I'm hoping you guys can give me some advice. And I know I'll probably get crucified for this one.

I'll be vacationing in Chicago Friday night through Monday afternoon and have been wondering what I would do to accommodate this diet while there. We will be staying with a friend who lives there and I have been planning all along on packing a cooler with my food and HCG for the weekend. But we all know that a big part of going on vacation is eating. Chicago has some great restaurants and I told my hubby that we could stop and eat anyplace and anytime he wants to. I was just planning on eating my meals beforehand. I don't see it being a problem because I have had no hunger issues this whole first week of Phase2. I even hosted a huge barbeque on Father's day and was comfotable being around all the yummy grub.

Then I realized I will have to make my friend and husband run back to her house for all my meals just so I can make my food. I feel so guilty thinking about having to make our plans around my mealtimes. I don't want the diet to hinder the things we do and see. Soooo I was thinking, what if I stop injections on Wednesday, continue doing the vlcd on Thursday and Friday and then resume injections on Saturday? I plan to stick to the diet restrictions as much as possible so I can at least go to the restaurant with everybody and order food with special instructions (Grilled chicken with no oils).Obviously I can't be sure on the weight of the food. I imagine I can still order the foods we're allowed on Phase 2 but I am worried about not knowing exactly what they're being cooked with and not having weighed out all the meat. So I figured if I skip the injections for a couple days I might not have any weight gain if I at least stick to the Phase 2 list of foods. And yes, I realize no weight loss as well.

Thoughts?

I just came back from a 4-day vacay with food eaters, and decided to hang tough. Believe it or not, I grilled my chicken beforehand, brought celery for my veggies so I could nibble, apples and my breadsticks. It worked out fine. I just kept thinking of the weight loss I was going to see when I got on the scale when I got home! I just kept my food in my purse and ate unobtrusively. The car was AC'd, and all the buildings we were in, too.

thanks Kimkimkim! how long did you keep your food in your purse? all day? a couple hours?

great, that may just work

And to clarify, I was thinking to stay on the vlcd the days after skipping the injections and order grilled chicken or whitefish, order a salad and put my own dressing on it, eyeball the portion sizes. I want to stick to the diet, I'm not looking to cheat. I'm just super paranoid about weight gain so I thought maybe skipping some injections to get the HCG out of my system but staying on the vlcd would help make the vacation easier and put my mind at ease. I Just was thinking to be able to eat my meals at a restaurant instead of back at my friends place. Eating out of my purse might be the answer. Now to go dig out my big purse!

Thanks for the words of encouragement K and Kimkimkim! You're right, we are all meant to be hot!!!

ooo, I love apples too! Sometimes I get sad that I can't have more than one a day, haha. Isn't there an apple day on the protocol? Maybe I can do that on the day we are out on town the most? How many apples can I have on an apple day?