Lift what you lost at MI TOPS SRD May 2009

So a couple weekends ago I went to the TOPS MI SRD (State Recognition Days) in Port Huron. Along with all the big (weight) losers they had an awesome motivation speaker by the name of Jodi Davis. She lost 162lbs. Now that is motivational.

They also had booth where you lift what you've lost, in pounds. In the above picture I am holding 46lbs. See that look on my face. That is from the burden of holding that 46lbs of food for like 2 mins. Man, oh man, I don't know how I carried it all the time. Also, at the time of this photo I was actually down 55lbs! It was 9lbs less than what I had lost. After a minute of holding that weight I not only was it awkward standing there with that amount of weight but I started to feel warm and my back started to hurt right away.

Anyway, for now I should go. I will be posting later on tonight or tom about my latest fill. Yuppers! I got another fill.

~Princess Jenn~

Making strides! :)

So I need to be better about posting. I have had so many milestones lately. First off my last fill went very well! No more fills in the procedure room anymore *crosses fingers*

I have been starting to lose again since my fill on April 28th and cloths are starting to get loose again. I tried on a couple shirts last week or so at Meijer. Sharon wanted to look at cloths so I thought “what the heck, what have I got to lose just trying on a top or 2” well I fell in love this really pretty top. They only had 1. Well I tried it on anyway over top of my shift I was wearing. The shirt I was wearing when I went into the store was a 5X and the shirt I tried on was only a 3X. It fits beautifully! I love it. I also tried on a 2X too. I figure I would just see. The 2X fit! It wasn’t anything I felt comfortable enough to wear in public but it felt good. It felt pretty good. I hugged my curves more than I liked but if it was not uncomfortable. Anyway back to awesome 3X, since Meijer had a rack of tops on sale buy one get one half off. Sharon and I each got a top and split the price. So we each saved like 5 bucks. Anyway, I wore it this last weekend to our Tops SRD (State Recognition Days) on Saturday even though at first I didn’t feel that comfortable in it. Then on Sunday I wore the 5X top (the shirt I am wearing in all my progress pics) and I felt so sloppy and just gross because it just didn’t feel comfortable anymore. So that shirt is going into my cloths bin to keep for a later time to see what I used to wear. Plus I will have that to keep for the “Before and After” parade next year at SRD. Each year, as long as you maintain a 50# weight loss you can walk across the stage and hold up what size you used to wear and then show how you look currently. What an inspiration seeing all those people come out from behind their own cloths so much trimmer and HEALTHIER.

Anyway, I guess my main point to this post tonight. (I apologize I am still not really awake yet from the weekend, lol.) I am more motivated than ever! After seeing those weight loss winners walk across stage was so inspiring. There was gal, our Michigan state Queen, she lost 179.25#. I would love to loose that much. It gives me a feeling that if she can loose that amount of weight on her own, without weight loss surgery, then there is no reason that I can’t loose that much with my lap band. Also, our motivation speaker, Jodi Davis (walkytalk.com) lost 162 lbs! Oh my goodness, how can a person, without having to be a tops member not being inspired by those numbers. Each day I get more and more motivated.

Every time I started to feel down or negative I take myself back to that Meijer store. Back to that moment when I tried on shirt 3 sizes smaller that actually fit.

Until then I am off to try to get some good sleep. I am hoping to make it to the park tomorrow for a nice long walk. HAHA. I’ll see how tom goes.

~Princess Jenn~

Here is a post I actually did last week but somehow got put off adding until now :)
I got a fill this past tuesday. (April 28th) Which is about time since I have spent most of time since surgery with what feels like no restriction. After I finally got a fill on March 3rd I thought things would start going in the right direction with my weight. The right direction being down. That did happen for 3 weeks. Only because I couldn't keep anything down! I tried staying on the graduated diet like right after surgery, but even then anything more than a 2 bites and it didnt stay down. Plus it hurt like hell. The pressure I felt after a bite went all way thru to my back. Felt like someone was pushing me earlly hard, or a I had a my 6 1/2 yr old nephew standing there. Even if food did stay down I was still starving all the time. Which defeats the purpose of having this band in the first place. Anyway, by week 3 I was still not keeping really anything down and dropped 16lbs. So back the doctor went. Then for an esophogram. My band was way too tight. A drinkof barium took 30-40 seconds from the time it got to where my band is located to actually pass thru it. Yes, it is supposed to take longer for food to go thru, that how you stay feeling full longer. However this was liquid. Water made feel sick and full too. Anyway, next thing I knew I was scheduled to go back to the procedure room to get an "unfill". So on march 27, I went in and got 2.5cc of my 5cc from my band taken out. I was so bummed that so much had to come out. I had only gotten a fill of 1.5cc when i went in on the 3rd. And I knew that my next fill would be a wait away again. Along with the the pain and discomfort of a band being too tight thre is a high risk of the band slipping. I'm not really sure about the reason behind this. I think one risk is constantly having to be sick can move band.

Needless to say, I put back on those 16lbs very easily. With only 2.5cc in my band I felt no restriction. Plus I managed to get my nephews during that time. Do you know what kind of foods kids eat? Yummy junk food of course! But now it's all gone. So no more temptations.

Now this last fill I got was in the procedure room but this time no fluoro! As usual Dr K. gave it a try without the xray on and it worked. He actually found the port and accessed it pretty quickly. I was so happy when he said "we're in. cancel xray" also that I should call and get my next fill scheduled in the office for 4 weeks. Then I even got a high five! I know both of us were so happy about that.

I am going to wrap this up for now. Wish me luck. It's been 2 days since my fill and so far so good. I feel pretty good.