Testing 1, 2, Video

Damn I tried putting a video on and it ain't workin'........ Will keep trying...... Got these photos up ok as usual. This is me ready for bed..... 101.9 kilos.

Second Fill

I had my second fill on Monday. I was really needing it. I was eating larger and larger portions and also more frequently. I have also been stuck between 101.5 and 102.5, for 2 whole weeks. It is very dissappointing. I can see how people could easily put on weight even with the lap band. One sure way to put weight back on is to not get your fills. You can easily spread out all the food you want through out the day. So definately not the easy road some people expect. You still need all your motivation - it is just a little help.

Anyway after the fill - he put 1.5 in, so that now I am at 3.5 total. Right after the fill I felt full well until dinner - had late dinner that night. Then I ate very little probably close to a cup. Stayed full for a long time again - that was nice. I have had problems eating in the morning though and this morning I couldn't finnish my toast and had to give it to my dog, who was most appreciative. Not sure what that is about but I had big chest pains as the food is going down. But no problems at lunch and dinner. Today I feel alot better and despite sticking to my one cup limit I can clearly see that this is not filling me up enough. So tomorrow I might fix slightly bigger meals. I just wanted to be very careful like the doctor warned me to - just to avoid being sick or having PB etc...... that (knock on wood) I still have not experienced. Thank goodness.

I can see this will definately not be my last fill . . . . . I just hope I can start losing weight again. Honestly I have stopped exercising almost completely - I am sure that had something to do with the stall in the weight loss that's for sure. As you can see by my ticker since being filled only 2 days ago I have already lost 1/2 kilo. So it's on the way down hopefully..

Thanks for everyone's comments - keep them coming ! ! ! I thought today that I may make summary type posts that will have a certain topic.... not sure how this will work but coming to you soon - I promise.

More photos of me at my starting weight

I found these photos of me at my starting weight 130 kilos in October 2007. Check out the size of my boobs...........argh SCARY

Melbourne or more like . . . HELLbourne

It's been awhile since I blogged. I wanted to first of all thank those of you who commented. Thanks everyone. . . Apparently rosehip oil will help with those stretch marks and scars. I have also heard that bio oil helps but I would imagine that that is a bit more expensive. Actually I am on my second bottle of Palmers' skin flexibility cream. It costs about $10 but with the size of me, it doesn't last long at all. Anyway I will keep everyone updated on what works. I will try them all. Last week I attended the support group again. It went much better this time, and one of the ladies showed us her tummy after loosing 52 kilos. Yes it was flabby but not as bad as I had imagined. She was alittle older than me so I hope that will make a difference.

Let me explain HELLbourne - went there for the long weekend for a wedding. Had a great time, I fit into my little leather jacket again and it feels great going through all my clothes that feel like they are new when in fact they are quite old - would you believe that some of them I have not even ever worn???? anyway getting off track. Hellbourne because I ate and then ate some more.

I have to be honest I ate, drank, got drunk, ate chips, dips and other ips. I fully cheated. I sipped water and coke whilst eating to help it go down more and ultimately to allow me to eat more. Never got sick, never got anything stuck but I have to admit even though I was eating more then I have since lapband, it is still significantly less then before the operation. That is the bottom line - yes you can cheat - but it is always going to be less then before. RESULT - no weight loss at all this week - still 101.5 kilos. To make things worse it has been raining non stop in Sydney and so NO EXERCISE. I think I will have to start swimming because rain or shine the pool is always open.

Back to Sydney and back on track. Since returning to work on Tuesday I have returned to eating about 1 1/2 cups of food and sticking to 3 meals per day and the occassional night snack. I have also gone back on only water and non sugared drinks like tea. So I hope it will show on the scales this week. Thanks for listening guys and keep up the comments.............PLEASE