Well here is what has been going on as of late.

The end of August I got really ill and had to have my gall bladder removed. I was at 198 when I went in for surgery. They took all the fluid out of my band, because I was so dehydrated and passing out. I went into my LapBand Doc, the middle of Sept and was down to 194 with no fluid in my band, so we did not do a fill. I went back in the end of Oct. and was up to 201. (tsk tsk):thumbup: On Oct. 30th He put in 1cc. I felt o.k., was feeling some restriction and was down to 193 by Dec. 2. At that time we did not do a fill. By Christmas, I was sick with bad cold and sinus infection. I was so plugged up with flem and mucus that I was vomiting all the time. By Dec. 29th I was down to 174 :tounge_smile: and very dehydrated and weak. Virtually passing out when I would get up to walk around. I should have called Doc sooner.

My mom made me go in and see my doc. He was not happy :ohmy: with how I looked and was feeling and took all the fluid out again so I could get hydrated and get my strength back. ( you may be thinking, her band must have slipped ) My doc did have me do an upper GI and looked at how fluids were going down and everything was working properly... You may also be thinking, "restricted with only 1cc???" Yes, that is possible for me, for two reason, 1) I only have a 4cc band, 2) My band from the time of surgery is not in 'perfect' placement, it is kind of at a slight angle. (now you may be thinking, 'at an angle' my God that can't be good. I thought that at first too, but I have had really no problems, until just recently and my doc does not think that it has anything to do with band placement... He is sure it is ME not the band. I am sure of that too! :thumbup: I eat too fast and then I pay for it... I have really had a hard time training myself to slow down when I eat. It is even harder when you are only eating 4 to 6 oz of food and everyone else is having a supersized meal and they are done before you. Besides that I like to eat my food HOT!

So, where is my weight at since my appt. on the 29th of Dec.? Well from 2:30pm on the 29th to 8:00am on the 30th I gained 12lbs which brought me up to 186:eek:. So I totally freaked out of course and called my Doc. He said that that was o.k. I was very dehydrated and now I was getting some fluids down. By January 5th I was up to 193 :huh2:. Now, I know that is not all weight from hydration. My next appt is not until March 5th, so I know I need to get my poop in a group or I am going to gain all kinds of weight. (very scary)

So here is what I started to do on January 6th.

1) I have written down everything I am eating. (this has made a huge impact on what I have been putting in my mouth)

2) I have written down how many calories I am eating at each meal (I'm trying to stay around or under 1000 calories a day)

3) I have made myself go and exercise for 30 minutes every single day. ( I rarely have exercised before now...I know, shame shame)

THE RESULTS: I have lost 5 lbs and I am down to 188 as of today.

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I was banded on May 30th of 2007

Weight lost 104 lbs.

Weight still to lose 33 lbs.

My goal is to be down to 175 by my appt in March... without the fluid in the band.