I can't believe it has been six weeks since my surgery! I had an appt this week. They filled my band to 7cc's. My band holds 14cc's. I have lost three pounds a week since my last appointment. As of today, I have lost 40 pounds since May 1st, 2012! I am praying that they stay off this time! The clinic told me that my weight loss has been my own doing because there is no way the band is working, there is not enough silicone in my band to make it work and I am hungry all the time. It is just the way I am eating, more like not eating.
Speaking of which! I mentioned that fact to someone at work this week. The persons response back to me was, "Good, you are finally learning to eat properly." This made me mad, boy did I have a few words to say to her! Instead I just nicely said this isn't the first time I have lost the weight and left it at that. If she cared enough to want the whole story she would have asked. I SOO hate being stereotyped for overeating by people that don't know me! If my weight was do to eating to much, I guarantee that I would have not became this size to begin with! I also would NEVER have had surgery if I could just loose it and keep it off without help. You have any idea how hard it is to have a lapband? The fact that we have to $266 a month for the next three years to pay off my surgery! I would have much rather to have done this without the lapband. I just have to keep in mind that people at work are mostly just colleagues, not true friends. They are not people that know me and in the two years I have lived here, only one person from work has invited me to do anything with them. It still made me mad. I know I know, she has no idea, but it still made me mad.
I have no problem not eating to loose weight. However I don't entirely agree with the person that said I have lost me weight on my own. I know that band is still loose, but it is helping with the PCOS carb cravings! I still want to taste my chocolate. But instead of eating an entire candy bar once a day (and leaving out other nutrients to make up for the calories) I have been eating one piece of my Hershey's a day as needed. I suck it on it until it has completely dissolved in my mouth, never chewing it. We have had three bags of chips in the house this past week. I only ate a handful while we were camping last weekend.
This all leads me to my disclaimer:
Lapband is not for everyone! It is the absolute last choice anyone should make for weight loss. If you are only overweight due to your own selfishness, you have the ability to loose the weight and no regain it on your own. Then get off your butt, change your diet and start working out!
So I am down 40 pounds...and all i have to say is:
I am sexy and I know it!
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