I had a couple of revelations today. First of all, the plop feeling. I remember being able to feel that "plop" as the food transfered from my upper stomach to my lower stomach. I finally figured out that it's BAD!!!! I know, I'm not that bright. The whole point of the band is to fill the upper portion of my stomach...not the lower! So, if I feel the plop feeling, I'm eating too much! I thought that I wasn't eating enough. Apparently I am because I don't feel all that hungry (a little, but not bad), and I'm definitely losing weight!

Secondly, I'm down 30 pounds! WOW! Last weekend was bad for me. I *tried* to binge. My entire binge included a total of about 6 bites of a strawberry pizza. Some binge. I couldn't do it. It made me re-evaluate a bunch of stuff. Why was I eating? Was it really going to make me feel better? Was it worth it to lose less weight that week?

Third, I fit into a size 20! I found that out last night. I'm 260 pounds. The lowest I've ever been in my adult life is 240. The smallest jeans I've had on in my adult life is a size 20. While I'm still 20 pounds from my smallest weight, I thought I'd try on those size 20 jeans, just to see how close (or far) I was. They zipped! My husband thinks I'm nuts. I must be losing weight differently this time for me to be 20 pounds away from my lowest weight, but I still fit in those jeans. And the sweater I have on today is a size 18/20. Both the jeans and the sweater stretch, but I'll take the victory any way I can!

Well, that's all for now. I hope everyone's weight loss is going well!

thanks for the info. now i know that once i get banded that i should not fell a "plop." congrats on the size 20's. what i wouldn't do to fit into that right now.