Get in while the goings good - my 2nd post today

So, I ended up getting a fill this afternoon. Not much, just a .25 squirt. Which by the feels of it, might just be enough to give me a pretty good restriction. It took me a half hour to drink 300 mls of liquid a couple of hours later lol. I ended up with Dr Hill today, and my appreciation of this doctor is growing and growing. He sits and chats like he has all the time in the world. I found out a couple of interesting things while I was there.

One of the biggest questions - for me because I have wondered a bit - is why our band can be so tight in the morning and yet loosen off during the day, with or without great restriction. I will try and simplify it (as he used a few technical terms and I couldn't remember them to save my life anyway lol.) There are cells in our which contain water (duh! Human bio 101 I hear you say...) and when we are supine or prone overnight, this water (a more technical term for water was used - but its a combination of things in the body) will 'pool' in our upper half.. often settling in our extremities and around our stomachs. As the day progresses and gravity does its work, this 'water' eventually settles in our lower half (hence having swollen feet sometimes) and it slackens off from around our bands. It's really as simple as that. 

Also he had no answers regarding why our bodies plateau. Apparently, there haven't been too many studies done on it so they don't really know why it happens. It just does. But he told me to keep an eye on my clothes (loose, tight) as to a good indication of loss, anyway. Been there, done that lol.....and I responded by telling him of my drop in sizes a few weeks ago. Oh, which by the way.. I'm most def in all 14's now. Bottoms and tops. I went and grabbed a few tops to wear to this course of mine - and as I peruse I have to say I feel like a bit of a fraud - what if all the 14's (size 10's USA) don't fit? Am I going to have to exchange them all for the next size up? But no.. every single top I tried on (in four different stores) fit in the 14's AND get this.. I found this gorgeous little black, short sleeved fitted cardigan to wear over the top of a cami or something similar....size? ... extra small!!!  WHAT THE?????... Admittedly, while the buttons can be done up, they do gape - so for now I will wear it undone over the top of a little cami or something: Don't want to give anyone a fright with flashing lol. I also think it must be a 'big' XS.. because no way am I that size. I figure though whatever the number it won't be too long (says she who really can't seem to shift more weight right now!!) before I CAN do up the buttons so it will never go to waste. 

So anyway, Dr Hill must have been practicing like a madman on his fills. It didn't hurt a bit - not for a second. He says it's because I have less covering (i.e tummy fat) and I said he had been doing so many now so he's better at it and he grinned and and said let's split the difference. Sounds good to me. Whatever it was, it was a great fill, and he left it up to me whether to even get it done. I felt like it was time (it's been over 2 months since my last.) I have as of today 5.8 mls (cc's) in my band and I can already feel the difference. Whooo. My next appointment isn't until April. He claims I'm a good little bandit and since I more or less follow the rules, he doesn't need to see me before then. Oh, and I have to book in for a blood test (blech!) to check and make sure I'm not vitamin deficient or anything. Good times. 

'Kay, think that's it from this end.  Hope you all had a fantastic Monday (If there is such a thing?)...

Seeya soon (hopefully!!) xxx