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I don't know why but I've really been looking forward to being below 215.  I was so excited seeing the scale this morning, I had to run right out and tell Barry that I finally made it!  The weight loss is slow but steady.  I'm losing just over a pound a week right now and I know I could use another fill.  I can't eat a lot of course, but more than I should at times.  I really need to listen to my body.  I have come to realize that I have a big sigh when I should stop eating.  But there have been times that I've forged ahead anyway just to take a few more bites then I'm pretty stuffed and miserable for a while.  It's all a learning process and a major head game.  I love, love, love this band.  I'm shocked, amazed and ecstatic that I can feel satisfied with such a small amount of food.  It truly is amazing comparing what I eat now to what I used to eat.  For example, I made tacos last night.  I used to eat two, be full but eat a third anyway.  I ate one small taco last night and was done.  My head says WTF? but my body says good enough.  In reality, I'm really impressed with it.  I guess it's hard to explain but it's like a WOW moment to realize the difference in what I eat and how little I eat now compared to 6 months ago.  6 months ago I never would have thought I could lose 10 pounds let alone more than 50.

Kristyna and I went shopping at Old Navy last night.  I'm so thrilled that I can actually shop there.  In all the past times we've gone there, I would help Kristyna shop or shop for Barry and Austin.  There was never a chance in hell I could fit their clothes.  Last night we actually wound up buying a shirt and a jacket.......we match!!!  Okay, so she's a size XS and I'm an XXL........but it still counts!!  I didn't buy any pants because I have several to wear right now, but I still like trying them on and being a size 16.  I just keep trying them on to let it sink in.  It's been at least 10 years since I've been a size 16. 

It's so much easier to shave my legs.  I noticed this morning that it takes so much less time to complete this tedious task.  And I'm almost to the point of being able to wrap a bath towel around me without flashing someone.  I am able to wear my old robe which has been hanging in the closet for years because it was too small.  Now it fits just perfect, but it's old!  All I want for XMas is a new comfy robe.  I think I've given Barry enough hints and pictures that he has a good idea of what to get.  We have a XMas tradition that on XMas eve we each open one gift and it's always new jammies.  I'm looking forward to this year because of last year's fiasco with the pajamas.  Now I can fit into those pajamas with ease.  Hmmmm...maybe I should just have him wrap them up and start all over with this Christmas Eve? 

7 hours = 2 cc

I did find out last week, with the help of a couple of friends, that I have the AP standard band, 10 cc.  Cool!  And I already knew that it was primed with 2-3 cc at surgery.

Dr. Rohrer told me that his standard first fill is 2 cc's for this band.  But.........because I already feel some restriction he could cut back to 1 or 1.5 if I wanted.  Nope, I wanted to do the 2 cc's.  Barry thought it was pretty cool to watch the whole procedure.  The only thing that hurt was the numbing shot.  I drank the water, that's a lot of water!  It wasn't getting stuck but I really had to burp.  They were kind of concerned and told me that if it wouldn't go down they could take some out.  It was going down, that wasn't the problem..........I just had to burp!  Once I did, it was all good from there on out.  We were in the building for less than 30 minutes and then hitting the road home.  Everything feels good and I'm on liquids for today and tomorrow and then progress as I feel comfortable.  I'm really hoping that this fill helps.  My weight loss has been stalled the last few weeks. 

I'm just so darn excited!