I know it's been a while since I've posted. I have been busy dropping the weight! Woot woot! I actually finally progressed to an almost completely normal diet. My best friend and I went on a cruise to Mexico for 5 days. That was challenging to say the least! For those of you that haven't been on a cruise, it is a fatties dream! LOL! There is food everywhere, every minute. You don't have to cook, clean, or pay for it! It's all included! I don't know if it's because of the band or the fact that I was just on a high from losing so much weight but I really wasn't even tempted to over eat or anything. I did a great job at sticking to the portions. It wasn't always easy to stick to the types of foods so I did kind of slip up a little. I refused to take the elevators almost always. I knew that I was eating a little differently than I should've been so I took the stairs everywhere. It made me feel good to know that not only was I eating way less and way healthier than I would've before the band but I was also CHOOSING to take the stairs!! I would've never done that before! When we got back from the cruise I was terrified that I didn't lose any weight or worse, that I had gained some! I refused to get on the scale!
I got back from the cruise and reached my one month mark which meant that I could officially use my brand new treadmill!! It's very compact and totally convenient. I fold it out, plug it in, and walk on it while I'm watching my TV shows at night. I've always walked Jaxson in the afternoons and that's great but I needed something to do while watching TV. A treadmill sounded like the best option. I set it up on Monday and started working out. I turn off the AC, put ankle and wrist weights on and get going. I decided that I wanted to start slow and build myself up. I wanted to make sure not to push myself too hard and get an injury. I'm pretty clumsy and dangerous! Haha. I've been doing 0.5 mile in 15 minutes, a 15 minute break, and repeat for 2 hours a night! The first night I didn't think I'd make it past 5 minutes but I did. That tiny little triumph helped me push myself even more. Last night I did it without feeling like I might die before the time was up!! Pretty exciting.
I had my first fill appointment yesterday which meant that I would have to face the scale! Ugh! I was definitely worried. I got on the scale and BAM! I am down 37lbs which means that I lost 5 more pounds! OMG! I wanted it to be more but I was thrilled! I have to remind myself sometimes that losing too much weight too quickly is not healthy.
In order to get my first fill I had to go on this crazy diet. Day of fill is full clear liquid diet, day after is full liquids, next day is soft foods, and then finally normal foods. Those of you that know me know that I absolutely despise broth, jello, and popsicles but that is pretty much all that you are allowed to have on a lovely clear liquid diet. I woke up yesterday morning and I wasn't hungry at all. I was thinking, "Oh yeah, I've got this. This clear liquid thing is going to be a breeze!" However, my stomach was just being lazy and hadn't quite woken up yet. By the time 10 am rolled around my stomach was making more noise than a rock concert. I tried a cup of disgusting jello. That worked for about 10 minutes. I tried a popsicle and another cup of jello but there was no filling up the monster! I wanted to stab everyone in the face. I was driving to the doctor's office and screaming at people for no apparent reason! Good thing I didn't have access to weapons at that point!
When the doctor called me back I had to climb on this table, put a pillow in the small of my back, and tuck my shirt under my bra! Ugh! Showing my stomach to someone is almost like showing my missy. Almost. He made me put my arms over my head and lift my legs. Then he stabbed me with a massive needle! The first needle missed my port. Funny thing is that I didn't even feel him stab me! Once again I was under the impression that this would be oh so easy. WRONG! I had to do it again and it was very difficult to hold my legs up for such a long time! He finally got the huge needle into my stomach muscle! Then he made me STAND UP with this huge needle hanging out of my stomach! Then I had to walk over to the X-Ray machine, drink some barium, and then he proceeded to push the fluid into my port. By the time I had walked over to the X-Ray machine, my stomach was burning and hurting pretty badly. Then he pushed the fluid in and I thought I was going to cry! Then it was over and I had to go drink some water to make sure that it went down okay. The burning in my stomach lasted for about 2 hours. Then it went away, thank God. It's just a little sore today. Most people require several fills. You have to wait for 2 weeks before each fill to give your stomach time to adjust. Some people have only 1 fill and some end up having 5. The goal is to get to the green zone which means that you are able to eat the small amounts, stay full, and lose weight. If you're hungry between meals and not losing weight then you need more fluid in your band. If you are not able to keep food down and not losing weight, you are in the red zone and they have to remove fluid. It's a pretty interesting process. I'm hoping that I can reach the green zone quicker. The doctors that do the fills using the X-Ray machines usually get their patients to the green zone faster because they can put more fluid in at a time.
Today I am feeling much better. I am on the full liquids diet. The protein shakes are keeping me completely satisfied. I haven't been hungry all day! I will be really glad to be back to normal foods. You don't realize how much you miss chewing until you aren't allowed to have anything that can be chewed! Haha. Hopefully the next fill is a little easier!
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