Finally Cracked 170's

I finally dropped below 180 this morning into the 170's land. This marks a total loss of 125 pounds. That is as much as a small adult. I am now entering the high school years in my weight range. This is all due to some cosmic tightening of my band. Normally I get a bit of a tightening during my TOM. This time it is lingering. I am not really hungry and back to getting dizzy when I need to eat.

I have to be really careful still eating anything after dinner as it will cause acid indigestion in the middle of the night. I had a small bout of it two nights ago and think it was a bit of lingering dinner. Last night I had a big drink of water just before bed and it seemed to finish clearing out my pouch (several burps bigger than I would expect from water). I didn't have any indigestion at all last night.

Yesterday my daughter asked me if I thought I could keep this weight off even if I were to have a problem and lose my band. She was referencing the changes I have made to my habits..I have to say the question brought a jolt of fear and an immediate response of No I don't think so. My belief is that although certain things have changed I think I would slowly start to regain it. Heck the first thing that popped into my mind was a HAMBURGER WITH FRIES!!! I cannot believe my brain but that is the image that flashed across my vision within minutes of the question.

I really think that i would quickly search out my revision options if I lost the band. While deciding on the band I read up on the vertical sleeve and really think that would be my choice if all failed and I had to lose my band.