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Yesterday was my 1st anniversary of my LapBand.  I have lost a total of 86 pounds and feel amazing.  I still have around 35 pounds more to loose.   Getting the LapBand is one of the best decisions I have ever made!!!

I must confess, I gained 4 pounds while on vacation – ya’ll know how cruises are; there was food everywhere and I could NOT resist the desserts!  It's been slow for the past weeks.
I had my 5th Fill on 11/28 and he put in .5cc.  I now have 7.5 cc’s in my band.  The total weight loss is up to 79 pounds!  

On a side note….2 weeks ago I went to my primary care physician for a yearly checkup and he was amazed with my blood work results.  Everything is perfect!  My liver enzymes, which were way too high before surgery, are now at the lower side of the normal range.  The same goes with Cholesterol, sugar and blood pressure!  My Christmas wish is to welcome 2008 in Onederland; I am 9 pounds away from that so I better be a good girl in the next 3 weeks.
I will post some recent pictures soon.

It’s my 6 month band anniversary.  Wow, time sure flies by.  I have lost 67 pounds since post surgery and 10 on pre-op diet so total of 77 pounds!!!  I am 11 pounds away from Onederland. Hopefully I’ll get there by Christmas and welcome 2008 in the 100’s.

Got my 4th fill last week (10/17) and he put in yet another CC.  I have great restriction but my concern is how full my band is.  I have a 10cc band so that means that I have only room for 3cc's more and I still have to loose like 50 more pounds.  I’m assuming that from now on he will start to put in .5 cc at a time, even though I know my weigh loss is going to slow down.  As of today I have lost a total of 65 pounds!!!  I’m getting a fill every 6 weeks and I’m curious to see what my doctor will do next time I see him.  I voiced my concern and he kind of just blew me off with a “Don’t worry about that; keep doing what you are doing”.  Okay…

 As far as my goal of being in Onederalnd for my cruise vacation…. I don’t know if that is going to happen.  I’m only 2 1/2 weeks away and I still have 13 pounds to loose.  Oh well…

I turned 33 yesterday and yes, I had cake!  My weight this morning was 218 lb so that makes my weight loss total = 60!  (Post surgery).  Let’s see what that piece of cake does to my weight ;-)   I’ve been boycotting the gym or the past 3 weeks; that’s just terrible.  I have to get back in the gym or I will look like a deflated balloon by the time I’m done with the weigh loss.  

I’m happy to report that I have cleaned out my closed twice already.  My 18 pants are almost falling off me and that’s very exciting.  Today I’m shopping for jeans; I will try a 14 first but that is wishful thinking.  I’ll be happy with my 16 jeans. 

Well I got my 3^rd fill on 8/30/07 and it was much better than my last one.  I got 1 more CC.    

I don’t mean to brag but I was very flattered with my doctor’s reaction to my weigh loss.  I had the doctor, nutritionist and the nurse in the room, all complementing me on my progress.  They told me that I am loosing weigh at the rate of a gastric bypass patient and they are amazed with my progress.  I have lost 50 pounds in 4 months. 

 As far as restriction, well I have lots of it, I’ve had food stuck twice since my last fill and it was painful, very painful. I can eat but only softer foods; I’m fine with that.  I’m on a roll to loose 25 pounds in the next 2 months for my November cruise.

This morning I was in shock when saw my weight, I reached the 50 pound mark.  I am loosing the weight so fast, I am beyond exited and it is almost safe to say that I am about half way to my goal. YEAH!!!!
 

I am however loosing lots of hair as well.  I’m taking Biotin every day along with vitamins but quite honesty I think this is inevitable and I just hope that it all comes back soon.  People can’t tell but I do see it when I wash my hair.  

My next goal is to loose 28 more pounds by Nov 10 for my Caribbean cruise vacation; there is a nice new bathing suit in my drawer that I MUST fit into. (hoping I still have a head full of hair)

Lost 5 more for a total weight loss of 46 pounds in 14 weeks!!  I love this band.  I don't eat ANY bread, rice, pasta, etc... but once in a while I do have some sugar like 2 M&M's or a thin mint etc...  Sugar is my weakness.  

This past weekend I had my daughter’s birthday and had a small bite of the cake.  Somehow, I still managed to loose weight.  I pretty much stick with breakfast which most days is a protein shake with milk and a fruit then for lunch I have a choice of meat (tuna, chicken, fish or beef ) with tomatoes and cheese and for dinner  same as lunch.  I don’t snack at all between meals and drink water, water, water …making sure I follow the 1 hour rule. 

I’m sticking to this plan because it works for me.  The weeks I do workout I notice that loose more, but lately that has been at the bottom of my priority list (Very bad on my part) ;-) 

 I am 62 pounds away from my goal, my God; I can’t believe it!!!! 

Well I got my 2^nd fill on 7/19/07 and let me tell you...it was painfull.  Dr kept moving the needle in there until he finally got in the center of the port.  OUCH!  Then he drained the band to confirm I still had the 3cc he put in my 1^st fill and then added 1 more cc.  I could feel something moving inside as the band was getting filled.  

He makes me sit up and drink water with this device sticking out of my belly.  As soon as I saw that I started sweating and the room was totally spinning  he he… yeah I almost fainted on him.  Pretty embarrassing!   It took me about 10 minutes to compose myself.  Anyways…I have now 4cc on my 10cc band! 

 
As far as restriction, yes I can tell a difference and in just 3 days I have lost 3 more pounds bringing me to a total weight loss of 41 pounds!!!!!!!!  SWEET!!!