So, I made an appointment with my doc and went into the office this morning – yeah, my band was definitely too tight! I told them how difficult it had been for me to eat + how uncomfortable it was! They weighed me in and it seems I had lost 6 pounds in 2 weeks. On one hand – that’s awesome, but I also know I lost it because I wasn’t eating, haha. So – I think in this case the con outweighed the pro! Dr. Champion took out 1/2 a cc of fluid and I can tell such a difference. I was able to eat my shrimp curry dinner without any awful uncomfortableness. It’s funny how strong I want to remain, and for some reason I kept telling myself to “fight through” the pain – like, just be tough and eventually it will be fine and won’t bother me. But after these two weeks, eating was making me really, really depressed. I honestly don’t think I ever realized how great it is to be able to eat. I mean, I still feel restriction and everything, but it’s not like it was. I think I started to get really down because I’d be eating with friends and co-workers and instead of just enjoying the convo I was sitting there not feeling well at all. Anyway, I think my learning here was A) Listen to your body B) Eating should = joy! C) It’s okay to ask for help, aka, go back to your doctor and say you can’t handle this tight of a band!
I hope this is encouraging to you in some way! It’s kind of like feeling sick and not wanting to go to the doctor or saying you can fix your car yourself and you keep getting stranded on the side of the road. I’m glad I went in today! I’m a little nervous that I’ll be eating more again (which I am…) and won’t lose weight, or it’ll be slower, but I also know that I was so unhappy these past 2 weeks. Like I said, it’s an amazing realization to understand how enjoyable eating should be, especially when you have to do it 3 times per day 
After work today I went to the grocery store and bought some low carb tortillas so that I could make some healthy wraps for lunch. I was starting to get tired of my lunches, and a lot of those frozen meals are SO carb-centric (pasta, chicken with rice). My doctor seemed to suggest that a wrap is a pretty good option if you fill it with high protein. I didn’t make it to the gym today, nor did I walk to work because I had my Dr’s appt this morning, and met a friend for dinner after work. But I did cut up some pineapple, strawberries and mixed them with red grapes and put them in a container in my fridge for the weekend and next week. I figured this is as much an important part to my well being as working out!
I also bought some fat free “No Pudge” brownies from Trader Joe’s to make for work. I am leading a workshop tomorrow and wanted to make something for the folks who are coming to it. I tasted a brownie tonight and it was pretty good seeing that it’s fat free. Well, I did put in some dark chocolate chips in there – but dark chocolate is good for you, right? ;-) I made them a few weeks ago for friends and they were a little dry, so I think the chocolate chips will jazz them up a little.
I hope you had a great day! I’ll be back soon.
