I know, I know!

I wanted to be one of those people that posts in their blog everyday. In reality, I knew it wouldn't happen. So it has been 2.5 months since my last post. I work two jobs and go to school, so finding time to do anything I WANT to do is very difficult.

Currently (just weighed myself about 5 minutes ago), I'm down 33lbs. I'm not going to beat myself up and wish it had been more, although I DO wish it had been more, because that's a pretty big loss in a short time. Most of it, though, was lost pre-surgery.

Since the beginning, I had never felt any restriction. During the crucial first few weeks, I was very careful about what I was eating. After that, not so much. I've been staying away from foods that will get me in trouble, like ice cream, but I'm definitely eating foods that I shouldn't be (from a carb/caloric standpoint). I have been eating less in one sitting (and in general) than I did pre-surgery, but not by a huge difference. Like I'd be able to eat 2 pieces of pizza rather than 3. For over two months, I could eat anything and never had anything "stuck".

My first fill was about 5 weeks after surgery (9/3). Here's what I posted on LapBandTalk about it

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Ok, so I had my first fill two days ago.

First thing, the doctor starts pressing into my stomach, trying to find the port. That hurt like a bitch. I swear, it must have been like 6 inches down or something, lol.

So he gets the needle and sticks it in. I didn't even feel that. Kind of a weird feeling... Then I felt liquid burst into my insides. You know how if you squeeze on a bottle that's clogged and then it suddenly gets unclogged and squirts everywhere? That's how it felt inside of me because he missed! Twice.

So he finally gets it into the port and has me take a drink. Everything felt fine. He says, "Ok, I'm going to have you sit up while the needle is still in." Oh, great. So I sit up with this huge needle sticking inside of me, haha. Take another drink. All good.

So I ended up with 3 needle sticks. I really didn't feel any pain from it at all. The only thing that hurt was him pressing on my stomach.

I thought my port was underneath my main surgery incision, but it's not. It's like 3 inches below it. Basically, I have no idea where my port is. Seems like it's pretty deep, though.

Also.... still don't really feel any restriction. I was filled 2cc during surgery. And then for my fill, another 2cc.

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After my first fill, I didn't feel any more restriction than I had prior to the fill. My weight, for the next month, seemed to bounce around between 233 & 234. By the time of my next fill (10/5), I had lost only 5lbs (according to their scale).

This fill only took a couple minutes to do. The doctor found the port immediately and it was done. He put in 1cc (because I still had no restriction) and he said he thinks this should do the trick. If not, he told me, I should call after a week and they'd get me in sooner for my next. If all is well, my next one is scheduled in a month.

My doctor's instructions are that I should have liquids for the first few hours and then I'm able to eat a normal dinner. That night I just had soup for dinner. The next day I had 2 eggs (went down fine, didn't feel full, though). For lunch I had a small salad (which I only ate some of), a small piece of bread, and a little bit of chicken marsala. I'm not sure if I felt FULL, but I didn't eat too much and took home lots of leftovers.

The next day I tried eating a grilled cheese sandwich and got a little stuck. I think I had gotten stuck on an English muffin a few weeks earlier, but it only lasted about a minute. Definitely doesn't feel great. The grilled cheese was after eating about half of it. I chewed well, but I know people have problems with bread. So that only lasted a couple minutes and I stopped eating for a while. Couple hours later I ate the salad I had planned on eating during lunch. That night I had a salad and a little bread (which went down fine).

The next day, I tried eating bread again at lunch and it got stuck after the first bite (just for a minute). So I just ate the meat and was fine. Haven't attempted bread since, lol.

I can't really tell if I'm getting full or not yet. Sometimes I just stop eating before I even get to that point. I'll see how it is after a couple more days.

The good news is that I've lost 3 lbs since my fill (4 days ago), so hopefully my weight will start going down after having been stuck at the same weight for almost a month. I really wish I could exercise, but I just don't have the time to do it.