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I am trying it again.  I am getting a small fill today.  I am going to have her put in .20 cc's.  That will bring me up to 3.9 cc's total and I am hoping that will be big enough to stop from chowing down anything and everything but small enough my allergies won't cause me trouble either.  I am ready to start losing weight again and eating right again.  I've been messing with these dumb allergies for over a year and I am soooo tired of it.  I want my band to help me lose weight not help me gain it back.  Yes, I know I am the one making the bad eating choices and eating more than I should but it is almost like my band is non existant right now so it's time to change all of that.  I'm starting over and my band and I are going to be buddies again!

A week away from my two year bandiversary and I sadly I think my weight is up from a year ago....and I'm bummed about it....but I know it's my own fault.  So I am on here reading how well my friends are doing and trying to get motivated into doing something about it.  FINALLY!!!  I know what I need to do, i just need to do it!  I am a little excited about something I found at Wal Mart yesterday though.  Alka Seltzer Mucus something or other!  It breaks down and thins mucus and congestion!!! Yeah! AND it comes in pills (which are too big for most banders) and the plop plop fizz fizz thingys that disolve and I can drink!  If any one has tried this let me know how it works.  Right now I don't need them because my band is loose enough it is letting everything go right on through but i am hoping to get a little fill soon and that is when I will need the help.  I am only going to have her put in 3.9 because every time I get to 4.0 I have to go in for an unfill.  It's hard to believe that I have been messing around with allergies and my band for over a year now!  Time flies! (flies? that doesn't look right, does it?)
I have to send out a thank you to "stnkglvr", I hope I got that right.  I have been feeling down on myself about my weight lately because I have had to buy some bigger work pants since i gave all my others away and this person sent me a super nice note the other day after I posted my picture.  That compliment out of the blue truly made my day!  Thank you so much!!!!

I got a little fill last Thursday, I now have 3.75 cc's back in my band.  It was just a baby fill but every little bit helps at this point.  It either is too much or not enough, it's never just right....not yet.  I have proven that 4.0 is too much.  I think I could handle another drop or two but my ever present allergies don't seem to be letting up any so I can't get too carried away.  Amanda said that she has had other patients that are having issues with mucus too so it's not just me.  I mentioned that I was questioning whether bypass would have been better for me and she said some people that have had bypass have trouble with mucus too but there is nothing to adjust.  Not sure how they handle it, I wouldn't be able to eat or drink anything.  If I wouldn't have had the band I would have never known I had such a problem with mucus or allergies either.
I am going to Vegas in November with my skinny sister and I am really hoping to be inspired to lose the weight that keeps teeter-tottering off and on plus some of the 20 lbs I need to lose to get to my goal.  Atleast I can feel my band again so I don't think my goal is too out of reach!  Better start moving, November isn't too far away!!!!

I must have jinxed myself - I had to have an unfill Tuesday.  I haven't had a good nights sleep since my fill because I cough all night.  Monday night was extremely rough and I fell awful when it was time to get up.  I figured that I might be dehydrated and/or exhausted and thought maybe protein would help.  I drank a protein shake but that only gave me 14 grams.  I was really weak, tired, lethargic, nauseous, plus freezing cold.  I just plain didn't have the energy to do anything.  I called the local hospitals and they didn't know how to unfill my band a little.  I knew whatever was wrong was somehow related to my band and figured it must all come down to my dumb allergies and not being able to sleep for weeks.  So anyway I got the .5 taken back out so I'm back at 3.5 cc's in my band.  Amanda considered doing a fluid i.v. on me but by the time I got the office the protein and water must have done something because I was feeling much better, just extremely tired still.  She said we would try a small fill in a couple of weeks.  Give my new allergy pills time to kick in.  I hope they fix the trouble.  What a pain.  I never in my wildest dreams thought mucus would be the biggest issue I have with my band.  Silly me, I thought changing my eating habits would be! lol

I got another fill on June 6th, I am right at 4.0 cc's now.  Wow! What a difference.  I'm not hungry, I've been losing weight again, I can only eat 3-5 oz's each meal and I feel good using my band how its supposed to be used.  I am still having major trouble with allergies.  Mucus can become extinct for all I care.  I am so tired of it.  I cough all night long.  I finally have an allergy pill that only lasts 4 hours but it's been stopping me from coughing all of the time.  I get about 3 hours of sleep in before the pills start to wear off and I am coughing again.  I don't have any acid reflux, foamies or anything that makes me question if my fill is too tight.  I am going back to the doc totay to get a new allergy pill.  I hope the new one works!  I had a mole  removed on the 6th as well, I get my stitches out today and she is to tell me the results of it as well as my papsmear!  Keep your fingers crossed that everything comes back perfectly normal.....and that my allergy prescription works!

Finally made it to get a fill.  It's been over a month since I was unfilled. Pete took out 2.0 cc's from 3.8. Amanda was afraid to put the full amount back in but I talked her into atleast 1.5 cc's so I'm back at 3.5.  She said some can't tolerate that much of a fill at once and I had to promise to come back in if I have any trouble.  Its been wonderful being able to eat what I want  but ofcourse my enjoyment couldn't go unpunished.  I gained 13 lbs on doc's scale.  I am ready for my fill - I'm ready to be responsible again.  Its aggravating that when I'm ready to get on track, my allergies show up and I have to get an unfill.  So after running wild for a month I'm absolutely ready to behave myself again! Ironic huh?  When I'm filled I wish I could eat and when I can eat I wish I was filled.  Crazy!    I have alot of awesome new clothes for this summer that I need to lose some weight for so I need to get with the program......and a tan! :)

I always told myself that if I was still overweight at 30 that I would haul myself off to a fat farm!  Well I'm on a farm.....and there are cows......but I don't see myself as one of them anymore! I'm still teetering around 180 and have atleast 20 lbs to go until goal but I am so thankful to be where I am that I am actually enjoying being me for a change.  I am not giving myself a deadline like I have hundreds of times before only to let myself down over and over again.  Reality might hit once the first pair of shorts go on but for now all is good.

I had to visit Pete last Friday for an unfill...AGAIN.  I have a feeling this is my new spring ritual...some clean out closets, I get a band adjustment.  Oh well.  This happened last year once allergies hit, this year it was a cold.  Mucus is not my friend at all.  It creates all sorts of problems with my band.  I thought once my cold went away that my restriction would improve and Pete made it very clear that nothing will get better unless I get an unfill.  Bummer...but now I know.  I am hoping that once I hit my sweet spot that I won't have to keep getting adjustments.  I do like the fact in knowing that I can maintain my weight for once in my life.  Adjustments aren't so bad after all, right? 

Have a great weekend everyone!

It's been awhile since I've wrote but I figured that I could find something to babble on about. :)  First, the little bee's (as my hubby called them) are all gone.  I delivered our last little female puppy last Monday.  It was sad, my husband had delivered all of the others or was atleast with me so this one was tough especially since she was scared and had to sit on my shoulder for the whole two hour drive!  She is such a sweetheart but we were picky on who got our puppies and this lady was super nice and fell in love with "Tater" just through the pictures she'd seen.  So that helps.  
I went shopping two weeks ago for clothes that I could wear this summer to work.  I was feeling optimistic that day and bought all size 10 crop pants.  They did fit but weren't too flattering.  In about 10 lbs they will be fine so that is my incentive if I want to wear my new clothes is that I have to lose some weight.  Hubby told me last night that he thought I looked great where I am but I am stubborn and have a goal that I WILL meet.  
I thought I needed a fill but then I got a cold and I am having a little trouble eating again so maybe I am right where I need to be. I'll have to wait and see!

I finally have started working out!  Hopefully I will keep it.  In fact my kids are the ones who got me going.  My boys and I went out to our little work out room Saturday and took turns on our bike, treadmill and weight machine.  Hubby must have thought he was missing out because he started last night on the treadmill.  I have a new inspritation for working out.  I need a fill, I haven't been losing any weight, I don't have hardly any restriction BUT my insurance quit paying for my office visits so I am on my own paying for the $100 visit and I can't afford to do that right now.  So I am hoping that exercising will atleast get me into the 170's.  I knew the last 20 lbs would be the hardest but I didn't think they would be impossible and it almost feels that way.  I basically haven't lost any weight since November.  I've been all over the scale but never at one spot for long.  I've been at 183 the past couple of days and am hoping it continues downward.  
 Happy Valentine's Day Everyone!

I got another .25 cc's back in my band.  That puts me right at 4.0 cc's total.  Pete said my band is more sensitive than most so I asked him what he meant.  He said that I am at a point that just a tiny bit too much will overfill me but he still went ahead and put .25 cc's in! ha ha.  I was going to ask him to fill me back to where I was before my last unfill and that was 3.9 I think.  I'm sure I have it noted somewhere in my posts but I can't find it.  I hope this fill is perfect this time.  I was looking back and I weigh the same now as I did in November, I've fluctuated about 8 lbs back and forth but now I'm back up to 184 and was down to 176 though I think it was only for a day!  I have a goal to reach, a New Year's resolution to uphold and alot of work to do so I better get my butt in gear and get with it!  I told myself I wouldn't buy new pants until I could buy 10's.  My step dad told me the other day that he was going to give me a reverse compliment and I said ok.....he said, you really need to buy new pants, those are way too baggy!  Either way I look at that it was a great compliment.  He said I know they are just sweat pants but they are still too big......they were actually my dress pants that I wore to work.  All of my pants now still fit in the waist but they are huge everywhere else, they sure didn't fit like that years ago when I bought them.  I need to find an exercise that I will stick with that works my flabby tummy.  Actually I just plain need to find an exercise period!