So this is what they call restriction!

Nov 08, 2009

Yeah so I have to chew my food and take small bites and I get full before my plate is empty! I remember I had this way in the beginning when I was first allowed to eat solid foods again but have not felt it since.

I’m am up to 7cc in my 11cc band after my last fill and oh boy I feel the difference!!! I’ve waited what seems like forever to feel what others talk about and I hoped to get from this surgery. It helps that I attended a post surgery eating class last week at my doc office too when the NUT just kind of reiterated a lot of what she already told me but it helps to hear it again post surgery and even more so now that I feel that restriction. She reminded me to only eat ¾ of a cup at a time and also to cut the meat into tiny bites and of course to eat slowly. I’ve been doing really well cooking and preparing my food ahead of time in pre portioned sizes but before I would always finish completely and even be hungry and want more. Well in the past couple of days that has changed a ton. I’m lucky if I can even finish my ¾ of a cup! Crazy to be so excited over this I know but I really am! I also got refocused on making sure I get all my protein in and am going to start drinking my protein shakes in the morning. I had stopped because I was hungry and the shakes weren’t cutting it for me and I wasn’t tracking all my food but I’m pretty sure most days I didn’t hit the 65 grams of protein since I wasn’t drinking that shake to help me get there.

I hope that this high I’m feeling will last a while and I can finally drop a few more pounds because I’ve been really bummed with my loss of only one pound last month. I lost my focus and motivation because I let the scale get the best of me. Really the inches didn’t even come off but I am noticing my clothes fitting different and I’m buying size 16 in the misses department! XL at Old Navy and they are even almost too big! I’ve always wanted to shop at Old Navy but it was tough even though they had some things in XXL most the time it didn’t fit. I would even order things online from them in the plus section just so that I could have the name brand to make me feel better. And now to walk into the store pick up a XL and think oh man that looks big is just an amazing feeling! I’m sure my friends here can understand that better than anyone!

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