Current Mood: Tired :thumbup:

I finally got the first fill yesterday just in time for my company holiday party! Woohoo. After the last fiasco on Tuesday, I went back the doctor after 2 days on liquids and my weight was up another pound. Amazing considering how starved I felt.

The good news was that I finally got that elusive fill. I am trying to figure out if I have some restriction but it's not easy when you're limited to fluids initially and then if you're unwilling to eat too much to test it. After the fill, which was pretty painless and only took a minute or less, I drank 1/2 cup of water and thought it pretty much went down but I did feel a sort of cool pooling sensation at the base of my throat. Later I had some hummus and guacamole, licked off vegetables at a party and fluids seemed to go down just fine too. By the time I got home, I was ridiculously hungry so I ate about a cup of chili. No problem at all.

When I woke this morning I had the feeling I'm beginning to associate with mornings in general...a tightness or indigestion feeling that stays until I get up and have something to drink. After coffee and water and waiting an hour or so, I had 2 eggs and cut a banana in half. After the eggs and a bite of banana, I suddenly thought I'd better stop. It was just sort of a feeling, not pain or anything. For lunch, I ate a 3 oz. hamburger. I felt like I could keep going but made myself stop. I had some flat Diet Coke after lunch and that provoked a bit of a full feeling but nothing I couldn't handle.

Just now, about 4 hours after lunch, while I was making turkey salad (yes leftovers), I snacked on some stuffing and that did it....I think I feel restricted or, it could just be that it was bread. Not sure.

I am going to get a good night's sleep and then start tomorrow on plan and following all the rules and see how I do. It will be hard because there is yet another party tomorrow, but I can't keep using parties as an excuse to test my limits. Maybe I just picked a bad time of year to get this band. Oh well, it's there now.