Had my 7th fill Monday and I finally feel true restriction. Am able to eat about 1000 calories a day with the addition of vitamins and a protein drink if necessary. Have been faithfully lifting light weights on the bowflex every other day for a few weeks now. Hopefully my right knee continues to feel less pain so I can get some cardio in. Ha, I said "cardio."
So I guess I'm averaging about 10 pounds lost per month. I would have preferred a little more, at least for the first year, but as I have learned the lap band differs from gastric bypass in the sense that you build up to optimum weight loss with fills rather than instantly drop a ton of weight and then slow down.
It's a great change I continue to go through physically, but it is hard to be completely happy when my Dad is so advanced in his Dementia. He worried about my weight for many years. He obsessed over it, frankly. He would call me almost each morning, in part to make sure I was alive. Being severely overweight doesn't just hurt the person, it hurts and concerns those who love you. Every time I see him I tell him how much weight I've lost. One time he smiled, but that was several months ago. He doesn't really smile about anything anymore. Damn Dementia.
So my 20 year class reunion is next month. Why didn't I have this surgery a year earlier???? There will be those that will see me as appearing much smaller and those who will see me as appearing much larger. The nice thing is, I still have nearly all of my hair and most of it is still brown.
See you in 10 pounds.
