4 years and counting

Well, I'm a day late in posting this, but as of yesterday, I've officially been banded for 4 (FOUR!) years!!! 

I can't believe it's been that long... what an amazing journey - wouldn't change any of it... still THE. BEST. DECISION I could have made!

Follow up to the two weeks (actually 16 days) of liquid - everything is back to normal - YAY!  The swelling has all gone down, and as of tomorrow I am officially back to REAL food.  Not just liquid of mushy stuff!  I can't wait. 

I still haven't gotten below 200 (except for 4 days post-flu and before I got pregnant with Liam)...  I may never, but I am really, really happy with where I am right now!  I could stand to do a tad more exercise, but I am trying to get regular at Jazzercise, and as it gets warmer, I want to start walking and biking more.  Can't say that I miss running much - maybe someday, but it isn't a favorite...

Four years.  Thank GOD I made that decision... 

NOW....  205
(this is a picture from November - time to take some new ones!)

THEN...  close to 300 pounds

 

Mega-liquid-frustration...

Day 12 on liquids and I have been SO FREAKING GOOD!!!  I can honestly say that I have not cheated, and have done what I was told to do.  I've cut WAY back on the drinking.  I've had protein shake after protein shake... I've pureed my soups until they were as loose as water.

I was down to 204 on Friday, and what does the scale show me this morning, EVEN AFTER BEING ABLE TO HAVE A BM?!?!?!  206.6  WTF?  I know that bodies do weird things, but this is so damn discouraging.  I'm going to chalk it up to the extra hard workout I pushed myself to have at Jazzercise yesterday morning.

And the worst part is that it is Dennis's and my 12th anniversary today - can't even celebrate with a nice breakfast or dinner... I am making sure we have a rain check on that one.

At this point, I think I'll just stop weighing until they tell me where I am on Tuesday at the fluoroscopy...  Lots of continuing to clean the house today (since the painters are finally done and we have to put this place back together), Jazzercise again tomorrow since it is a holiday, and a big batch of refried bean soup to hold me over until Tuesday afternoon.

Fingers crossed...

Almost like Starting Over Again...

I am 12 days away from my 4th bandiversary, and have been on liquids for 3 days... I had a violent "episode" of vomiting last week which resulted in my band being completely tight to the point that I couldn't swallow water... so went in for a slight unfill... went from 5 to 2.5... They wanted to see me under floroscopy this past Tuesday, and here is where I ended up:

My band is good - no slippage, and looks great.  However, my pouch is a bit stretched out, so they decided for me to do 2 weeks (!) of liquids.  UGH!  It is almost like I am reliving the liver-shrinking-diet from pre-op.  This is a good thing for me though, because I really want to keep on being successful with the band, and as I approach year 4 on February 20th, I want to be doing things right!

So, on the 19th I go back to find out how things look, and I am hopeful that everything will be back to normal.  In the meantime, I need to find some good liquids (and mush) - basically my rule is primarily liquid with nothing to chew (i.e. cottage cheese, yogurt, etc... are okay).  I have made it through alright, but boy the grumpy-monster comes out of the closet a bit easier when there is no solid food in the tummy!

I'll keep you posted - maybe this will catapult me under that 200 mark.  Tuesday I was at 213... this morning I'm at 207.2.  Fingers crossed!