Happy July 26th! It has to be a holiday somewhere doesn't it? Maybe I should just say Happy Day 105~ that's how long it's been since I got my lap band. 15 weeks!

I really don't have too much of anything new to report this week. My last fill is still doing it's thing.. I'm eating two meals a day, and for the past week the meals haven't been very big. But I'm satisfied, and staying full until it's time for the next meal. I still have no desire to graze or eat between meals, and I am so grateful for that. Sometimes my band feels so tight that even liquid takes its sweet time going through, but that's never been an all day thing for me. It's usually in the mornings and evenings, and I can still drink just fine, but the first few swallows remind me that my band is still there. I feel hungriest at lunch because I don't normally eat breakfast anymore. Firstly, I'm not hungry for a few hours after I wake up, and secondly, if I were to eat it wouldn't be much.. my band is tightest in the mornings, at least that's how it feels. By 11 am I am super hungry though, and have found that I can eat lunch, but not a lot. My lunches have been my smallest meal. By dinner time (at least 6 hours later) I'm hungry again, but a small portion of food satisfies and fills me up!

Do I dare hope that this will last? Could I have found a sweet spot already? I guess only time will tell. I'm scheduled for another fill in August, but I'm truly hoping that I won't need it. Weight loss at this point is slower. I'm dropping 3 to 4 pounds a week on average and that makes me very happy! Just enough to see a little loss every few days.. and as long as the numbers are going down I have a big smile on my face! Still no Pepsi or any other type of soda for me, but I have occasionally drank a wine cooler or beer with no difficulty or adverse reaction to the carbonation. I technically could drink a soda now I guess, but I DON'T MISS IT anymore! Yay me!!

Ya know, initially I was kind of dreading the holidays this year. I was nervous about how much food I would want to eat, and how that would all play out since typically the holidays have been gorge fests for me. I was thinking about it the other day though, and I'm not nervous about it at all. I can't eat that much, regardless of how much is in front of me, and in my estimation that's exactly how this band is supposed to be working. I'm actually very excited for the holidays this year for so many reasons, not the least of which is that I will be smaller! I love cooking around the holidays, and much of that is traditional, and I'm so looking forward to that yet. I still love cooking even though I don't have that desire to eat as much anymore. Tonight we're having guests for dinner and I'm doing comfort food extraordinaire! Chicken fried steak, mashed potatoes and country gravy, cheesy creamed corn and salad. Yep! I'm eating it too, and when I'm done I will still be under my allotted calories for the day! It's really a great feeling to know that I can still enjoy the food I love the most sometimes, and I don't have to worry about sabotaging myself. I don't know if this will hold out forever.. but while it lasts I'm loving it!

See ya next week ~ and thanks for stopping by!

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