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It's been a long long time since I posted on here. I am now down to 150, size 11. I would still like to lose another 5-10 pounds but I'm not desperate for that. I am having an extended tummy tuck w/lipo and a breast lift with augmentation on 11/05... 6 years out from lap band! I feel very blessed to have been so successful in this journey. Probably my biggest triumph to date would be the blood panel I had done a few months ago- the first one since my pre-op  appt for lap band. I was a disaster in that department before surgery, now my complete panel is within perfect range and my blood pressure is running around 109/59 on a regular basis. There were several reasons I wanted this surgery for myself, but above all else it was to be healthy. I know that's what I am  now.

Well I'm at 188 now- so that's good.  I went to Old Navy last week and could actually put a size 14 jeans on.  Still tight but I bought them for later.  I was pretty stoked about that one.

i'm worried right now that maybe I have a flipped port though. I have dull pain in the area that's lasted for 24 hours and started after I jogged. I know that the port is loose already, and the more weight I lose the more I worry that eventually the sutures are going to snap and the port will flip. i really hope this feeling just goes away.

Well I just weighed myself tonight and I am finally at 190 lbs. This is the lowest weight I've been since surgery. I am very stoked. I'm also thinking that I may be even less if I weighed my self in the AM. could I be in the 180's???? I haven't been there since practically high school. This weight is coming off slower this time (since the first half of excess weight loss) but it is coming off and that works for me!

I never used to be one of those girls that would get real emotional and need to eat chocolate and all that. Since surgery my hormones are all out of whack! It's like menopause at 26! Now, bring on the cramps, bring on the bitch that MUST HAVE ICE CREAM OR WILL DIE!!!!

Who is this person?

Well I'm doing pretty good though normally so I guess a 1/2 pint of Ben & Jerry's won't kill me, but the other half and some nachos might!

Can't wait for this to be over!!!!

I am finally back at my 70 pounds lost mark! I noticed that I wasn't losing anything for several days and it was when I was eating around 700-900 calories per day. I knew this was too little and I was working on it. I guess my body must've been starving? My mom was up a here for a few days and we went out to eat every day and though i couldn't barely eat any of my food, the food I did eat was much higher in calories than what I typically eat. And this morning- 2 pounds down.....

My goal is to consume at least 1000 cal per day. I'll do that however I have to but ideally it would come from either eating more food in general or eating more dairy. 

Oh yea- as it turns out, even with this great restriction that I have, late at night when i am least restricted I can still eat several oreos! Wish I never found that out!

I have been worried all day that I have an obstructed stoma. I threw up something fierce last night after attempting 2 chips with hummus. The only thing I could attribute it to was the apple I had eaten earlier. But now that I think about it... for dinner I had two asparagus and a small red potatoe.... hmmm, these things are not easy for bandsters. 

So this AM I woke up with weird restriction even though I wasn't consuming anything. It was hard to get my coffee and protein down. Same with the crystal light later at work. I haven't even attempted solids today. I drank some tomato soup and that was alright. I just feel different. Definite restriction. Maybe this is swelling from vomiting last night... maybe my fill from Saturday is kicking in more and more. I don't know. I'm gonna take it easy and wait it out and see what happens.

Must be some water weight coming off... I'm not complaining!  

So I'm down 2 1/2 pounds since my fill on Saturday.  Yesterday I could definitely tell a difference in restriction but this morning when I woke up I was so much more restricted than yesterday! I can usually drink a few gulps of coffee at a time. Today just 1 small gulp and the pouch is full and then quickly emptied. I can't believe it!

Well I made it through my liquid stage thanks to some sweet corn soup that I picked up at the store (damn that stuff is good!); and I made it through the mushy stage thanks to some dank homemade mac & cheese. And now I'm finishing up my first solids day and all is well. I weighed myself this AM and I am 1 pound down since fill. 

For breakfast I always have a protein drink with my morning coffee and liquid vitamins. For a mid-morning meal I fixed a small piece of toast with cream cheese and I was able to eat it all. I was thinking right after... this sucks, I have no restriction, I could still eat.... And then right after I felt totally full. So i was stoked but not too stoked because I am always tighter in the AM. So for lunch I attempted 1/2 an apple and was able to get down three bites before i started to get the gurgles in my throat. I wasn't sure if it was maybe just what I was eating so I ate a few corn chips an hour or so later and I was able to eat about 5 before being full. So I'm hoping that this is the sweet spot. I would be soooo happy if it was!

Well after months and months and months I have finally gotten my third fill and I am stoked! At first they were thinking my port had flipped because it was hard for them to access. But I guess it was just because my port is moving around because the muscle it's sitting on is flacid from weight loss. Either way the appointment was quick and painless. they added .6cc to the already existing 2. So we'll see if I finally hit my sweet spot at 2.6cc. of course I am on liquids until tomorrow... i can barely feel some restriction when drinking which I think is good because I wouldn't want too much restriction on just liquids, and I didn't  have any at all before... so hopefully this means something! I hate not knowing for 24 hours if it was the right fill level!

Well at any rate- my starting weight was 264 and my weight in the office today was 200. I would love to lose 10 pounds in the next month and am making that my goal. So we shall see!