Dr. John Bagnato - Bagnato Bandits - NSV

[Guest Leslie2Lose]

Allykat,

What a great NSV!!! actually NSV's. I didn't mail the clothes as I'd hoped. I cleaned out my closet too this weekend. I ended up with more clothes to send - thought I'd ship everything at the same time. Sizes are from 16-18 on most everything. I ordered a box from the post office - I should have it today. I'll pack it up tonight and ship it tomorrow. Sorry for the delay!

[georgia girl 35]

Great NSV's ya'll!!

Okay, I didn't get the email newsletter. Did all of you get it? I want to see it...

[Guest Leslie2Lose]

I got it last night. Nip50's story is in there - she looks awesome of course! :-)

Do they have your e-mail on file? They didn't have mine at one point. You may want to call and check.

[georgia girl 35]

I just called and gave them my new email address. They had the old one on file but I still didn't get it on that one either. I can't wait to see it! Now, if we can just get the support meetings going...

[mia31771 0]

I have the email newsletter at work if you would like for me to forward it to you Pamela. I'm able to eat today so yay! I have a fill scheduled for 08-18 too, I believe at 1pm that I am probably going to cancel. I go from one week thinking I need a fill to the next thinking 'no way'. LOL. It is weird how the band can be tight one day and not the next. I have found that drinking something warm in the mornings tends to make for a better day for me. I got a new treadmill so i'm ready to get the exercise party started!

[georgia girl 35]

Thanks girl! I just PM'ed you my email address.

[Guest Leslie2Lose]

DH and I went to Breakfast this morning. His favorite Breakfast place in town is Pearly's. I used to hate going there because they have tiny booths. I used to have to squeeze in and I was really uncomfortable.

I was sitting there (must have had a little devil on my shoulder) and looked over at DH and myself. I had a big gap between the table and me. DH was "squeezed in" himself. He still loves to eat there so the booth doesn't bother him. I thought - I used to be bigger than him. I'm little in this booth. I enjoyed my little moment.

[mia31771 0]

You can eat solid food for breakfast Leslie? I'm jealous! I'm usually so tight I can barely get my slim fast low carb in. I got another .5 cc fill on Monday so I am up to 7.50 in my 10cc band now. I had Leslie draw out my Fluid and check it to make sure I was still holding good. I should've had 7.1 and she drew out 7 so I think that is pretty good. I'm hoping this fill will put me at my sweet spot. How is everyone else doing?

[Guest Leslie2Lose]

I had grits and a bite of bacon (I have to chew chew chew). Also - I have to have coffee in the morning to loosen me up. I was looser this morning than usual too. I think my PMS swelling has gone down (darnit!!!). Your ticker looks great Mia! You ROCK!!!

[allykat 1]

I bet that made you feel pretty good, Leslie! It is nice to see some progress, huh?

Mia, your ticker is rocking along now, isn't it? Very cool!

I don't know what it is but I all of a sudden, people can notice I've lost weight. I've probably had a half dozen people ask me over the last week or so how much weight I've lost and how I'm doing it. I just say I'm eating less, which is the truth. I did get back to exercising this week, so hopefully I'll really start dropping more soon.

[mia31771 0]

Thanks! It seems like it is going sooo slow for me! Guys, I think I may be too tight, I tried to resume to regular food today and it has been a disaster. I tried to eat some soupy soupy dirty rice and that didn't go well at all. In fact, I'm still sitting here with that horrible 'stuck' feeling. Hopefully I will be able to eat some dinner tonight. I'm interested in seeing what foods everyone can eat. Probably the only meats that I can eat without problems are scrambled hamburger meat, steak and maybe some fish if its cooked really tender. I can eat brocolli and most veggies. All of that was before this fill, not really sure what I can eat now. Recently I found myself leaning towards chips and soft things just to avoid the pain of being stuck or pb'ing. I dunno what to do. Advice? I really don't want to live off of Soups.< /p>

[Guest Leslie2Lose]

Mia - you may be a little too tight. Why don't you call Leslie and ask her what she thinks. I was like that after my last fill. You don't want to go too long like that. ((hugs)).

[allykat 1]

I agree, Mia. Did you just get .5? Maybe have .25 removed and see how that goes? You shouldn't have to live on Soups, etc. You should be able to eat other foods. I can pretty much eat most foods. Every so often, particularly if I'm not paying attention and eating too fast or not chewing as well, I get the stuck feeling with chicken, some beef, and bread. But it isn't all the time and I usually just give it some time and I can resume eating as normal. Right after my last fill, bread was a big no-no...it just wouldn't go down. Now there isn't as much of a problem, which tells me I probably need a fill!

[mia31771 0]

I went in and got an unfill. By the time I got to Albany from Norman Park my saliva was coming out of my nose! I told leslie that I thought I really was too tight before I got this last fill as I had resorted to eating unhealthy foods just to be able to eat something. So she removed .75 cc and I was actually able to EAT real food. I think Leslie was upset that I wasn't honest with her on Monday but I had started back gaining and I thought I needed a fill. I was able to eat some dinner but in the grand scheme of things it wasn't a big amount of food so I think I just might be at a good restriction level. I knew I was too tight but was scared to get an unfill because I didn't want to gain. I'm glad I went and got unfilled because honestly I have been miserable. I was lucky that this did not count as a fill because I returned within 48 hours. I'm going to really follow the band rules and give this restriction level a try. I was so tight before I could not eat without drinking a little something or heavily drenching whatever I was eating in some type of sauce. Sooooo...don't be foolish like me guys, if you think you are too tight, listen to your gut..you probably are...

[Guest Leslie2Lose]

Mia - I'm so glad you are feeling better and got that unfill! I go tomorrow morning for my fill....I'm nervous about getting too full - hopefully a teny tiny fill will get me to where I need to be. I'm afraid of gaining too - which is what I've been doing lately.