Hi everyone!..sorry its been awhile..

Feb 27, 2010

Hi OH'ers...I am now 4 months out had my 3rd fill 2 days ago...back to liquid & mushy foods. I have noticed that each fill you have to readjust your eating style. Before i would eat up to 6  ozs..I always chew well so thinks didn't get stuck. Then came the second fill, wooo after the first 3 days I was belching back up the food thinking maybe food was stuck..NO! I now did not need as much food to fill me up, I now could only consume up to 4 oz or 6-8 bites, chewed well of course. I almost thought of having the doctor remove some of the fluid because i thought it was too tight. I know now its just that I required less and decided to rough it out.  My first fill was 3.5 cc, then second 1.00 cc and .5 cc. 2 days ago and I tell you. I can only hold about 4-6 bites of soup, coffee, applesauce.
 
I am posting a new pic of me, First was my before pic which I call "Humpty Dumpty"...LOL I cannot believe I let myself get like that and that I even allowed such a pic. Then the second one is a current one with my grandaughter taken just 2 weeks ago. I originally in this pic weighed 289 lbs and am now 235 lbs. I began changing my way of eating 1 yr prior to surgery to test myself and see, "would i be able to actually do this lap band"?, "Can I handle this new way to eat?"...Well this attitude helped me lose 21 lbs prior to being qualified by the MD and starting the insurance dance to get approved. I have lost more inches then weight and found a little discouragement...but got over that because I was wearing a size 22 pants and I now wear a size 18 and dropping, bra size went from 42 DD to 38 DD (thank god i kept some of my smaller bra's). All in all it has been an interesting journey and one that I have really only begun still!..Special Thank You goes out to Deanna in Illinois and Wendy in Arizona for your friendship and support and I look forward to meeting both you ladies one day to celebrate our new life!..

Much Aloha & God Bless!
~Debbie aka Bubbles4u

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