i know that i haven't written in a while... i've had a lot going on with just LIFE in general... nothing bad, just busy with kids and family... :eek:

soooo.... according to my Wii Fit, i am down 34 lbs. YIPPPPEEEE!

I've had another fill of 1 1/2 cc. 2 weeks ago and have really good restriction.

i tend to be realllllllyyyy tight in the mornings and early afternoon... by the time i'm ready for dinner, i can tolerate my food better.

i have experienced 'sliming' for the first time... mmmm, not pretty. who knew that could feel so weird. :sad:

i mean, i need to burp, but it won't come up... and i can hear gurgling... and then if i just give up and let it out, no FOOOOODDDD, just slime. :mad2:

i used to have a problem with my esophogus being too tight... they dialated it and that was corrected... i THOUGHT being 'stuck' might feel like that did... a choking sensation, but the air still moves... NOPE, it's more than that... i still get the choking sensation, the air is moving, but i am salavating... i mean, like a dog. so i have to let it go.

I assume this is what sliming is.

So, now that i've been disgusting... i will share a NSV, well 2 NSV's.

NSV #1- :thumbup:

i have a pair of jeans that i could get into about a year ago, they were tight but i could wear them (with a muffin top of course!)

i gained so much weight, i couldn't button them... well, i grabbed them out of the closet last week and BAM! they fit. i mean, they buttoned, zipped and NO MUFFIN TOP!!! Whoop Whoop!!!

NSV #2-:w00t:

i have a gorgeous evening outfit, sequined top with palazzo pants that i couldn't wear last June on my cruise. I was pissed. So, i put it on Sat and guess what? YES! IT fits!!!

we are going on a cruise in March, so i am SET!

Maybe it will even be baggy by then! (one can hope!)

I am really doing well on this journey. i am not dropping weight rapidly, but hey: i got the lap-band®®®®, i didn't have gastric. I figure i put it on here over 38 years... i need to take it off slowly.

i wish i had done this years ago. :crying:

BUT, i am doing it now!

i already feel soooo much better... my clothes are looking better on me & soon it will be time to go shopping for a new bra.

This one is a little baggy in the cup (which is disappointing, but hey... i can always have plastic if i need it, later.) Maybe.

Anyway, i hope that you are all doing well...

I have lost from 306 day of surgery (DEC. 30, 2009) down to 283 (Feb. 20, 2010)

That's 24 lbs. since the surgery!!! 7 weeks & 24 lbs. YYYYYIIIIPPPPPEEEEEEEEEE! that my friends, is 3.428571 lbs a week. Average. YAYAYAY!!!:tt1:

BANDLANDIA is AWESOME!!!

Yay you!!! Keep it up! Not the slime part but the losing part.

Ditto to what GHS said! The slime doesn't sound fun, but it certainly sounds like you are doing great. Keep it up!