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Second Fill and can't have McD's!



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So i have had my 2nd fill on Thursday and now I have 4.5 cc's in my band. I also lost only 4 lbs since my last visit, but since I had no restriction I see that as a victory. With this new fill I feel some restriction, I am not sure if it is my sweet spot though...we will see. Anyway so this weekend I attempted to have a toasted bagel and it got stuck! The feeling was horrible but I loved the fact that I know that I can't have Bagels anymore! Also yesterday I decided to treat myself with some McDonald's (after not having it for over 4 months) and I could not handle it!! I ate very slowly and chewed well but those chicken nuggets were not going down lol. I attempted a cheeseburger (minus most of the bread), and I could not eat most of it and I was soooo happy! PBing makes you never want to eat those foods that make you sick again...so I am saying good-bye to McD's and bagels!! They weren't good for me anyway! :o

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bye-bye nasty nuggets!!

so long, carby bagel!

When I need a bread fix, I have a slice of nice Jewish Rye... or a Marble Rye. One slice with a schmear of butta does the trick, and fills me up :thumbup: No nasty white carbs either! :sneaky:

I used to go to McDonalds and get a 2 cheeseburger meal, which came with large fries and a large diet coke, and I'd get an extra cheeseburger.

When we went to a wedding in Canada a few weeks ago, I had a cheeseburger and a small fry, with a bottled Water. I didn't finish the fries. :frown:

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Yes it feels nice to get full quicker doesnt it? I get happy when I can't eat all of something or can't have something that is not good for me! I can still do carbs just not some of them. I usually have the pepperidge farm lightstyle oat bread toasted and it is good. I actually had a pancake this morning with the kids at my school and it went down well also. I feel restriction but I think I still need a little bit more. I think with one, or two at most, more fills I will be at my sweet spot.

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I'm with you... I can certainly use a few more fills. I'm at 5cc right now... think I'll probably be good at about 8cc-10cc.

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I just had my second fill this past Monday, and I just got off liquids and mushies but regular food does not go down the same way... I actually had a piece of meat get stuck last night so that wasn't good and I thought that I chewed it well but it still got stuck, so I got through it but it took almost an hour to get through it... I now have 4.5cc in a 10cc band...

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Adela- I'm so glad to hear that McD's is down the toilet ! It will do you sooo much good to get rid of that kind of stuff. I'm on my 2nd fill (5cc in) and while I dont really have restriction I have noticed that their are certain foods that I just dont crave anymore.

If I could give you some honest advice, it's best if you find some other means to reward yourself that are not food base. The one thing that my therapist keeps me focusing on is that my relationship with food should only be to feed my body when it is hungry not as a sign of comfort, reward or pitty soother. My system is whenever I acheive a new mini-goal I will buy myself something that I set when I acheive the past goal. For just hitting 40 lbs loss I went on overstock and got me a great new winter coat. You want your rewards to be something that you can show off and get compliments on and then say it's because I've lost XX pounds anf flaunt it and feel fabulosa !!! :confused:

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