Another Dining Question

[aprilgail2]

My friend and I both had weight lose surgery and when we go to dinnner we are not having appetizers, soup, salad or deserts...just the main course. Are we going to have to sit and wait until all the other people finish all those things until we get our main course?

 

[webray]

You will be waiting for the other people to finish those things before they bring your main course.

 

[gizfish]

When you board, go to the place where the maitre'de is and you can request a table for two, unless you would rather have the social aspects of a larger table and risk sitting through other people's courses. The other alternative if to ask your servers to bring your main course when they bring the rest of the table's first course. That would mean you would be leaving before everyone else was finished, so that issue (if it is one) is up to you.

 

[GenieDana]

Order the appetizers anyway and just sample...Your on a cruise - don't punish yourself!

 

[jwann]

I think the appetizers were better than the main dishes. If it were me, I'd order one of every appetizer (or at least 2 or 3) to nibble on throughtout the entire meal and then skip the rest of the courses. That way you get food when all the others do and you can be eating/nibbling during the whole meal.

 

[crisi]

I'd explain to your servers and see what you can come up with. It may be eating your entree while everyone else works on the first courses, or showing up half an hour into dinner, when everyone is done with their courses.

If your surgery allows, I'd also recommend ordering several courses, and have a few bites of each. My brother in law had the stomach reduction surgery, and he can eat - albeit slowly. A cruise meal is two hours long, so you'll have plenty of time to digest a few bites of whatever is good before the next course arrives. Don't feel guilty about not finishing it! The two entree, two dessert, two appetizer club never finishes everything put in front of them!

The soups and salads (two things he does well with his surgery) are excellent. I'd agree that some of the appitizers outdid the main courses.

 

[aprilgail2]

Originally posted by crisi


If your surgery allows, I'd also recommend ordering several courses, and have a few bites of each. My brother in law had the stomach reduction surgery, and he can eat - albeit slowly. A

The soups and salads (two things he does well with his surgery) are excellent. I'd agree that some of the appitizers outdid the main courses.

We also have to eat slowly, but as far as the soup goes that is out because you can not mix food and liquids with your meal, no liquid 30 minutes before, during or 60 minutes after you eat food.
Well thanks for everyones answers, guess we will just have to wait and see how this goes.

 

[crisi]

I think its facinating the different restrictions with the different kinds of surgery (and the different doctors performing the same surgery). I know people that can't eat bread or sweets following their surgery, others that eat it. Liquids I hadn't heard of before.

(BTW, my brother in law was not very successful with his surgery - I suspect because he simply moved to the same amount of food, but over two or three hours. He is having some luck now with Atkins. But two of my friends are half the people they were before and have done great! Best of luck with yours.)

 

[ekelly4200]

I had a RNY also and will be going on my first cruise May 2005. I am almost at goal now 6 months out. I think I am already gaining a few lbs just looking at all the menus lol. I tend to low carb also in general but in special situations like holidays and certainly the cruise I will be eating what I want ( I don't dump fortunately) I am sure I will be able to try most things, although probably only a bite or 2 of each. Since your cruise is still a bit away your pouch still has time to stretch more and you will probably be able to eat more than you can now.

 

[ekelly4200]

Originally posted by ekelly4200
I had a RNY also and will be going on my first cruise May 2005. I am almost at goal now 6 months out. I think I am already gaining a few lbs just looking at all the menus lol. I tend to low carb also in general but in special situations like holidays and certainly the cruise I will be eating what I want ( I don't dump fortunately) I am sure I will be able to try most things, although probably only a bite or 2 of each. Since your cruise is still a bit away your pouch still has time to stretch more and you will probably be able to eat more than you can now.

Just looked at the OP and see you are leaving in less than 3 weeks (lucky you How far post op are you? I am sure a bite or 2 of an appitizer while waiting for your main selection wont do any harm.