519 --> 01:03:13.539
the waves. I'm so excited. I even told my mom,

01:03:13.599 --> 01:03:15.820
I'm just excited to go hike at places I've never

01:03:15.820 --> 01:03:17.800
been. I want to go to Grand Moyne. I want to

01:03:17.800 --> 01:03:21.380
go to the Cabot Trail for a day. It's a me vacation.

01:03:22.539 --> 01:03:24.260
I'll see my family the whole time I'm there.

01:03:24.360 --> 01:03:27.860
But it's even different than when I went a couple

01:03:27.860 --> 01:03:29.739
months after surgery where my whole focus was

01:03:29.739 --> 01:03:32.159
on, am I eating enough protein? Did I get enough

01:03:32.159 --> 01:03:34.900
cheese? Do I need to get like, so it's very,

01:03:34.980 --> 01:03:37.579
she's right. It's very cool. Book the trips,

01:03:37.699 --> 01:03:40.099
have fun, but let us know. Where are you going

01:03:40.099 --> 01:03:42.119
again? And how does it look different than before

01:03:42.119 --> 01:03:44.960
surgery? And have you found some good bariatric

01:03:44.960 --> 01:03:46.880
places? Do you have like great recommendations

01:03:46.880 --> 01:03:49.719
on this was a great bariatric resort? This is

01:03:49.719 --> 01:03:53.539
a great bariatric trip. Or, hey, I highly recommend

01:03:53.539 --> 01:03:56.260
this state or this city or this country because

01:03:56.260 --> 01:03:59.719
I found it really great for bariatrics. And we

01:03:59.719 --> 01:04:02.480
will report back. The more we travel and the

01:04:02.480 --> 01:04:04.579
more places we go, we'll tell you guys what we've

01:04:04.579 --> 01:04:08.389
learned. Yes. I'll do a, I'll do a Nashville

01:04:08.389 --> 01:04:12.389
bariatric convo in two weeks. Love it. Amazing.

01:04:12.409 --> 01:04:15.019
Amazing. Well. Thank you guys for tuning in to

01:04:15.019 --> 01:04:18.199
episode 11. We love you guys so much. And thank

01:04:18.199 --> 01:04:20.960
you for listening. Keep chatting with us on Instagram

01:04:20.960 --> 01:04:22.539
and TikTok. We want to hear more about what you

01:04:22.539 --> 01:04:24.739
want to cover. Next week, we're diving into non

01:04:24.739 --> 01:04:27.179
-scale victories. Oh, I'm so excited about that

01:04:27.179 --> 01:04:29.460
one. I can't wait. So we'll see you for episode

01:04:29.460 --> 01:04:32.199
12 next week. Everybody have the most wonderful

01:04:32.199 --> 01:04:34.539
week ever. And Steph, like always, just thanks

01:04:34.539 --> 01:04:36.800
for joining me and chatting with me. Anytime.

01:04:37.320 --> 01:04:39.320
See you later, guys. Bye, everybody. Bye.