Friday came at last and I trekked into London to have a fill. My fill provider (not my original surgeon, but equally competent) weighed me and said that I was a reasonable weight for my size - but when he checked how much weight I'd gained since a defil in November he was almost as horrified as I am, and said "then we have to fix it" (he's Belgian).
I was dithering about how much fill to have back in, since he only took half a mil out in November, but in my experience if you have fill out then back in, you need more in to make you back to where you were restriction-wise, somehow. (If that is accurate then eventually I'll need more fill than my band holds . . hmmmm)
I wondered whether I should have 0.5ml or o.75 ml but my doctor said he'd be happy to give me up to 1.5mls. .. so in the end (since I always think more is better than less) I went for 1 mil. He gave me a glass of water to drink immediately and I swallowed it without difficulty. Well about 50 mils of water, not a whole glass.
So that was good.
I haven't said how much he weighed me in at - I was mortified. I'd gained 12 pounds since seeing him in November. That is scary. Twelve pounds in one month? I do think the (unrelated) meds are accounting for some temporary weight gain there, but none the less, that is a scary amount to gain in less than eight weeks.
I was 148 pounds. Thankfully, some of that might have been water weight, and on Tuesday morning here at home I was only 141 pounds. (I would have weighed myself on the print-it-out machine at the gym on Monday, but the machine was broken)
3 comments:
Even at 148 pounds you are a skinny Minny. I think the less is more scenario is smart - clever of you to recognise that too. Imagine if you were overfilled? Hope the restriction kicks in good and proper. You're doing fantastic!!
I'm glad you got that fill-- now please keep posting and telling us newer bandsters how it goes.
You are a light in the future that I am looking towards.
You know what: everyone gains weight back sometimes, there is NOTHING to be ashamed about.
IT is a shame to STOP trying, and you haven't.
Now -- if you don't mind me giving you a little kick in the arse-- get your booty to the gym and make good food choices my friend from across the pond, you can do this!!!
xox V
Thanks ladies. I was shocked at how easily I gained without restriction; goes to show that the band is still doing its work for me, and that I am not "cured" of my obsesity inclinations.
But it's not how often you gain weight that counts, it is what you do to lose it again.
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