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So when I went to the the doc last week he took out .5 cc's of fluid. So basically he reversed the entire last fill and took out .1 cc more. So, I feel better, but I am hungry all the time, and eat A LOT more than I have in a while.

That is proving to be a challange since I clearly have issues with food still. Not to mention life is a little stressful right now and I am reverting ot my old tatics of heading towards comfort food. :>( 

Didn't get on the scale today. Was kind of afraid to see what damage I have done since last week. I know, I know.. bad. I might be over exagerating my relapse, and it will keep me more accountable. I just don't want to know. I haven't been able to control my urges as of today, so I am going to give it all my effort this week then check back with the scale next Sunday. Wish me luck..

Hope all is well in bloggerville.

Toodles,
Amerific

Okay folks, it has been a rough month!! I lost 15 pounds from July 9th to about the first week in August. I would normally be thrilled, but it came at a price.

For starters, I am super restricted. Every meal is a chore, and I am getting really frusterated. To top things off, about a week and a half ago I started to get this really annoying habit where after I eat I cough and my chest gets tight.

I called the surgeon and got even more annoyed. The sec said I clearly have too much food for one. She is not the least bit impressed I lost 15 pounds in less than month. She said it is not healthy to lose that much that fast, and that means I am not eating enoughk, which means I am not getting enough nutrution. Can't argue that point. I am tried all of the time and my focus is off.

I told her I called in the week after my last fill and told them I was having problems even drinking a whole slim fast in a 1/2 hour and she said had I talked to he she would have told me to come in asap and get some fluid taken out.

So... When I go back on Wednesday they are not only not adding fluid, kind of glad actually, they are taking fluid out.

I still think it is more than the fluid. I have been reading up on acid  reflux, and I have he majority of the symtoms. Regergitation, coughing, my asthma is acting up.. blah, blah, blah.. My concern is all the literature make it sound like a death sentence to let it go for a long tim, or worse to not be proeprly diagnosed. And, to top it all off. Apparently I have been "overfilled" since the fill. Which I also read is hell bad.

I am frusterated and a little worried. Every meal is an ordeal. My surgeon's sec said at this point the only difference I should be able to pick up on at meal time is that I am eatin less. Uh, NOT!!!

I can't wait to get this figured out. I will post when I get back from the doctor.

I think I need my levels checked. I haven't had a work up since the surgery and with me being so fatigued I am worried something is really off. :>(

Hello from slackersville!! For any of you whom still read my blogs I apologize it have been FOREVER since I have checked in.

Really an assortment of reasons. I wasn't losing weight. Mostly of my own doing mind you. But, I am als in school and working, and working out,and dating someone. But, that is no excuse. This board helps me, and I hope it helps other people, so I need to add it to the priorities for sure!!

Lets see.. My fill in May was a bust. I had gained weight back. As you can see on my tracker. I really can't pinpoint 1 reason. I think it is a combo of everything. Good news/bad news, my doctor really didn't say much. He is one of those that says hey, he did his part, the rest is on me. I almost wish he would let me have it.

I had another fill on 07-09. Whoa was that a duzzy!!! I lost 9 pounds in the first week. And, oh, let me not forget.. I COULDN'T EAT!! Even now mornings are bad. I have to wait like 4 hours after waking up before I can eat food. At first I couldn't even get a slimfast down. I was pushing it to drink 8 ounces in a hour. That has gotten better. Liquids are fine, and every now and then I can handle half of cup of yogurt but solid foods are still out.

I have had this weird regergitations problem. So, thinking I might be getting acid reflux I called he dr. Sarah, love her, said the symptoms for over eating or taking too big of bite are the same as acid reflux. I decribed to he what is going on, and what I called having to "throw up" after meals, and she said it is not puke. She said it is regergitation. The bite/s I took are sitting on my stoma and can't go down. She said I am more than likly eating too fast, or taking too big of bites.

I tried to tell her they are smaller. She said they might be smaller than someone who hasn't had w/l/s but I have to adjust it again since I got a new fill. Oh, and I am at 6.4cc now fyi.

Long of the short is, as of todate, this fill has been the best as far as weight loss, and the worst as far as getting adjusted to it. I am still having issues. I went out of town last weekend for a reunion and basically I had to force everything back up. And trust. At this point I am taking my 1/2 to eat, taking small bites, and stopping when I am full. Guess I am still doing something wrong.

I have lost 15 pounds as of today, since my last fill. I go back on the 12th of Aug. I am hoping to shed another 10. I realize that is a little ambitious, but if I have lost 15 half way there, why not.

I think my trainer is helping tremendously. He is too cute. I try diligently to see him 2x a week. Sometimes it is only once. I have switched my sessions from the am to the pm. Don't know what I was thinking when I set up am sessions. HA!! lol

Okay, blogged a short book as of now. Hope all is well in bloggersville. :>) I will try and update at least once a month. Hopefull I can get some pics on here soon too.

Toodles,
Amers

So, so far so good since fill numero 3. ( I don't know Spanish or I would have attempted more. lol )

I have lost 4 pounds since my fill. That puts me at 41 so far. I feel behind for some reason though. Oh well.. It is what it is. 

I have been working really hard at not drinking when eating. And, it seems to be working. I am losing. 

I can also tell a difference in how much I can take. It is getting less and less. Although, for some reason today I am really hungry. Maybe not enought protien? Not sure. But, I will avoid the vending machine. It helps I can't break a $5 or $10. lol 

Strangest thing has been happening. I keep getting the hiccups. I called the doc and the secretary seems to think I am eating too fast. Apparently hiccups come with increased air being introduced into my system. So, I will watch that some more. Exercise is going as good as can be expected. I seem to do more of my cardio Friday-Sunday and more weights during the week. 

Oh, and I can't have  cereal any more. Tried a couple times, and, well, that ain't happen'. lol 

That's all for now. Here's looking at 10+ lost by my next fill on 05-14!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Amers

Oh, oh, before I forget. My computer was taken during a burglary at my apartment last weel. :( At this point I don't plan on replacing it, so new pics are out for now. I will try and blog more though.

So my attempts to lose 5 on top of the 5 I had lost at one point failed miserably.  When I got to the doctor this week I had only lost a pound since my last fill. Uuugggghhhhhhhh....

I can't blame it on the band though. I did really good the first 2 weeks, then all of the wheels fell off my wagon. Some of my eating habits came back, then I stopped exercising. And, I have to admitt, that there were times I drank while eating JUST so I could finish the food. I know, bad Amy. This journey is not so easy. It is hard to break 20 year old habits ya know?! 

I told my doctor thinking he was going to rip me a knew one and he didn't. He honestly didn't seem to worried bout it at all. lol Said you will get out of it what you put in. Put the wheels back on your wagon. God I love him. lol 

So...he added .6ccs. I know random I have a feeling he would have added a full 1, but I am sure it is hard for him to gauge how well the band is doing when I am not doing what I am suppose to. 

So far so good. I got the fill on Wednesday and I have really been focused as far as doing what I am suppose to be doing. I got on the scale this  morning and I am back down to 255. Right back at 40 pounds lost. Which, is where I was after the 2nd fill, before I had a wagon wreck.lol 

So, I am determined this month will be better. I am starting on a Friday night softball league next week. And this semester at school will be wrapping up shortly. I will do what I can fit it exercise wise till then, but it is on like donkey kong after school gets out. I will have no excuse not to hit the tready 5 days a week. 

That's all for now.... Smooches, 
Amerific

So, I have determined that it must be my computer not allowing me to see my posts. When I check them from the work comuter they are there in all there glory! lol 

So, I will make more of an effort to blog more frequently.

For starters I didn't see much of a difference with the second fill. I really only felt restriction the first 2 days. That was kind of  a  bummer.. I felt like I was eating everything under the sun. I lost 4 initially, but then in 1 week gained it all back!!!!!!!!!!!!! I know, I know.. 

I knew I wasn't eating right, but I later figured out that didn't have anything to do with it.I don't normally have periods, but I had one this month. I guess instead of the week before toils and tribulations, I had a month of them. I was miserably bloated for 3 weeks. Upped and lower abdomen. God it as awful!!!!!!!!! 

When I got back on the scale today I had lost the 4 I had gained and 1 more. Whew who!!!! I have my next doctor's appointment on the second. That is 5 since the second fill, I am shooting for 5 more. I am hoping now that my cycle is gone, and all the cravings and munchies, and bloating that comes with it, that I will hit the goal. 

I am still not happy with not feeling much restriction. But, I have to remember this is a tool, not a fix. There are still things I have to do to aid the band. So, I try not to get too discouraged and just make sure I am donig what  I am suppose to be doing.

Police Academy here I come!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Till next time, hope all is well with the bloggers in bloggersville!!!

Amerific

So, as you can see, it has been a while since my last post. Not because I have not attempted, but this site hates me. lol 

Some posts will show up, but with the wrong dates, and others don't show up at all. The weird thing is I have NO problems with picutures. Go figure.. Which..I don't mind. If anyone reading this was like me when you first started on the WLS path you liked seeing the pictures. So, ENJOY. he he he... 

So, lets catch up. I had my second fill this week. I am officially banded at 5ccs out of 10cc. The only thing I can't eat is fish. I have tried 3 times and have gotten ill. Not throwing up, just major stomach pains. 

I have had not gotten anything stuck or vomitted. THANK THE LORD. (uh, honey child don't like puking) 

As far as my eating habits, I have been trying to do good. Still avoiding fast food. I cheated and had girl scout cookies this week. Felt super duper guilty. But, still wound up losing weight.

I am exercising pretty faithfully. I have only been managing 2-3 days on the cardio, but I do arms, legs, and abs at least every day. Sometimes 2 times a day on the abs and arms. 

Oh,.. I finally felt my portsite the other day coming up from a situp. TOO weird. 

Overall I am VERY happy with the decision to have the surgery and I am very pleased with my results. 

I am shooting for trying out for the police academy now in either October or December. There is no way I could even be hopeful about the whole process without this surgery, and this board for that matter. 

I hope you all are doing well!!

Amerific

So, I got my first fill yesterday. It went better than expected. The needle is HUGE, but the worst part was the surgeon pressing on my port site to find the stupid thing. Then he pulled air out so he can put saline it. He put in 4cc this time and I will see him 1 a month for the next few months. 

Here are the stats: 
4cc
24 pounds lost
16% body fat los
BMI reduction of 3

Overall I am happy. On a restricted 10 day diet. Liquids yesterday and today, cream soups, and fruit tomorrow, soft foods friday, and by Satruday I should be able to eat all foods, with exception of red meat, pork, bread, and rice. 

I am still shooting for 5-10 pounds for this month!!!!

Amers

So, today would be one of those days where it would be really easy for me to lie. But, That doesn't do anyone else, especially me any good so I will stay truthfull. 

I GAINED 4 pounds back. I know, I know, how does that happen? The answer is over eating slightly, but not to much, but for the most part it is eating foods from before the surgery. I suppose I thought a french fry would not necessarily kill me since I have not had them in forever. And, I made eggplant lasagna last weekend and have been eating on it all week. Carbs are not my friend. And, as if all of that is not bad enough.. I haven't worked out at all this week. 

I am disappointed, but not really upset. It does bring  home the idea that the surgery is an aid to weight loss, not the solution. I still HAVE to do my part. And, I am on it... 

Hope everyone else in my Sunday weigh in group did better than I did!!

So, as well all know now, I had the fill. This week has actually been my favorite week since I have had the surgery. I literally get full if I even drink. On Tuesday and Wenesday,when I as on ordered liquid, I would drink a half a coffee cup of hot chocolate. Whew who... 

My first "food" was last night and it was a bowl of potato soup. I could only eat half the bowl at the restraunt, but I did finish it of before I went to bed. 

And.. here is the restraint problem. I weighed yesterday and I was down 7, I weighed again this morning and I had lost 2 more for a drop of 9 so far this month!!! YEA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

For my weigh-in buddies, I apologize that I faultered. I hope you all were able to resist where I was not. lol 

Till next time
 Amy