Second Fill..and making good progress..

I had my second fill today..I actually met with a PA, but my surgeon walked in as I was checking in at the desk and came up and said hi..I really, really like her. While it took me a while to get used to her (surgeon attitude, all about business, not super touchy feely), I am so happy I went to her.

So, when I stepped on the scale..after ~1 month and a few days since my last appointment and first fill, i had lost 18 pounds!!! I was super, super excited! I have been tracking my weight on my scale, but today I got confirmation on the official scale. I am so, so happy and it is great motivation to try and continue to focus (especially after a hamburger and french fries and then two cookies mindlessly yesterday()In terms of the fill, I told him that I definitely needed restriction but I was cognizant that I didn't want to be overfilled and not able to meet good protein. One interesting thing that I never thought about that he told me was that as you lose weight, your stomach shrinks and thus the band gets looser (which is why i have not been feeling sufficient restriction).makes total sense but i hadn't thought of it...so, he added .5ccs which I hope will be a good amount. I had not issues with liquids today and had some pureed chili for dinner and fat free chocolate milk earlier in the day..So much of it is mental for me (i.e. not eating 2 cookies mindlessly)..i made a good step today by declining ben and jerry's ice cream cake at work, which would have easily gone down post my fill..step in the right direction i hope..fingers crossed..

while I am happy about the loss, I am not thrilled with my lack of consistent exercise..My goal was to go to the gym today and drink water..neither of which I did. I could make excuses, but not worth it..I just didn't do it. I really want to try to make this my focus as I really think it will make a difference going forward...

Thanks for the continued support..