Sunday evening news

I officially now weigh less than I have since I was about 25 years old! I tried on a pair of jeans today that are 2 sizes smaller than the ones I have been wearing, although I still refuse to buy any clothes until I absolutely have to.

We took mom to Olive Garden for lunch today...and I managed to do ok there. Had salad, and lemon basil talapia. I can't believe I didn't even have one little bite of breadstick. Yay!!!!!

I've been going to the gym for a couple of weeks now...doing water aerobics 3 days a week. My doctor was excited but wants me to do weights on the off days. Ugh! I thought 3 days a week was good! So I have an appointment on Thursday with a trainer for a fitness profile and a game plan.

As of this morning, I'm 26.5 pounds down. Woo hoooo!!!

Happy Easter!

I made it! NO evil chocolate bunnies for me! Yay! I did have a piece of my mom's yummy pound cake, but man did I pay for it. I haven't had sweets in so long, and it sure did taste good, but I had horrible tummy cramps about 2 hours later. Better now, though. Whew!

It was great to spend the day with family, just hanging out and catching up, and not have to be totally miserable because I'd eaten so much that I was about to explode. Such a change, but a good one. Especially when I heard everyone else groaning about their aching tummies. :)

It's working!!

I think my band is finally working! I don't have a stop signal yet, but I can tell when I'm full, and it's after I eat about the right amount of food. I went to dinner tonight with the fam at Chili's, and ordered my most favorite mushroom swiss burger...without the bun. The waitress didn't even blink an eye. Of course, it helped that she was my cousin! I had about 10 chips with queso, and managed to get down about half the burger, and I was done. That was 2 hours ago, and I'm still full! I'm so excited...this is how it is supposed to work!

My scale is finally moving down too. As of this morning, I've lost 23 pounds since the surgery. I've had to retire some of my clothes, and I've even given a few things away!

Yay!!!!!!

2nd Fill

2nd fill was today. I got another 1.5cc so I'm up to about 4 cc now. I can actually tell a bit of difference, right now anyway. Hopefully this will be my turning point. I went to a lovely dinner last night with a bunch of old friends from high school. I ate more than I should have, and the 2nd margarita was probably a bad idea, but it was great fun. I'm back on liquids for a couple of days now, but I hope that will just help jumpstart me. I lost 4 pounds in the last 3 weeks, which I think this pathetic, but the PA at the weight loss center told me that it was exactly where I was supposed to be. So, I guess I'll go with that.

Update

Wow I didn't realize it had been so long since I've posted. Ok, so I had the fill...super easy. I can't tell that it made a lot of difference, except that I do notice that I don't get as hungry as quickly, but but that still isn't very long. I am trying to be careful about how much I eat, but it's not always easy...I got Chinese take out last night, and even though I didn't eat the rice, I ate way too much of the other stuff. But man was it good!

I finally got the pictures out of my camera and on to my computer, so I'll be posting pictures as I go now. We're basically taking them at one month intervals.

I go for another fill next Friday, and I'm hoping that this one makes more of a difference. I've lost a total of 20 pounds so far, but that just doesn't seem like very much to me, after 6 weeks. I guess I should be patient, but you ALL know that is not my strong point!

February 12, 2008 March 13, 2008

one day pre-op one month post-op

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!

I did it!!!

I got into those jeans! I wore them to work, and stayed in them all day long (well, ok I didn't really have a choice there) but it was awesome! I was getting kind of uncomfortable towards the end of the day, and they came off as soon as I got home, but I got in them and wore them!!! The size 22 jeans hanging in the closet are my next target!!