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So I FINALLY got my first fill on 10/21. It took forever because I switched aftercare docs cuz I moved, and went to see my sister for 2 weeks.

I was a bit upset at my weigh in cuz I was 5lbs up, but I had been at my sisters and eating what they cooked. But then my nutritionist asked if I had been working out. Well I had been doing a LOT of walking while on vacation. She said she could tell because my muscle was way up, and fat down. I told her I seemed to drop a size in clothes and she explained that was why. Even thou the scale said I weighed more, it was because of the muscle gain somewhat. She said it was typical that some ppl will gain a bit before a fill after healing up too. So that made me feel MUCH BETTER! Another NSV!

Last night I bought some size 24 pants from Avenue. I was estatic when I put them on and they fit even a bit loose. I had gotten up to 26 and even had a couple 28's! WOOHOO>>>it's working, it's working! :biggrin:

Well I got my fill and like everyone says, it doesn't hurt. I was nervous cuz I'm not the best with needles, and my new doc does adjustments w/ fluroscopy. It was no biggie at all, they put in too much at first, and by drinking the barrium we could see it wasn't draining past the band at all. So the took out .5cc and it was perfect! I only got 1.5cc, but it's working. It's been about 2 weeks and I'm down 10lbs. I'm not eating super clean either. Pretty Protein heavy, but still having some carbs here and there. But I'm eating WAY cleaner than I used to. My mom and I were talking about it, and figured I'm not getting 300-1000 calories a day just from sodas. I used to drink A LOT of coke, so I'm sure that's helping quite a bit.

Anyway...things are going great! I'm eating sooooo much less than I was. The other night I had 6-8 small shrimp and some salad was was stuffed! That still just amazes me!

Hope everyone else is making good progress too! I'm down a total of 26lbs. I feel like I'm making good progress, not sure how I'm doing compared to others. But I have hypothyroid and PCOS which both work against me, so just losing something is AWESOME to me! I can't remember the last time I was able to drop weight and keep it off. :biggrin:

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