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I did it!  50 lbs lost as of today.  What a great feeling!  I also reached the weight I was at the last time I really did well losing (50 lbs that time too), and I'm almost halfway through my loss.  I figured something was up when I put on some pants I'd bought but couldn't zip a month ago and they fit perfectly.

Boy, this feels GREAT!

Well, I had my 3 month post-op a week early yesterday and I did great!  10 lb loss since my last checkup, for a total of 46 lbs lost, including my preop fast.  Yay me!

We redid my waist and hip measurements too, and it was a nice change:
Waist - I went from 46" to 42" 
Hips: I went from 58" to 52"

I've also gone down from size 26 in pants to an 18 or 20 (depending on the store), and my top is down from a 22/24 to 14/16 or 18/20 (depending on store)

Hooo-RAH!  

I did finally get my first fill yesterday and found out I had started with 2cc at surgery time.  With 1.2cc's added yesterday, I now have 3.3cc's in a 10cc AP band.  I'm hungry today, but that's just because of the liquid diet today, so i'm going to give some mushy food a try tongiht and then ease back into solids tomorrow if it feels okay.

My goal is to maintain the 10-15 lbs/month loss rate I have going now and it seems completely reasonable and manageable to me at this point.  If I stick to that schedule, I'll be at or below my goal of 180 lbs by this time next year (total of 107 lbs lost).  

It dawned on me today that I've never lost more than 50 lbs in any attempt, and even that was only managed once in my life when I was in my 20's.  Once I make it past this loss, I'll be in totally new territory, and I think I'll finally feel like I'm getting somewhere.  I know it's silly - 46 lbs is a HUGE deal, but it just won't feel like anything until I pass that 50 lb mark.  Yeah, I know, my brain is a mess, but that's a big part of why I'm here now.