Hey Gang!! Starting a new Months thread!! Hope you're all doing well.....will post more later!

Your Egg Roll sounds very similar to what we call a fried Spring Roll here

Favourite Breakfast Cereal: We have this delicious high Fibre with Bran Cereal called Weet Bix. Made from Whole Grain Wheat and Bran.

All Ingredients are of Non-Animal Origin

Wholegrain wheat (57%), wheat bran (24%), desiccated coconut (8%), raw sugar, wheat starch, honey (1.5%), salt, Vitamins (niacin, thiamin, riboflavin, folate), mineral (iron) May contain traces of milk and soy No artificial colours or flavours.YUM!

Just checking in...I weighed in today for my weekly weigh in and I was up 0.8lbs (not reflected in my ticker because I am in denial!). I really think I am just hanging onto some extra Water. I looked over my eating and I burned thousands more calories than I ate. I also upped the weights that I am doing so I think that could lead to something as well. I am irritated but I am trying to look at this rationally.

At any rate, I hauled my butt to the gym and had a 45 min elliptical wokrout and 100 crunches. My abs are sore but it feels good.

Thanks for all the breakfast ideas by the way.

How is everyone doing today?

Kay....You know that muscle weighs more than fat right!??? Girl....You're getting PUMPED up!!!:boxing: With all that exercise...I'm SURE Its the muscles!! Don't worry about it too much....you should actually probably UP your caloric intake and I bet then you'll see some poundage drop!! Try it for a few days then go back down.....it'll mess w/your body and (hopefully) the scale!!!

Kay, I agree with Kirsten - VERY likely you're building muscle. Take your measurements - I bet you're losing inches!

Thanks--I needed that.

I hope you are right. I have eaten well today and not picked at any of the Snacks I have been picking at a little lately.

I have to say thought, I am hungry more often than I was in the past. I am definitely doing this through sheer willpower and I Need a fill soon. Feb 15th cannot come soon enough!

Thanks again girls.

I got fill #2 today, and it still didn't hurt at all (and I am the ultimate needle-weenie!)

Since I'm an hour or so from the doc's office, I only got 0.5cc's bringing my total to 2cc in a 4cc band. I had a touch of restriction before, so I didn't want too much.

All I had was some strained chicken noodle Soup broth and a SF Jello pudding for dinner, and I'm actually feeling it a touch - which is odd because normally the soup would go right through. Hopefully this one will do the trick!

Thanks--I needed that.

I hope you are right. I have eaten well today and not picked at any of the Snacks I have been picking at a little lately.

I have to say thought, I am hungry more often than I was in the past. I am definitely doing this through sheer willpower and I Need a fill soon. Feb 15th cannot come soon enough!

Thanks again girls.

kay, if it's any consolation, I was doing the same and feeling the same just before my fill last week. I wondered how long my will power would hang in there if I hadn't gotten a fill. I guess this is one time when you gladly want to wish some days away. Just over a week to go kay hang in there

I got fill #2 today, and it still didn't hurt at all (and I am the ultimate needle-weenie!)

Since I'm an hour or so from the doc's office, I only got 0.5cc's bringing my total to 2cc in a 4cc band. I had a touch of restriction before, so I didn't want too much.

All I had was some strained chicken noodle soup broth and a SF Jello pudding for dinner, and I'm actually feeling it a touch - which is odd because normally the soup would go right through. Hopefully this one will do the trick!

Sounds like a good fill chubbygirl I was actually quite sore with no appetite for nearly 2 days after my fill last week. Watch the weight drop off now

Chubbygirl....lucky you for getting what sounds like a good 2nd fill!!! I hope I feel the same way after my 2nd fill on the 19th!!!

Kay...I'm with you....that 2nd fill can't come soon enough!!!!

It's odd with this second fill. Before, I could really still gulp Water, and would always drink a glass before bed. I decided last night I would drink a 16.9 oz bottle before bed. I couldn't chug it! I could feel it pooling up so I'd stop after a couple small gulps. What an odd feeling!!!

Kirsten - thinking good wishes while you wait for your second...

Wow Annie..thanks for sharing that feeling of the Water pooling up. I was curious about that. I have no fill yet and I too can gulp water(I usually sip it, but I can gulp it too). I was wondering if it would feel different with a fill or if it would go right through since it is water. Interesting. I will have to wait and see for myself but it does lead me to thinking and yearning for a little restriction. My willpower is fading..hehe.

Little one is home sick today so no gym for me. I did the biggest loser workout, the Boot Camp section (kills me!) and I feel good. Glad I got it accomplished despite the wrench being thrown into my routine.

Have a good day all and I hope you meet your challenges!

BUMP--

This was getting too far down I couldnt find it!

I got my second fill today and I am still unsure as i am not eating enough to know if I have restriction. There is a support group meeting tonight at my surgeons office. I am going to go I think . I have never been but I will try it and see if I like it or not. Well I better get ready to go see ya all later!

I go for my first fill tomorrow. I can't wait. I just hope I get restriction, even if it's a little.

Maurdan, how was your first fill???

I am going to make sure I get that Water pooling sensation when I go for my 2nd fill!! Then I'll have him take just a teeny bit out so hopefully I'll have good restriction!! 10 more days!!! I can't WAIT for my next fill....it is only by sheer willpower at this point that I am maintaining my loss.

Does anyone else still have any pain on one side of their port area?? I still feel this weird muscle pull/cramp like feeling on the left side of where my port is every time I bend over! I wonder if this is normal?? Anyone else have anything like this??

Well, I just got back from my first fill a little bit ago.

The doctor was awesome, but the fill wasn't smooth. It wasn't terrible either, though!

Apparently, my port is deep in and she had a hard time finding it. I thought I did it under fluoro, but it sounds different than others' experiences; it was still difficult. It hurt the first time she put the needle in so she sprayed me again and the second time it went in. I kept praying she'd find it.

Finally, she said she thought she had it and that if she was able to remove Fluid it meant she was in. Thankfully, she was able to insert and remove fluid! We were both relieved at that point.

She ended up putting 2.5cc in, which thrilled me. I was afraid she would only put 1cc in.

I'm on Clear liquids for two days and full liquids for two more days. I just ate a sf Jello and didn't feel restricted, but I'm hoping that's just because it's liquids. Unless, I'm still waiting for that stuffed feeling.

But I'm happy I got as much as I did and I really hope the scale starts going down again!

As for my port, I'm sure it's all the fat covering it! But, I do still feel a bit weird when I bend over and I have major scar tissue at the incision. It's very hard. I may e-mail my doc about it.

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