Schnitzel Schnitzel Schnitzel

So, realistically the food in Munich = not so bad. Finding something you can eat while banded = tough! I honestly don't understand how everyone in Munich isn't 300 pounds! I feel like the food here is so incredibly heavy and really salty. That being said, I've had some yummy meals.

Details on the plane ride: I'm definitely smaller!! Fit in my seat just great and for the first time in as long as I can remember I buckled my seat belt and actually had to make it tighter. Meaning that the person sitting in my seat before me was bigger than me = RARE! I also slept quite a bit of the flight. I took two dramamine before take-off. I was really disappointed that my flight had no individual tv's. Honestly on an international flight, I think it's bogus if they aren't there. I fell asleep about an hour after take off, skipped dinner, just kept sleeping. I woke up about two hours before we landed and ate some breakfast. I had taken Sarah's advice and bought some cashews in the airport (thanks Sarah). I had eaten some of those at one point in the middle of the night when I woke up. Breakfast was a chewy granola bar, a roll and a piece of cheese. Oh and some fruit cocktail. I ate the granola bar, the cheese and a couple of pieces of watermelon.

When I arrived at the hotel, I slept for an hour and then went into the office. I arrived just in time to see two of my colleagues headed out for lunch so I went with them. Luckily we went to a soup place. I order a goulash of sorts which was really a beef (small eraser size pieces) with potatoes. Very yummy! I skipped the bread and had about 1/4 of the soup. Last night we went to a typical brewhouse for dinner. I had schnitzel. For those of you who don't know, it's essentially fried pork (yep you heard that right), with a side of potato salad. It was yummy and I only ate about 1/3 of it. The appetizer was pretzels (soft and doughy) with some camabert cheese spread. I skipped the pretzels much to my dismay, but I was too afraid I would get stuck. I also skipped the beer, opted for pinot grigo and water (with no gas....no carbonation).

Ate breakfast at the hotel this morning, yogurt with some granola and a piece of brie with ham. For lunch we went to another brewhouse (what can I say, it's Germany). I ordered....wait for it....begins with Schn...ends with tzil. This one was a cordon bleu. I had about 1/4 of it, was yummy but again salty and fried! Tonight, one of my colleagues (who doesn't know I had surgery) actually said "Did you like your lunch?" Clearly he recognized that I didn't eat much of it. I opted for pork again tonight, but it was not fried, was actually very tender and juicy. The tough part is the menu is basically this at each restaurant I've been to:

Schnitzel - fried pork or veal
Sausage - ooh that's a fun one for bandsters
Spatzle - essentially egg noodles that was my one and only sliming episode so far (couple of weeks ago) so I won't be trying them again
Beef - typically boiled

I've avoided beer and pretzels. Ate small portions and have drank a ton of water (with no gas) however a good deal of it is staying inside of me....that's the salt talking! Tomorrow I'm not working...plan to sleep in and then go sightseeing. I'm meeting a colleague of mine for dinner and we're having Italian (we've heard a rumor that there are very good Italian restuarants in Germany).

Anxious to get home and back to my routine (e.g., weighing myself multiple times per day). It's very bizarre to not know what I weigh right now....

Hope you are all well. Can't wait to get caught up on your blogs. It's 2:44am here and I've been up since 7am, so I think it's time to get some sleep!

xoxo