Well, I gave birth to my son Eli on Feb. 17, 2011 without complications. My top pregnancy weight was 207. It sure was hard watching that scale crawl back into the 200's! I know, I know, all for a good reason, but that number was hell for me in the past.. I ended up gaining about 30-35 pounds during my pregnancy, give or take a pound or two. Immediately following his birth, my weight was 198, then 196. I was hoping to breast feed to (amongst the other health benefits of course!) help with the weight loss, but that just didn't work out like I had hoped!

Now, 9 weeks later, I made the 4.5 hour drive down to my bariatric doc and got my first fill! YAY!! I am so excited to get back to my prebaby size 8/10. I am not enjoying this size 14 and none of my work clothes fit right now! I go back to work this week and had to go to Goodwill to buy some temporary clothes. I sure hopes this happens soon...do not like this at all!!

Yep, just found out last week that I am 5 weeks along, already had an ultrasound to date the pregnancy and to make sure it is where it should be and not in my tubes again! i cannot believe it! i had given up hope about a year and a half ago. Due date Feb 16th. Good thing I had an unfill already since I had had my band slip, we were waiting on it to get back into place before I got a fill, so I guess it will be a while before I do that (I have gained 8 pounds since March, honestly I DON'T CARE at this point)!
I am keeping it a secret for now, still kind of in shock and have only told a few people outside of family...so if you read this and are my Facebook friend..shh for now.

Wow, never thought that I would actually want LESS restriction before I got to goal weight! Here is what has been going on with me:

I had my last fill appt in July of 2008, I had 1/2 cc removed from my band because I was too tight. Well, I thougt that was my sweet spot, and continued on my weight loss journey, happily losing weight as I went. I thought not being able to eat broccoli, eggs and chicken breast was a fact of band life, and only eating soft foods was the way to go. I constantly have heartburn and have been living off of protein shakes and Cheeto's for the most part, but since I was losing weight, I did ok with that. Now that I have stopped losing weight, I have been looking at my routine a little bit and wondered if I could get another fill to get me going again. So I called the doctor and had a long talk with the nurse and I realized that I have been way too tight for a long time, and to get me going again and into eating properly, I need an UNFILL! makes sense.

current regimen:
I DO exercise
I drink protein
I "PB" if I eat most solids, some soft foods are good though
Cheetos stay down=)

I want to:
continue to exercise
eat veggies
eat fruit
eat chicken
eat omlettes
eat nuts

So, I have an appointment Monday and am SO, SO excited to eat more foods and not be stuck all the time. i still love my band and don't regret doing it. i know I have not always worked with my band like I am supposed to, but against it. I have still lost 124 pounds with the band and have been at a steady weight for about 4 months now, so I certainly have not gained anything back. I am 14 pounds away from my initial goal, although I think I want to lose 20 to be on the "average" side, no longer considered "overweight" if you know what I mean.
People at work have been interesting, definately jealous and express that in the darndest ways. Some of them call me "skinny bitch", and at first I thought it was cute coming from a select few, but then coming from others who I know are gossips and not my friends, not so cute. I get sidelined from other overweight folks who honestly want to know about the surgery. I feel bad for them because for whatever reason it can't happen for them or their MD's won't refer them and they can't afford to just pay for it like I did. I know where they are at and that is so hard.
I will keep you posted on what comes next. Thanks for reading my blah, blah, blahs!!!

It's official...I stepped on the scale this morning and there it was......
I am down 100 pounds from where I was when I started this journey!!! YAHOO!!!!!I am also getting in to those size 12's...they are on my bum, but not looking too good yet, think I will wait another 5 pounds or so...

I cannot believe how long it has been since I have posted...but I check this site pretty regularly...about twice a month. I pretty much use it for research and check on ladies that have had WLS and have had successful pregnancies....I am pretty much obsessed with that right now. i cannot believe I am only 1.5 pounds away form the century club....it has been a lot of work and I am so very happy to be back in regular size clothes, not PLUS!! I will write more when I am down to 187...or PG, other than waiting on that, things are fantastic!