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My fill went very well and I am having good restriction now.  They only put in .8 cc, but that was all I needed.  I am finding that some things don't go down too well that I could eat before.  One of those being chicken!  This is a problem as I love chicken!  Plus with the restriction I really have to SLOW DOWN or I PB and slime.   Yucky, but I am on a learning curve.  I started doing water aerobics every day and am up to 45 minutes to an hour each time.  It feels so good to have the stamina now to do this and not be winded so bad.  I am down about 40 pounds now and have been at a plateau right now, but it should start to get better now that I am exercising regularly.  I had to buy a new bathing suit....size 18!  It fits nice and feels really good.  Didn't have to buy it at a fat store.  My skin seems to be tightening a bit and I am hoping that I don't get the "bat wings" or belly flap so I have been trying to lose the weight more gradually so that my skin will "fit".  I don't know if this helps or not, but it seems to for me. 

Going for my fill tomorrow, want to continue to lose weight.  Bought size 18 tops yesterday and they fit beautifully.  My son said it looked "hot"!
Need restriction though if I want to keep this up.

Ready to go down and get my fill next week.  I have been having the hunger pangs like crazy, but when I eat, I get full pretty quickly, not like pre-surgery.  It is nice to feel full for a change!

I am definitely going through "Bandster Hell" right now.  I am healed from my surgery, on regular foods and am waiting for my first fill......I am hungry!!!  The worst thing is that I am hungry, oh I mentioned that!  When I am hungry I tend to eat faster and impulsively.....bad idea!  This causes PBing and PAIN!  Well, I now know to stay away from bread, pasta and rice!  Meats and proteins go down pretty well as do most other foods.  Just the starches get stuck and give me problems.  I go on January 16th to get my first fill.  I am a little nervous about this, but decided to back to Mexico for this and make an overnight excursion and shopping marathon out of it.  This makes me happy and gets me away from the kids for a night!  YaY!  I really want to start losing weight again and have already lost about 38 pounds since starting which is wonderful, but my hunger is making me make poor food choices at times.  The holidays didn't help matters any either.  My pants are really loose and falling down and I will soon be in a size 18 and I won't buy any new until I can buy off the rack in a normal store, so I look a little rumpled for a while.  I don't feel any different though and don't see it yet, but people are noticing. 

I am doing great!  I am down 30 pounds with my pre-op and am able to get into one of my daughters jeans as mine are falling down!  Hurray!  There is nothing more wonderful than feeling satisfied after a meal and not wanting or craving more and more!  

Dr. Ortiz and staff were wonderful and with me being such a huge baby this was a breeze.  My experience was so incredible and I have nothing but good things to say about it.  I never experience any pain other than the gas which was uncomfortable, but not pain exactly.  My incision are healing up great and the swelling is going down and my body is shrinking.  I can't hardly believe it already.  Why didn't I do this sooner?  I was scared, of course, and money an issue, but I would do it again in a heartbeat.

Well today is the big day. Right now I had a crappy nights sleep, was the hotel bed and not nerves (okay maybe a little bit of nerves). I am sitting on the computer in the hotel, listening to Christmas music and smelling food cooking in the restaurant--I can't have any......fasting for the surgery.

Went shopping yesterday at Revolution Boulevard. That was a blast and I got some of my Christmas shopping done. I don't seem to feel nervous which is good. I am in good shape mentally.

Well, I will try to write again and tell all about it when i return to the hotel in 2 days.

See you on the flipside!

Yay!  I got back from my cruise and lost 5 pounds!  I am so thrilled and I never expected it at all.   I had fun and ate "normal" and "healthy" and did great.....was so worried that I would gain while I was gone. 

I finally got back from the cruise and it was beautiful.  I didn't need a seat belt extender on any of the flights which was WONDERFUL and something that I am always embarassed by.  I don't think that I have gained any weight from the cruise but the scale will tell all when I step on it tomorrow.  I have 7 more days until I leave for my surgery.  I am really excited, but having some difficulty with the pre-op diet.

Well, I made it through Halloween with only having one snack sized kit-kat!  It was tough, but I felt guilty for about a second and then went walking with the kids to all the houses.  What a waste, I don't even like Kit-Kat's, hopefully I burned it off with the walking.  I am getting really excited to go on vacation, but am so worried about "blowing" it.  I will have to be really careful and keep myself busy with a lot of non-food related activities. 

I am so hungry all the time and my Dr. has me on a pre-op diet of protein shakes and Lean Cuisine for dinner.  I am so hungry all the time.   I cheated this evening and feel just awful.  Well I am getting ready for bed this evening and am going to start over again tomorrow morning.  I just am not very strong at saying "no" and try to justify my cheating.  I can't wait to get the surgery done so that I can feel full for once in my life.  I don't want to feel hungry and deprived any more.