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Had my second fill today.  Gave me 1.2cc sow now I'm at a total of 6.4  Lets see how this goes.  :)  Down 5 lbs for a total of 20 since my 2 weeks pre-op.  Yay me!!  Feeling proud today. 

Seriously… why does it seem every time you post a question on the forum, people just ignore the question and take it upon themselves to criticize what you’re doing, instead? It’s very discouraging when you want to use the forums as an aid, and all everyone wants to do is tell you what you’re doing wrong.   Example: My last post, I asked for snack suggestions. Simple enough question, right? Give me a snack suggestion. Period   But noooo, I have to be criticized for grazing all day. And yelled at for sitting down to a meal. Where the hell did that come from?? And who are you to tell me what I SHOULDN’T do? Did I ask your advice on my grazing habits? Did I ask your advice on how I eat my meals? Do you EVEN KNOW how I eat my meals, or why I graze all day instead of waiting for meal times??   What works for you, doesn’t work for everyone. I graze all day because I’m inclined to eat too fast when I wait until I’m hungry. AND THEN I PUKE. I prefer not to puke thank you, so I eat several small meals a day instead. And guess what??? I’m losing weight. So apparently it’s WORKING. Maybe when my band starts working like it’s supposed to, those habits will change, but I didn’t ask your opinion on my current one.   One tells me not to graze all day… and then gives this suggestion… Have breakfast, if you are hungry a midmorning snack, lunch, an afternoon snack, then dinner. Umnn, if that’s not grazing, then what the heck is???    My doctor tells me it should take me as long to eat an appetizer as it would for the rest of the table to eat their appetizer and dinner. So someone else tells me, eat my meal within 20 minutes, then stop… I’m sorry. I’m inclined to do what my doctor tells me and not wolf my food down in 20 min. That’s why I’m fat in the first place. And did I happen to mention it makes me PUKE when I do that???   UGH!!! So frustrating. Why can’t they just answer the question you asked them instead of delving into what they ASSUME are all the little nuances of your behavior for analyzing?!?!?!?!   *screech*    Maybe I have PMS today… that’s all I have to say.

So it’s been a week and a half since my first fill… And I’m still hungry. Not really feeling any restriction, but I do notice I get full quicker. Keeping my calories down around the 1500 range, but mainly because I just tell myself to stop and I’ve been keeping track, not necessarily because the band is telling me “ok, enough”. Next fill isn’t until the middle of August. Ugh.    So I called the Dr’s office. Perfectly normal. Many don’t start really feeling the restriction until after their second fill. As long as I don’t have a problem w/ throwing up or getting my food down (which I don’t, unless I forget and eat something too dry) I’m still on track.    I guess I just figured the band would be doing more to help out. Lol. I guess in a way it’s good that it’s not, because I can feel satisfied that I’m doing most of it myself. But if that’s the case, what was the point of the surgery?    I guess I’ll know when I start falling off the wagon again. Hopefully by that time, things will start working like they’re supposed to, to keep me on track. Lol.    Still not sorry I had it done, though. Even if it’s not doing much to tell me to “stop” apparently it put enough of a bug in my head to get it done myself.

SO I HAD MY FIRST FILL ON MONDAY.  I WAS A LITTLE WORRIED GOING INTO THE DR'S OFFICE, SINCE I'VE "TECHNICALLY" BEEN WITHOUT RESTRICTION FOR THE LAST 3 WEEKS AFTER ALL THE SWELLING HAD FINALLY GONE DOWN.  A WEEK OF VACATION (JOE'S CRAB SHACK, MELLOW MUSHROOM, PF CHANGS, CARMELITA'S, ETC) THEN PMS (WHICH MAKES ME RAVENOUS) AND I FIGURED I'D GAINED ALL OR HALF THE WEIGHT I HAD LOST BACK.

LOST A POUND.  GO FIGURE.  LOL.  SO DOWN A TOTAL OF 15 SO FAR.

24 HRS OF LIQUIDS, THEN SOFT FOODS, AND...

HAD MY FIRST REAL MEAL, AFTER MY FIRST FILL, LAST NIGHT AND WAS A LITTLE WORRIED…  HAD SALMON, BROCCOLI AND TERIYAKI NOODLES (ONLY ABOUT ½ C OF EACH, THOUGH) AND WASN’T FEELING FULL AT ALL.  BUT WASN’T HUNGRY, EITHER, UNTIL ABOUT 9PM, WHEN I ATE A COOKIE.  LOL

  THIS MORNING, HAD MY PROTEIN SHAKE FOR BREAKFAST, AND WAS OK UNTIL ABOUT 10PM.  SO I HAD ¼ C OF NUTS AND WAS GOOD UNTIL NOON.   LUNCH HAD 2 SMALL RIBS, 1/2 C PULLED PORK, 1/3 OF A CHICKEN BREAST, 1/2 PIECE OF GARLIC BREAD, AND A SMALL PIECE OF CHOCOLATE CAKE 1/2 HR LATER.  .  (ANNUAL BBQ LUNCHEON AT WORK)    STILL FULL 2 HRS LATER, AND I’D NORMALLY BE LOOKING FOR A SNACK RIGHT ABOUT NOW.  ACTUALLY, THE THOUGHT KINDA MAKES ME NEAUSOUS.   SOUNDED LIKE A LOT FOR LUNCH…  BUT WHEN I CONSIDER IT WOULD HAVE BEEN ½ RACK OF RIBS, WHOLE BREAST, WHOLE PIECE OF GARLIC BREAD AND THE PULLED PORK TO BOOT…  I GUESS I’M DOING BETTER THAN I WAS BEFORE.  :)    AND UGH…  THOUGHT OF FOOD STILL MAKING ME NEAUSEOUS.  DINNER MAY JUST BE A LEAN POCKET TONIGHT.  LOL

ADD THAT UP ON MY CALORIE COUNTER, AND I'M STILL UNDER 1300 CAL FOR THE DAY.  WOO HOO!!
 

I CAN SEE WHY MY AUNT WAS FRUSTRATED BEFORE HER FIRST FILL.  *GRUMBLE GRUMBLE*   THE SWELLING HAS PRETTY MUCH ALL ABATED SINCE MY SURGERY.  WHICH MEANS, I NO LONGER HAVE ANY RESTRICTION ON THE BAND.    AND MAN…  AM I FRICKIN HUNGRY!!  LOL.   I’VE BEEN TRYING TO KEEP IT TO THE 1200 CALS A DAY I WAS GETTING BEFORE THE SWELLING WENT AWAY, AND NOT HAVING MUCH SUCCESS.  I GET TOO HUNGRY, THEN I EAT TOO FAST, AND IT HURTS.  SO I GUESS I’LL HAVE TO LOOK AT MAINTAINING MY WEIGHT UNTIL MY FIRST FILL…  RATHER THAN TRYING TO LOSE MORE.    *SIGH* 

Had my 2 week post op appt today.  2 weeks pre op weighed in at 227 lbs...  2 weeks post op weighed in at 213.  14 lbs gone!!  Buh bye!!  Adios!!  Never gonna see you again!!  So today I got to add 7 more marbles to the weight loss jar at the office.  Yay me!! 

Finally got rid of the stitches, too.  Only 2 little ones, but MAN those buggers were pissing me off.  They were ready to be out a week ago, and were letting me know it.  But, all gone.  Buh bye!!  Adios!!  Never gonna see you again!! 

Now I'm off to celebrate with my daily indulgence of a Jello Temptation.  Chocolate today.  :)  

2 WEEKS POST OP AND THE SOFT FOODS STAGE HAS BEGUN.  FIGURED I'D TRY ROTISSERIE CHICKEN AND SOME ROASTED POTATOES.  I HAD HAD THE CHICKEN EARLIER IN THE DAY AND BEEN FINE...  BUT THAT HAD BEEN DARK MEAT. 

THAT BEING SAID...

HAD MY FIRST EXPERIENCE WITH THE BAND. NOT FUN. APPARENTLY MY IDEA OF SMALL BITES AND SLOW EATING IS NOT THE SAME AS THE BANDS. LOL. AND THE CHICKEN BREAST I WAS EATING WAS KINDA DRY, SO I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE TAKEN THAT INTO ACCOUNT.  THEY SAID DRY MEAT IS DIFFICULT.  BUT IT'S SOFT, SO I SHOULD BE OK.  RIGHT??  WRONG.   AFTER ABOUT 5 BITES OF CHICKEN, AND 2 BITES OF POTATO, THE HICCUPS STARTED. WHICH LED TO ME SPITTING UP ABOUT HALF OF WHAT I HAD EATEN. AND I GOT AN IDEA OF WHAT THEY MEAN BY “SLIMING”. I HAD NO IDEA MY BODY ACTUALLY PRODUCED THAT. LOL. ONLY LASTED A FEW MINUTES, BUT IT WASN’T COMFORTABLE. I TOOK A COUPLE LITTLE SIPS OF MILK, AND IT WENT AWAY.   THE RE-LEARNING PROCESS HAS BEGUN… 

And let me go.  Because today I would pass for a float at the Macy's Day Parade.

Ugh!!  So bloated.   As uncouth as it sounds, haven't burped since last Tuesday.  How I wish I could pass for Bubba Joe after a 6 pack right about now.  *sigh*   Someone better not come near me with a pin!!

Other than that, things seem to be going well.  Much of the port pain has gone away.  The surgery gas has mainly subsided, so I don't have "bubble" pains very much anymore.  The incisions are healing nicely, and I think my stitches are about ready to come out. 

Just a few more steps towards normal.  :)  

Well, it went much easier than expected.  :)  No problems with neausea, post op pain, infections, etc.  The gas pains had pretty much cleared up by day 4, with getting up to walk around every hour or two from day the day of surgery.  The 2" incision looks gross, but what can you expect when they cut you open, right? 

Now my only issues are with the port (who knew how often you had to use your stomach muscles...  for EVERYTHING... right??)  So needless to say, that gives me a good pinch quite often.  But even that has gone down significantly.  Sat in my car on my way to work this morning and cried...  Because I couldn't lean out far enough to shut my door.  Lol.  But considering I'm only a week out, I don't think thats too shabby.  :)  

And I'm totally craving something of SUBSTANCE.  This liquid crap is for the birds.  *sigh*  A GF recommended chew and spit.  If it keeps up,  I may just take her advice.  My jaws just wanna chomp on something!!  Ugh,

Needless to say, one done...  3 more to go to "normal"  Yay me!!

Incisions...  Pretty much no pain there.  Yay Dr. Jessee!!!  Didn't even really need the pain meds, but took them for the first 48 hrs anyway, just in case.

Port site - Sore.  Feel like I did too many tummy crunches.

But OMG, the gas and the bloating.  I feel like if you could tie a string to my ankle I'd float away like a balloon.  Crampy and I can actually see the skin on my belly move as the gas moves around.  I've gained 3 inches in my waist size since the day before my surgery,  Gas gas go away...  Then all will be well.