calorie counting works!

I'm losing! started counting claories, i've been resisting doing that since surgery (50+ days) I wasn't losing, but now that i realized that i was eating almost 4000 calories i've cut down to 1200 aprox. and the weight is going down, a good 5 lbs this week. I hate counting calories, but it's easy using the lapband-progress site. i went out with the kids last night, they needed a night out, i had some onion rings and i don't regret it, they were good! i get another fill in 2 weeks, i hope i get RESTRICTION! i can eat more than a cup of food at a time, and i only get stuck if i eat too fast, wich doesnt happen often, but i'm getting good at eating slow, i don't have to think about it much now. anyways, it felt good to get out last night, we had a lot of laughs, it was very relaxing, we really needed that. it took a while for us to unwind, but by the end of the night we were giggling & joking & we talked about all sorts of stuff. very nice. i love my kids.