I'm doing it

[Jachut]

I've made an appointment for a fill on Friday. I think I can no longer say I'm "lucky" never ot have PB'd and to be able to eat anything when the truth is I am just not using my band to its full advantage.

I really really want to get the last 10kg off, and I want it off pronto. I need new clothes for the coming summer and I'm a bit annoyed that whatever I buy will not fit me next summer due to the fact that I havent lost the weight I wanted to over the past 3 months or so.

I keep thinking I just need to be more disciplined but truth is when my band is properly adjusted I just dont need the discipline I'm having to call on now (and failing). I dont get hungry and I dont think about food all the time.

Its a good reminder that we never have this thing beat. There's something broke in my head that will never be fixed - although perhaps thats a bit dramatic but I definitely need this band.

So I'm going tighter :nod: and I dont think I'll die if that means I can no longer eat one food or another. Its really time for me to get back to basics and before the silly season sets in too.

Really, I'm at the stage now where I guess statistics would call me a success but dammit, I'm a runner now, lol. I'm still fat for a runner. I'm hooked, utterly addicted to this sport and I want to improve my performances and I want to run a half marathon and getting off another 10 to 15kg is a big part of that.

AND - I have just rung my gym, rejoined and made an appointmet for a kick ass weights program.

[HeatherGurl]

Can't wait to hear how it goes... I figured you would get one soon with you talking about those last 10kg! Good luck, and hopefully you still will never PB.

[Kathy]

I just read my own mind. I got what I hope to be my last fill just last week, and it was a small one! .25cc. I hear ya on everything you posted! Well, except for the running part...I'm not following you there :lol: Update us on Friday!

[Jachut]

How is yours going Kathy? Unbelievably, I feel totally different, immediately. I had lunch out with my mum and I can still eat just fine, although it was only a salad. But my appetite has just disappeared! Like that. Thank goodness.

[Kathy]

YES! It's amazing what a little tightening will do for the appetite. Who knows if it's mental or physical? I don't really care. I can't remember where I posted it, but even 19+ months banded, I don't know the difference between head hunger and real hunger. But I DO know the difference between NOT hungry and my body needs food for nutrition. Thank God for fills. I got just a .25cc fill, and I can tell. I did 3 days of liquids, 3 days of mushies, and tried salad on T'giving day and did fine.

However, I tried eating a chicken biscuit (chicken breast w/ mayo on a heavy, doughy, roll...not sure what you all call them in Aussie land) and had a bit of trouble getting stuck. I can live without biscuits, nothing healthy there anyway. But I sure feel the fill. I'd have had no trouble with that pre-fill. I'm an expert chewer!

Here's to getting that last bit of weight gone!!! Keep us posted on your progress. :)

["Just Jess"]

Dare I even ask, what is PB'd?

[Kathy]

Dare I even ask, what is PB'd?

Heh, PB is Productive Burp, where the food gets stuck and comes back up. Similar to a vomit, but not, because it's just the food and slime. Step 1, stuck. Step 2, slime. Step 3, PB. This is why it's waaaay important to get the food chewing down pat early on. You do NOT want to get stuck, especially if it moves quickly to Step 3, the dreaded PB. :(

["Just Jess"]

Oh my... YUCK!

Thanks for the very clear description, Kathy! So when food gets "stuck" that means it cannot pass through the opening the lap-band creats, correct? This does not cause you to choke? Because that is actually good news. Although, a "PB" certainly does not sound pleasant either - but much prefered over vomiting, right?

Oh boy, SO much to learn!!!!

And btw, since posting that question - I found a post of an index of acronymns! yeh! So, I will not keep bothering people asking what this and that means!

Can I ask, how did you get used to the chewing thing? Because I've been known to be a quick eater --- a few chews, swallow, more food - etc.. etc.. I've been trying to make more of an effort already to practice - by counting my chews, etc. Are there any tricks that helped you?

THANKS!!!


Jess

[Jachut]

The pain teaches you pretty darn quickly! And the fear of humiliation of sliming and Pbing happening in public makes it easy to be pretty careful.

[Kathy]

Yup, you learn to do it because you MUST. :nod:

My eyes almost popped outta my head one day when my sister sat across from me at the table at Chick-Fil-A and ate a sandwich in about 6 bites in under 2 minutes. Thoughtless about it. :eek: I could NEVER do that now. But I used to eat like that. Yup. Every day.

You don't need to count, just chew to goo. Don't swallow any chunks. Try it! It's actually fun, really, or have I just convinced myself of that?! LOL

[HeatherGurl]

Glad to hear you 2 are doing well with your fills! :)