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Weekly weigh-in

is...

323.4

AGAIN! to the tenth.. same as last week.

weigh-in

323.4

Weigh-in

ummmm

322.4

holla!

Hm.

Did a little calculation this morning. I had 210lbs to lose. I've lost 57. 

I've completed 27% of my weight loss already! That makes me feel good. So does hearing my Mom tell me this weekend to keep up the good work, that she can see a difference from our last visit.

I felt thin this weekend (even though I'm very far from it). It felt good. 

not really hungry

I'm not really that hungry this morning. I had some, erm, issues last night.

I had physical therapy after work (I have plantar fasciitis) and I was on my way to school when I decided to stop at Wendy's for a bite to eat. I wasn't starving but I thought that since it was only 6:00 and I would be in class till 10, I should probably get something.

I ordered a baked potato, a grilled chicken wrap, and a small frosty. 

When I got to school, I dressed up my potato with sour cream and took a bite. Then another. Then I got stuck. I was stuck for two and a half hours. I threw up several times in my car (I have a bag for just such a purpose), in the school bathroom before class, and I actually had to get up during class to go puke my brains out (the wobbly, I-feel-like-the-flu kind of puke, which was, thankfully, my last episode of the night).

I made it through class, though, and at home I ate some ice cream. I even ate a few pieces of popcorn. Then I went to bed, but no sleep until almost 1:00. 

This morning I'm not really hungry, but I just ate some applesauce so I could take Accutane. Yum. 

Snack time

Applesauce to take Accutane. Bar bc I'm still hungry.
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Breakfast

I'm at 9cc now......
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Psshht.

Forget pills.. I'm trying to keep three sips of iced coffee down.

I'm at 9.25 ccs. Using barium, the doc said this looks like good restriction. I have a 9cc band. Excuse me, I need to vom. 

Accutane

I started taking Accutane today. My skin has become an oil slick in the past couple of years, and no creams or antibiotics have been able to tame it. I can literally touch my skin and see oil droplets. It's gross. Plus, my acne is not good. Sometimes I get cysts or nodules and they're so painful. I've tried just about every acne med on the market (yes, including Proactiv - and that made it WORSE!).

Accutane is supposed to permanently remove the oil problem, thereby reducing acne flareups. I'm taking the generic form called Sotret, as the brand Accutane got pulled from the market back in June.

Since I can't take pills with my band, I'm cutting the gel-coated capsule and squeezing the thick liquid into 4oz of applesauce. It's orange and doesn't mix well, but the pill itself is probably too large to swallow whole, a little narrower than 1cm and a more than 1cm long.

Tomorrow I get my first fill under the fluoroscope. I'll ask my doc then about how big a pill I should be able to take.