2 posts from me in a week? Madness! But I'm pretty excited and wanted to share.
I just got back from my check-in with my nutritionist. Not the one at my surgeon's office, the one I've been seeing since 1994.
She, of course, weighed me. And although I feel that the weight was artificially low since I've been subsisting on primarily protein shakes for 2 days, it did reflect a substantial loss since the last time I saw her on Jan 19th.
She looked back over my records and discovered that I haven't been this low since 2003. I feel like I'm turning back time!
My Progress
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Fill #5
I'm getting to be an old pro at this. My surgeon does fills every 4 weeks for the 1st six months or so after surgery. I had my 5th fill yesterday and it was uneventful. I lost 1.5 lbs since Fill #4. (sadly this was up 1.2 lbs from my Sunday weight for the Spring Challenge.)
I'm resisting the urge to say I "only" lost 1.5. I was feeling pretty bad about that and then I tried to reframe it (all those years of therapy are paying off!)... That means I've lost just over 20 lbs in the 5 months since surgery. That's about a pound a week. Not stellar, but still pretty respectable. And, quite frankly, I doubt I could have done even that without having the band. I've also lost just over 40 lbs since I first met with Dr. R back in June 2010. Again, not breaking any records. But every time I go see him, I weigh a little bit less I did the last time. I can be satisfied with that.
Since after the last fill I finally started "feeling it", we only added .5cc to bring me up to 7.5cc I'm getting close I think. We'll see what this one does as I progress back up to solid foods.
After Fill #4 I could still eat pretty much all solid foods. I avoided bread, but had no trouble with any meats. Occasionally I would make the mistake of drinking some water too soon after eating. That is a weird feeling. But (knocking on wood) nothing has gotten stuck thus far.
Bathroom renovations still aren't done. The past 4 weeks I've been consistently going to the gym 4x a week, so that's one good thing out of it. Hopefully I don't lose momentum. I hate going. But I like how it feels afterwards so I hate not going too. Is that weird?
I'm resisting the urge to say I "only" lost 1.5. I was feeling pretty bad about that and then I tried to reframe it (all those years of therapy are paying off!)... That means I've lost just over 20 lbs in the 5 months since surgery. That's about a pound a week. Not stellar, but still pretty respectable. And, quite frankly, I doubt I could have done even that without having the band. I've also lost just over 40 lbs since I first met with Dr. R back in June 2010. Again, not breaking any records. But every time I go see him, I weigh a little bit less I did the last time. I can be satisfied with that.
Since after the last fill I finally started "feeling it", we only added .5cc to bring me up to 7.5cc I'm getting close I think. We'll see what this one does as I progress back up to solid foods.
After Fill #4 I could still eat pretty much all solid foods. I avoided bread, but had no trouble with any meats. Occasionally I would make the mistake of drinking some water too soon after eating. That is a weird feeling. But (knocking on wood) nothing has gotten stuck thus far.
Bathroom renovations still aren't done. The past 4 weeks I've been consistently going to the gym 4x a week, so that's one good thing out of it. Hopefully I don't lose momentum. I hate going. But I like how it feels afterwards so I hate not going too. Is that weird?
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