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I'm officially down 30lbs!! Hoorraaay!

My goal was to try and loose 30 lbs by this past weekend. I wanted to loose the weight prior to going to a friends wedding. When I weighed on Friday morning before leaving town---I had made it!

With that said---I went in yesterday and got my 3rd fill. I've been in TERRIBLE pain this past week. The pain started in my left shoulder (still since surgery). Then it really started kicking in.... I had a tightness in the left side of my chest, pain under my left breast, a shooting pain into my shoulder from my chest, the pain radiated into my left back and the left part of my neck. My left arm would also go numb. It was seriously one of the worst pains I've ever been in. It felt like I was having a heart attack for 4 days straight. My surgeon still firmly believes that it is all caused from Acid Reflux.

We changed my medicine intake and things have slowly started to improve. I am currently on 80 mg of Prilosect and 40 mg of Pecid a day. She says that as I continue to loose weight---my acid reflux will settle down.

I'm glad we decided to do my fill yesterday... i think the fill prior to this one was to minimal and was actually what was causing my acid reflux pain (it was only .5 cc's)...I now have 2.5 ccs in my 8cc band. I finally feel a little restriction...it's nice!

My Goal is to loose 20 more pounds by January 18th! (I'm leaving on vacation that day!)

Yesterday was my 3 month mark....

I also went in yesterday for my 2nd fill. Everything is looking great----I'm down 28 lbs and feeling great.

Honestly...I've been eating like I did before surgery---and really need to buckle down on what i'm ingesting! 

Overall---I'm happy with the results thus far.

I'm not sure what I was thinking yesterday....

I ate whatever I got my hands on...and I DRANK LOTS of Alcohol! 

I haven't been drinking since surgery----but was ready to finally let loose and go out for a good time. Afterwards I was mad at myself. I'm having trouble drinking wine...it burns my stomach. Vodka is a different story though---it doesn't bother me at all....so with vodka come high sugered juices----which is nothing but calories straight to my butt! 

I now know why they suggest we not drink---we eat when we drink! I ate whatever I wanted last night! I woke up this morning feeling disgusting (not because of the alcohol...but because of the nasty food I ate!) 

My Suggestion----Stay away from drinking!!!....it leads you back into your lifestyle prior to your surgery...which is somewhere none of us want to travel to!

It's a great feeling to finally feel like i'm loosing weight.

My clothes are getting big---my boobs don't fit inside of my bra----my shoes are too big! I can't bring myself to go shopping---because I feel like I'm going to start a cycle of constantly buying more and more clothes.

I'm down to 25/26 pounds

I feel GREAT! (Besides the acid reflux every now and then).

Weirdly enough though---my shoulder still hurts at times. It's been really bothering me this afternoon. I think I had some nerve damage during surgery. There is no reason that it should still be hurting. 

I'm posting a head shot photo of me from this past weekend---I haven't taken any full body shots lately. I'll add them as I take them.

I'm Still 150% glad I went through with this surgery!

I got my first fill on Tuesday.... piece of cake!

My Doctor tried to do it without having to put me under flureo...but after a few tries decided to just ahead and put me under--once she had the machine set up...she got me on the first stick--I didn't feel a thing! (after the first stick of the numbing shot)

I've noticed some restriction----nothing like I did right after surgery. I miss that feeling----and wonder when I'm going to get that back. (I know...it could be several fills before that point!...eerrr!)

I am still sitting at down 22lbs...and it's making me MAD!! I've been working out 4/5 times a week...and have truly started to love it. 

I am hoping to loose 5 more lbs by my birthday at the end of September...but I'm really going to have to work hard.

Overall....I'm still happy....and excited at the progress I've made thus far.

I'm offically down 22 lbs!!!

I'm extremely happy with my progress thus far.... I've only had a few issues that have come up in the past week. I've been suffering from EXTREME Acid Reflux/Heartburn. I went in to see my surgeon on Tuesday and she ordered an upper G-I to make sure that my band had not slipped.... it had not..... but I was grateful that she still wanted to 100% make sure.
I'm currently taking 2 Prilosect a day and 1 Pepcid AC at night. It seems to do the trick!

I was scheduled for my first fill this coming Tuesday....but don't feel like she's going to do it with my previous issues....I think i'm going to have to wait a little while.

I'm eating normal foods again---and have realized that my bad habits are starting to slowly creap back into my diet.....a little candy here....a pinch of something there.....it's so hard to constantly be healthy!

I've been excercising....and it truly makes me feel SOOO much better about myself. I need to make sure that i'm getting it in 5 days a week though---i find that I get busy and push it to the back burner.

Overall....I'm soo happy with how this whole process is going!

Where has the past month gone too?

I swear life is starting to fly by these days.... 

This past month has been AMAZING! I'm so glad that I've had the opportunity to change my life in this way. I'm down 17 lbs and weighing in at 249 lbs. I can't remember the last time I weighed under 250...so I was extremely excited to see the 249 pop up on my scale today!

I'm exercising now---and truly enjoying it. I went to the gym the other morning at 6:30am (I'm still not believing I did that one!). I also went on a 4 mile bike ride on Sunday. I haven't been on a bike in 6 years! It was kinda exhilerating! 

I'm hoping to loose 3 more pounds before my first fill on August 7th....but I'm going to have to work hard at it to get there. It seems like my weightloss is slowing down these days. (eeerrrrrr!) 

If anything through all this---I'm learning to accept compliments from other people. I haven't in the past taken compliments very well---but through this...I'm having to finally say "Thank You... I'm really trying!"....Wow... I guess I'm offically growing up!

I've been EXTREMELY open about telling people about this surgery. I think it is an amazing procedure---and one that MANY could benefit from. I'm also being used as a "case study" for my hospital...so my story is going to be public on the hospital website and through video cast. I'll publish a link once I have one...

I'm transitioning back into solid foods...and overall everything has stayed down fine. I'm wondering if that is going to change once I have a fill in August.

WOW!!!...What a Great month this has been!... here's to hoping Month 2 gets even better!

Today is my second day back in the Gym...and I must admit... I kinda like it!... 

I weighed this morning--- I'm down 2 lbs!

Whoooo Oohhhh!

I'm setting the goal for myself to loose 5lbs before my first fill on August 7th!

So I'm a little discouraged today... the scale hasn't moved since last Tuesday! I keep having to tell myself that 13 pounds in 8 days is a HUGE accomplishment...and that my body is trying to catch up with me....but still it's hard! I just really want to get under 250 by the time I go in August for my first fill. I'm 4 pounds away...and I really hope I can pull it off!

I actually wore a pair of white pants yesterday that I had NEVER worn before. Something about white pants freaks me out. I feel like everyone can see my dimply butt! But, I put them on yesterday and decided to just go for it! I guess it was a wise decision because ALL day long everyone kept commenting on how great I was looking! That they could really tell that i'm loosing weight. I was totally shocked because in the past... i could loose 30 pounds and NO ONE would say a word to me...and now I loose 13 and everyone starts noticing! Maybe it's because they know i'm trying...but still...it feels good that people care enough to say something to me!

I'm now eating FOOD! (well kinda!).... I've been able to keep down refried beans, applesauce, pork and beans (smooshed up), stewwed tomatoes with a little rice, butter beans (smooshed up), risotto and mashed potatoes.
I'm struggling getting in all my water and protein. It hasn't been as hard as I imagined it would be with not drinking while eating...i've actually adjusted well on that part. But I'm finding that i'm not drinking enough water throughout the day. 

Things I'm going to concentrate on this week:
1. Getting back to the gym
2. Drinking more water
3. Trying to bring different protein's back into my diet

Overall... I'm soo blown away by this surgery. It's already changed my life for the better and I'm not even a month out!