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WOW...I can't believe it's been 7 months already...I'm still chugging along...I had a bad week and I'm blaming it all on Fiber One bars...If you didn't know this already they are good for you in moderation...I found that I'm a very compulsive eater and 3 or 4 a day will cause weight gain...i have lost the weight that those delightful little bars gave me along with 2 more...so it's back on the labBAND WAGON for me...I still need to get my butt on the treadmill and working on toning up and hopefully getting ride of some of that nasty saggy skin...I don't think there is anything i can do about my saggy boobs (it's so gross) other then a boob job but that will have to wait for another year or so...I'm hoping i can work of some of the skin on arms, legs and tummy though....So as of this morning i was 119 pounds and This may actually be what i was in high school...I don't remember i always lied on my drivers license... Well I'm off for now...until next time...

Well i got on my trusty WII fit this morning to see what it had to say and i was in shock when my little MI was smaller and instead of being called obesy i just said that i was overweight...I had to yell to my husband to come and see...I just had to share my great SV with my OH family :-)

As of today I'm down 89 pounds and i have a goal of 100 pounds by Christmas....Only 11 pounds to go and with my current restriction I know that i can do it...

Well i went in yesterday for another fill and was very happy with the 0.6cc (currently have 5.8cc) that i got.  I had noticed that i was getting hungry more quickly in the past few weeks.  I hadn't lost much if any in the last month so when i was told that i was getting a fill I was very happy.  I have had pretty good restriction ever since having the band but now i know that i have to be really careful.  This morning i was drinking my shake for breakfast and i took my meds as i have been doing every morning and well the pills put a end to my shake.  I don't think I'm stuck but boy did that hurt for a bit.  I'm going to try some warm tea to help wash the remainder of the pills down. I will have to make sure that I'm very careful when i start eating regular food at lunch.

Well it's been almost 2 months since i posted last...I'm SO BAD  It's been a busy 2 months for me...With the kids starting school and running them from one activity to the next I never know if I'm coming or going...Well my weight lost has really slowed down and I've only lost 8 pounds since my last fill...I can't complain much because I've lost 80 pounds in less then 6 months...but when every i start feeling bad about not losing i just tell myself "self...YOU NOT GAINING...so lift your head up and hit that treadmill..."

I go in on Monday the 13th for a fill so I'm hopping that will kick my weight loss back into gear...I have been doing a better job about exercising so that may have something to do with the slower weight loss...I have really noticed that my muscles are more defined or maybe it's just less fat hiding the muscle but it's nice to see again...I have learned a few thing when it come to eating...I can't eat late because if it gets late i get too hungry and eat too much to fast and then i slim most of it anyway...I've started eating softer foods if it gets to be a late supper...Still loving my cottage cheese mixed with BBQ sauce and canned chicken so that helps on those late nights...

I have noticed that with the weight lost i have a few areas that concern me a little...The BAT WINGS (omg they are so gross)...then these the sagging tummy skin that goodness for spanks (or body armor and my DH calls it...Lastly someone took my boobs and left all the skin (really they hing down to my belly button and it's really sad)  but all that can be covered with Spanks, Push-up bra and shirt sleeve...

I have joined the Christmas challenge and set a goal of losing 20 pounds by Christmas...when i lost that 20 pounds that will put me at 100 lost and then my next goal is under 200 (haven't been there since high school)

Well I haven't updated on here in a while so here goes...

On monday i had another fill...Only .6cc because i've been losing pretty good...I'm very happy with my fill so far...As of this morning i'm down 72 pounds and loving every pound of it...I have had a few problems if i eat too fast or don't chew enough...I don't throw up, just slim a lot...I am being really careful now because i just had the fill...I'm curretnly at 5.2 and feeling pretty good restriction...I wish i could get my stomach to talk to me head...I find that if i'm not paying close attention to how full i am getting..My head tells me that i haven't eaten enough and that i need to eat more...

Well all in all i LOVE my band and would do this again in a heartbeat...

Thanks for taking the time to read my post and have a GREAT Day!!!

Well I had my 2nd fill on Monday and prior to that i thought i had pretty good restriction...boy was i wrong...I have to go back to the basic now...I was on liquids until last night and when i got home from work i thought i would have a piece of cheese and some lunch meat to help me make it until my DH got home from work and we had supper...well I didn't eat slow enought and wow did that hit me ouch  I slimmed a little not much though...so stupid me when my DH got home 8pm we went to arby's (first time with any fast food)  I got the popcorn chicken and shared it with my DD...well it was two pieces of chicken and i was full...

Today is going to be a better day...I'm going to make sure i CHEW CHEW CHEW and eat really slow...I haven't noticed a soft stop yet...the only time i have gotten a sign like i've heard other getting is about 10 minutes after i'm done eating...

My Dr gave my another 1cc so i currently have 4.6cc in my 10cc band...I don't get in for another fill until august so i'm hopping that this fill does it's work for a while...I've done better then i had ever expected with my weight loss.  Since my last fill on May 19 I had lost 10 pounds and am very happy about it...I find from reading everyone's posts that it doesn't matter how much you lose you always want to lost more...I'm currently down 56 pounds

I had a little NSV today...I went to get a pair of capri for a business trip and tried  on the 18W and they were too big and baggy...so i thought well i will give it a shot and tried on a pair of 18 (not plus) and OMG they fit...they are a little on the snug side but I can handle a little snug over baggy...

It's been years sence i've been able to by pants that weren't plus sizes...

Down to 264 today...

WOW...I had went into the fill expecting the worst and wow i got handed a GREAT hand...The first question i asked her was..."do you numb"  and i was a bit nervous when she said she didn't...well i'm very please when all i felt was the small poke when the needle when i...it did fell funny when she was "walking" across my port but not painfully at all...she proceeded to remove the 2.6 cc that was in the band to start with and put an additional 1cc in...she didn't want to go much higher because of the fact that my incision is still healing...She had put the 3.6cc in and i didn't even know she had done it...i was suprised when it only took about 3 minutes total...If i look really close i can see the little red spot that they needle went in but no brusing or pain at all...I told my DH that next time he's going to have to come along and video tape it so i can see how it's done...he didn't think he liked that idea at all...I did find out that i have a standard ap 10cc band..I don't get my next fill until July because of the fact that they only come to my town once a month (which is 3 weeks away) and they only fill every 4 weeks..   I seem to have some restriction...I will know more about my restriction after i try to eat lunch...I've been on liquids for 24 hours...I was also very happy because i've lost more weight...now i'm down a total of 44 pounds...I was on cloud nine when they weighed me...I had to write everything down becasue i was so happy that i was under 270....250 here i come...I also meet with my NUT and was thinking that i may not have been eating very well and it turns out that i've been doing much better then I had expected...I hope I can make it until July for my next fill (i guess i really don't have a choice)...

Sorry to be so long winded...I'm just very happy and wanted to share...

Well today I am 4 week post op mark...I'm currently down 39 lbs from the time i started my weight loss journey...I have been on mushies for the past two week and although I though I was putting weight on I lost 1 lb the first week of mushies and 2 lbs the second week...I still am having some problems with my port incision being open...I saw Dr. Schmit on Monday and he wasn't concerned with it but gave me antibiotics to be safe...I need to do better at working out then i have been but still find that when i get home from work I'm completely drained...I have done pretty well with my protein and really kept the amount of carbs to a minimum...I go the clinic on Monday for my NUT appointment as well as my first fill...I'm hoping, like I'm sure everyone does, that i get some decent restriction right away...I want to continue to lost and try to keep banster hell at a minimum...

I have had a couple sweet NSV during this time...I have already dropped 2 pant sizes...the biggest NSV happened Tuesday (5/13/08) I was at my son's track meet and spent 4 hours sitting in the bleachers (my back wasn't killing me as it would have in the past)  When we were done i ran (yes RAN) up the stairs...after the track meet we went to my husbands softball game and again I ran up the stairs (no pain or panting)...Last summer i would have to walk slow and my knees were throbbing by the time I got to the top...

Well I survived the 2 weeks of liquids and start on mushies today.  I have lost a total of 11 lbs since surgery.  I'm so excited to start earing more "normal" foods, I've really gotten tired of soup. I had a shake this morning for breakfast because i just don't have time to make myself eggs or oatmeal for breakfast.  For lunch i'm having some cottage cheese and samon and haven't yet decided whats for supper. 

I'm going to have to go and get some new pants because i think i've gone down a couple sizes with the 2 week pre-op and post op diets. I knew that I would have to get new cloths but I just didn't think it would be this fast.  I am hopeing that now that i'm on solid foods I don't gain much of the weight that i've lost back. 

Down a total of 37 lbs from when i started this journey