top_kat
Well-Known Member
today is my 6th month anniversary of having my band. When I had my band I never really expected things to have gone as well as they have or certainly to have lost as much as I have, certainly not 7 stone! I've lost just over the weight o my 12 year old... oMG I've lost my son 
lol
Back then I was in up to a plus size 34/36, my tops are now down to a 20/22 although I did try an 18/20 on today which fitted - I haven't been in an 18 since I was 18 and then only briefly and although I'm not there yet it's going well
I also had my review at the gym today and I've lost almost 40" all over including 8" from my waist and 8" from my hips....although my brain is still trying to catch up lol
I've had no restriction from my band until my fill a week ago, but currently unable to eat the chicken, prawns and ham that were the staple of my protein diet, so having to find alternatives for a while...but it is very strange finally feeling what the band will be able to help with. It's also a strange feeling not feeling hungry lol
it's been hard to imagine what restriction would or could feel like and I know it is going to take me a while to get used to it now that i'm starting to feel it cos even tho I've had my band I've been able to eat what and how much I want...
All the time I've had my band I haven't had time where I've not felt hungry lol and losses have come from a great deal of strict control over my eating... But now since my most recent fill I can eat a meal and feel fuller for a good couple of hours - I finally can feel my band at work...
I now have 9ml in my 14ml band and had started to feel concerned that I wasn't feeling any restriction, so it's a relief to finally be getting there, I'm going to sit with this amount for a good few weeks although they said to book for 3 weeks time if I felt I needed too, but I am going to take it easy and slowly like I have been doing with my fills.
My band has changed my life dramatically but more so how and what I think about food and eating, it has changed my whole way of thinking. I go to the gym 3-4 times a week, I swim 2-3 times a week and even tho I have still got a long way to go (I'm just about to head into the 16's) I've also started on my couch 2 5k this week and running is something I just could never have imagined I would be doing...
There were a lot of things which finally pushed me to my surgery, but those things are also the things that are my motivation every day....
I LOVE my band. I LOVE the changes it's helped me make although now I'm hoping for a little helping hand from My band "Anna" and the restriction that is finally starting to kick in.
Here's to the 6 months.... Here's to a whole new life for the rest of it
lolBack then I was in up to a plus size 34/36, my tops are now down to a 20/22 although I did try an 18/20 on today which fitted - I haven't been in an 18 since I was 18 and then only briefly and although I'm not there yet it's going well
I also had my review at the gym today and I've lost almost 40" all over including 8" from my waist and 8" from my hips....although my brain is still trying to catch up lol
I've had no restriction from my band until my fill a week ago, but currently unable to eat the chicken, prawns and ham that were the staple of my protein diet, so having to find alternatives for a while...but it is very strange finally feeling what the band will be able to help with. It's also a strange feeling not feeling hungry lol
it's been hard to imagine what restriction would or could feel like and I know it is going to take me a while to get used to it now that i'm starting to feel it cos even tho I've had my band I've been able to eat what and how much I want...
All the time I've had my band I haven't had time where I've not felt hungry lol and losses have come from a great deal of strict control over my eating... But now since my most recent fill I can eat a meal and feel fuller for a good couple of hours - I finally can feel my band at work...
I now have 9ml in my 14ml band and had started to feel concerned that I wasn't feeling any restriction, so it's a relief to finally be getting there, I'm going to sit with this amount for a good few weeks although they said to book for 3 weeks time if I felt I needed too, but I am going to take it easy and slowly like I have been doing with my fills.
My band has changed my life dramatically but more so how and what I think about food and eating, it has changed my whole way of thinking. I go to the gym 3-4 times a week, I swim 2-3 times a week and even tho I have still got a long way to go (I'm just about to head into the 16's) I've also started on my couch 2 5k this week and running is something I just could never have imagined I would be doing...
There were a lot of things which finally pushed me to my surgery, but those things are also the things that are my motivation every day....
I LOVE my band. I LOVE the changes it's helped me make although now I'm hoping for a little helping hand from My band "Anna" and the restriction that is finally starting to kick in.
Here's to the 6 months.... Here's to a whole new life for the rest of it
