Had my Second Fill this morning

[Soxking 25]

Day 40 since the lap band installation, and I had my second fill early this morning. Once again, no problem during the procedure and I am now at 5.6cc of the 14cc band. liquids today, and mushie tomorrow.

After the first fill, a failure to chew thoroughly resulted in a couple of "situations" that I would prefer to avoid in the future. I noticed that these seem to occur during the first few bites of a meal when I haven't thought things through and just chow down like in the past. Since we say grace before meals, I've added a silent "small bites, big chew" reminder to myself which has helped. Learning to work with the band seems to be quite an art!

Walking any meaningful distances tends to be problematic due to some old injuries, so weightlifting continues to be my primary exercise. Its having some benefits as I can feel myself toning up, but the added muscle weight is sort of balancing out the weight loss. I'm pretty confident that the additional restriction of this second fill will help me cut down on portion size and result in a downward trend again.

Good luck to all of you August bandmates!