Band is finally stepping up to the plate!

Feb 07, 2009

Well I haven't blogged in a while so I thought I'd update a bit.  My last fill was a good one.  I believe I'm finally at my sweet spot and I'm learning to manage it.  I'm eating completely different now.  I do have to chew, eat very slowly and I eat very little.  I'm working out between 30 minutes to 2 hours a day.  I try to walk twice at work (30 minutes each) then hit the gym for 1.5 - 2 hours.  40 minutes to an hour of that on the treadmill, the remainder is crunches and strength training.  Now with all that I've lost about   8 lbs since 1/9/09.  That FINALLY puts me in the normal/average expected weight loss range.  I am a bit surprised it's not more since I generally get around 700 calories a day in and so much exercise but I won't complain.  I think I need more calories as we ate Mexican food the other night which slides right down and bumped up my calories for the day to 1200.  I expected to gain a bunch but I only gained 1 lb and the next day was down 2.  I'm upping my protein as that's been low as well.  The only way I can get that in is smoothies and protein shakes.  I can only eat a few bites of good dense proteins.  I'm coming into my 2 weeks period where the band loosens up.  Hopefully it will remain tight enough for me to continue to lose.  I won't be at the 188 by valentines day which is what I was hoping for but if I can get to 190 I'll be happy.

I'm hoping this continues.  Even with the minimal weight loss my body has transformed.  Don't get me wrong, I'm still fat but my body is shrinking and I can feel the hard muscle developing under the shrinking layer of fat.  Things are firming up a bit.  I have no clothes left from pre-surgery that fit.  I've packed it all up and will be taking it to the consignment store.  I'm enjoying the new clothes I've had to buy and enjoying more that they are starting to get big on me.

I now enjoy the exercise and have talked myself into just knowing it's a part of my daily life now.  It's so ingrained that I feel really sleepy when I don't get some exercise in.  I try to take at least 1 day a week off just to let everything rest.  Some days I go two.  I will continue to switch up the exercise I do, when I do it and what I'm eating will hopefully keep this train on the track.  I have an appt next Friday but I think I'm going to cancel it since things are going well.  

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