Going from month to month I've officially been banded for 3 months now! 13 weeks if I count the weeks and just over 90 days! . At any rate.. I'm in the game further than I'd been able to imagine from the beginning and according to my doctor today, I'm doing "phenomenally well" That's good stuff to hear!

I had my third fill today and it hurt. After the second one feeling so much better I wasn't prepared for this one at all. A very inexperienced PA got to do the fill today, and wow.. hopefully she gets a few more under her belt before he turns her loose on me again. (insert disgusted look here!) But, the great news is I had lost weight, not as much as the last time I went in a month ago, but I was down 5 pounds this time. I had a two week vacation in there with no fill before I left, so I was expecting to have gained. I'll definitely take the 5 pound loss! I got a 1cc fill today which puts me at 5cc total. Maybe this will be the beginning of the sweet spot era! I am hoping!

I realized today that I am half way to my goal! In three months time that is AMAZING stuff! I feel extremely empowered and motivated right now. I'm getting a little glimpse of my other butt! It's definitely coming out of hiding a little more every day, and it feels fabulous! Every single day I notice little changes that make me very happy. I wasn't prepared for that. I don't know why. It's definitely an added bonus to this journey. I don't really know what I thought it would be like, but not knowing exactly what to expect, I didn't allow myself to get overly excited about how fast the weight would come off, or how the inches would melt away even faster. I certainly haven't had a moment's disappointment since day one. I am so grateful for that.

As far as diet goes.. I'm only eating two meals a day most days now, and that's what my doctor wants. I have very little desire to graze or snack between meals at all anymore which pleases me to no end. I haven't drank a Pepsi or soda of any kind since the week before my surgery, and I barely miss that at all right now which is seriously amazing to me. It's been 90 days.. and I had hoped that is all it would take to make me able to kick that habit completely, and I believe I have. I know I drank at least 900 calories per day of just Pepsi before my lap band, and sometimes it was more! These days I drink a lot of water, a lot of unsweetened ice tea, and an occasional glass of lemonade.

My meals each day are less than half the size of my pre lapband meals. Again, I'm so amazed by that! It makes me giggle when I think about it! I have to admit, I pretty much eat whatever I want. I don't disallow myself anything unless I've had "stuck" issues with it. I haven't had any bread yet since my fill today, but I suspect it will deal me fits. I'm okay with that, because the past month I've had to be pretty careful about bread and tortillas. They are the most likely to get stuck for me. I still eat cheesy things, I still have sour cream on some things, although not as much as I used to. I just don't crave it like I did. I never crave cake, cookies, brownies etc., but then I never really did before either. I still eat pasta, potatoes and occasionally pizza, but my portions are child sized, and I get full on them really fast. I eat a lot more salads these days and thankfully haven't had any "stuck" episodes due to those. My latest kick has been the Strawberry Fields salad kits from the produce section of the grocery store. 200 calories per serving, and there are only two servings in the bag. BIG servings! One bag is at least three lunches for me. The kit has dried sweet strawberries, slivered almonds, and this delicious strawberry vinaigrette that you pour over it. Sometimes I kick in a little feta cheese and still my calorie count is low, and they are so yummy!!

My "head hunger" is way less than it was in the first two months. I'm much more able to be completely satisfied eating just when I'm actually hungry right now. I think this is due in large part to the fact that I haven't deprived myself of eating many of the things I love to eat. Allowing myself to have those things has let me feel more in control, and because I can only eat small portions I'm not getting the horrible damaging amounts of bad stuff that I used to get. I don't know how this would work for everyone.. it just works really well for me. And I decided from the very first week after this surgery that I was going to find, and follow what worked the best for me, and I'm convinced that is why I've been as successful as I have so far. When something has stopped working (like bread and tortillas) I let it go and move on.

I have an entire close full of clothes that need to GO! My pile of too big clothes has been growing, and yesterday I realized that almost everything in that closet is too big. Some of it is still wearable.. I'm okay with a few baggy things, but most of it just won't work for me. Love that!

I'm supposed to go back in a month to see where I am.. I have high hopes and a goal. Wish me luck!

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