First fill

I get my first fill tomorrow. I am going back and forth between excited and nervous...excited because, well, it's my first fill. Nervous because I don't know what to expect. I'm sure it'll be fine, but it's the first one so I'm a little nervous. Hopefully I get a little restriction this time, and the hunger is better. I've been bouncing the same 2 pounds back and forth all week, and haven't lost anything new. It's frustrating, but they all say this is normal. So, I'll just be grateful for the 17 pounds in the first month, and go on.

I went to my first support group meeting last night. It was really interesting. We talked about portion control...what is the correct portion size. It is suprisingly small. Man, the restaurant business has really worked a number on our sense of what is the appropriate amount of food to eat. But there were people there who are in all stages of banding, and some who have lost a LOT of weight, so the motivation is there to keep up with them. Before the meeting, Margaret and I went for dinner to a place we used to go for lunch, and ordered the same dish we used to eat....one each....and we shared it, and had food left on the plate. And we were both totally satisfied. I look at that and think how did I ever eat all that before.

It was too cold to go out and walk today, so we went to the fitness room ,and did a mile on the bike, and then I did a quarter mile on the treadmill. I really pushed on the treadmill, and it felt really good. I'm guessing I need to step up my exercise...you know, get out and walk at night instead of sitting here in front of the computer. Now that it's light longer in the evening, perhaps I can do that. But not right now while it's cold and rainy. Yuck!