2/13/2008Ok here's the part where I fess up. I have not updated in a reallly long time. Not because I have been hitting the gym hard, or coming up with new and unique things to do with protein powder. Not because I am so busy working my band that I haven't had time to post. Sadly, I can say that mostly the opposite is true. I have no restriction, but I am really really getting my first fill in TWO DAYS!!!!! Really. Seriously. It is finally happening. Right now I can, and pretty much DO eat anything I want. I don't eat nearly the amount I used to, but still... I stopped losing weight, and these past couple of days I have actually GAINED a few (5) pounds. I could come up with all these excuses, such as, I had a really bad case of hives and I was on a steroid for a week, which caused me to retain water. Whatever. while that may be true, it is really the fact that I am not working the program the way I am supposed to. which is why I am here tellin' on myself. Shame on me. BUT~I will be at the Banster Bash in Seattle this weekend. I am spending Friday, Saturday, and Sunday with a bunch of bandsters, and would0be bandsters, in various stages and at various goals. I am so excited! I really need this weekend. I don't know why I got so off course, but I did not spend all this $ to not work it. I will be getting back to you soon!!!!2/23/2008It has been a week since the Bash. I got my fill on Friday, the first day of the Bash. I now have 3 cc in an 8 cc band and I FINALLY have restriction! I have lost the 5 pounds I gained plus another 2! Life is good. I found out that I, like so many of us, can't eat in the morning. I have been making my fruit and protein smoothie in the morning and that plus a cup of coffee keeps me going until lunch. I like cottage cheese and tuna fish for lunch. I am definitely getting my protein allotment in!!! Dinner is still a guessing game. Some nights I can eat real food, like salad and meat, but some nights I can't. It is such a good feeling to see the scale move again, though! Also, after a cup of food I am full. I am really liking this. Dr. Fox said he wants to see me next month, maybe do another fill, and he wants to see me lose 7 pounds a month. I am there and it has only been one week! Pretty cool. :)