What a week it's been. I've been so drained emotionally this week due to problems with my grandmother's health and issues with friends. I'm exhausted today. But I've really tried to keep going with my diet. I didn't do as good of a job as I wanted to journaling my food. I haven't exercised the way I wanted to. But it's the little things. I'm drinking more water. Even though I'm not journaling, I'm being more conscious of what I'm eating. I've turned food away. I've made good food choices. And it showed. Granted, last week was my TOM and could tell I was bloated. But this morning the scale showed 279.4! In the 270s!! That's amazing to me -- a weight loss of 8.4 this week! Even if part of it is me being dehydrated from doing some drinking last night it's such a motivator! I would LOVE to be even further down next week and not do the flux up and down I usually do after a big loss. I'm getting a fill today. I set it up a couple weeks ago and think it's a good idea even with the loss. I haven't lost much weight lately. I'm eating more than I should. I'm getting hungry a couple hours after I eat. And I'm just not feeling that "sweet spot" everyone talks about with their restriction. And when I met with my surgeon for my six month follow up last week he explained it really well for me. He said I've had four fills and that's pretty normal. But things stretch and adjustments are needed. He said like a car, you want to maintain this band to keep it working the best way that it can. I was nervous that he might say I'm being too aggressive with my fills, but was so relieved to hear that. So here we go ... get my fill today. I am going to exercise when I get home from work. I'm going to do a good job of eating this week. And I'm going to see what the scale says next Wednesday morning! Here's to a good week for the band ... and hopefully a better week for me with my family and friends.