I went to Dr. Champion this morning to review my weight loss and see if I needed another fill. When I weighed in, I was down a total of 65 pounds in 9-months, according to his scale. I told him about my frustration with my weight loss since August. Since my last visit in July, I had only lost a total of 6 pounds. I am happy I lost, of course, but with the amount of hard exercising I was doing, I felt like surely I should be down more. His wife, who checked me in, told me that I should be “The Poster Child” for the Lap Band. That I am doing so well for a Lap Band patient, and I can’t expect to be where someone who had Gastric Bypass is at this point. And I was reminded by everyone in the office that plateau’s are normal. Their encouraging words made me feel better. Dr. Champion gave me another fill (1 cc of fluid) and we’ll see how that does. Of course, due to my new work schedule this week, I’ve had the hardest time getting up the energy to work out. I didn’t workout Monday night, Tuesday night or tonight. I did go to the gym last night though. I am trying to not be so hard on myself because I’ve been eating a lot less and have to give myself the time to adjust to this new amazing job. I know I’ll be right back in the swing of things again and everything will soon become second nature.
My goal: To lose 80 pounds by my 1-year Lap Band anniversary which is January 15th. That’s the day of my next visit with Dr. Champion. And I am going to lose at least 100 pounds by my 18 month mark, which will be my 28th B-Day on July 15th! Dr. Champion said this is very doable. And that man tells it like it is!
It is a pretty funny occurrence when people are talking about milkshakes. The taste. The size. How many calories they have. The flavors. And of course – how good they taste! I felt kind of silly just standing in silence – like I was from another planet where milkshakes don’t exist (Hey – if I was from that planet, I wouldn’t have needed a Lap Band to begin with!) I think that in my heart, I just like to be myself and be authentic with people, so maybe one of these days it’ll come up in conversation – I didn’t want to be like, “Oh, I don’t eat those. I gave all of that up to start a new, healthy journey in my life…but I used to be just like you and enjoyed a milkshake every now and again…What about a Kashi Go Lean Protein shake with a banana?”
WIth new folks I am meeting, I am just me – as I am in the present – no before picture. I am in such a great place in my life and am feeling so good, and feel like I am on my way toward reaching so many of my goals. In all ways possible, this is more freeing than any milkshake could ever be.
