SamanthaSweet

Thank you so much for your advice. I am in the UK and don't remember ever being told to do protein first and then veggies. I also didn't know I should stay on liquids if this happens. I am feeling surprisingly better today but was just telling the girls on chat that I was quite sick last night and maybe dislodged whatever was effecting me - its weird how you can feel when something isn't right - instantly. Thank you again for answering me

Hi All - I decided to find a forum as I feel I need some support from those who have been through the same experiences as I. My name is Samantha and all my life I have had a good figure (please don't think I am boasting, but I have been lucky). I had my first son at 22 and second at 30. By the time I hit 30 I was also working full time, not exercising and probably way over eating on a night time to make up for barely eating all day too busy stuck to the PC! I have always loved fashion and clothes and having been a steady 147lbs (am 5ft 10 inches) I was suddenly 154lbs and throughout my 30's it just kept creeping on, the more I dieted, the more weight I put on afterwards. In Sept 2011 at aged 42 and weighing in at 196lbs I decided enough was enough. I elected to have the band and paid for it personally. I was miserable and my weight was all I could focus on. I had this idea that by December 2011 I would have hit goal weight (ha ha). My first fill was Nov 2011 and I felt like I could eat normally. My second fill was Dec 2011. I guess I had lost maybe 8lbs at this point. My third band fill was Jan 2012 and then I didn't have another one until August 2012. Since the August fill however, it has fallen off. I now weigh 146lbs. My goal was anywhere between 142 and 147lbs. Obviously I am extremely happy although my husband has told me not to loose my curves lol. I feel like I would be ridiculous looking in the mirror now and saying 'does my butt look big' because it is now half the size (yet I am sure I said that originally before the weight went on) so I have and am still learning to be happy with who I am. I am lucky as the weight has come off all over evenly... I know I am very luck for this to happen. So why at this juncture of loosing and being happier than I have been in a long time - do I need support from peeps who have been through this progress? Sometimes (not all the time) I can eat something and feel OK, but the next time I eat I feel like it has landed on what I ate before and I get 'the feeling'. It is now incredibly easy to 'get rid' of excess, but sometimes even Water will come back up - it's like there is a block. I have actually drunk a full glass of water before to try to dislodge the offending item. This works - sometimes. But recently I feel like I am bringing everything back (or almost everything). I think I still put too much on my plate but I do know now know when I have had enough. I was thinking of going back and asking for some of the fill to be removed but absolutely don't want to put any weight back on. We are going away this weekend and I figured I would see how I go for the week and make the decision when we get back. I am assuming there may be many of you who have experienced this... it's not all the time but when it happens it seems to go on for days. I love meat and find it one of the worst things for me now... any advice or thoughts would be much appreciated. Thank you.