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From: 5 Day Pouch Test - have you tried it?

Coookies

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Thanks guys.

 

Just read back my post and I feel so ashamed of myself right now I'm crying. I think reading my feelings back has made them more real. It's the first time since surgery I've actually felt like I could fail.

 

Please don't get complacent as you near your target weight if you have a tendency to comfort eat, it's absolutely not worth it. :(

 

Oh noooo!!! I will NOT let you do that to yourself!!! Girlie, turn that frown Upside DOWN!! You have accomplished so much, and the only feeling you should have is to feel elation!

 

That said, I totally get what you're saying about the whole graze eating. Hey, no ones perfect - least of all me. But, here's what sets all of us apart from the obese world... we have chosen to DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT! Food is addicting. I'm addicted to food. I have to remind myself of this every single morning when I wake up. I literally have to let the first thought in my mind be "I will not eat bad today". That is the promise I make for myself that day. Sometimes I break that promise, but I don't do it on purpose! I just have to forgive myself and make that next meal a good one.

 

I really have never been able to do the 5 day pouch test. The only time I'm ever able to stick to liquids only is when I'm getting cut open and my surgeon threatens my life with it... LOL :P So what I do is kinda turn it into a game. I've always liked the Slim Fast diet - for years! That was how I lost my first 50 Lbs and kept it off.

 

Well what I'll do is protein dense (Isopure or Unjury Chicken Soup) clear liquids up until dinner time. Then for dinner I'll have lean protein and some delicious green veggie as my side dish. Then day 2-3 I'll do the Atkins shakes and again, lean protein and green veggies for dinner. Days 4 and 5 I pretty much reintroduce solids back in during the day and maybe substitute one meal with a protein shake, and dinner being lean (say it with me folks!! LOL) protein and green veggies.

 

I know that's not for everyone but I'm just offering an alternative to the common 5 day pouch test. Here's the ONE thing I believe gets me through it though... I fire up that food logger and make sure I'm adding everything! Those two things combined and I'm always back on track and losing weight again.

 

Good luck to you! You're only a few pounds away from your desired goal... you WILL be there PDQ I know it!!

 

Xoxo

 

 

 

 

Source: 5 Day Pouch Test - have you tried it?



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I haven't tried it, but being 4 weeks out I doubt I have a need for it. And I'm very skeptical of it. I'm not exactly sure how it works, but it seems like something you could do on your own if told how it works instead of paying for it. Paying for it just seems ridiculous. It seems to me if you're writing down everything you put in your face and measuring all your foods, you shouldn't have too much trouble. You look at what you've been eating and you can clearly see where the problem is. Or depending on your plan, for me it would be like going through the stages again. Like I said, I'm only 4 weeks out, so idk how accurate what I'm saying is. It just makes sense in my head. :P The one thing I stand by is it doesn't sound like something you should pay for. There have to be enough people who have done it to be able to take that information and do it yourself. Day 1 went like this, day 2 went like this, etc. If they explain how it works there is no reason for some company to profit off of what you can do yourself. I'm cheap by the way.

Plus I have heard from medical ppl that you can't 'break' your pouch. Sure you can stretch it out. But I think that's why it's so highly recommended that we write everything down and measure everything. Because most of the time it's user error and is fixable b/c we may be doing things we don't even realize.

I have no idea if this response makes any sense. I just kinda went off semi over explaining things where it may not have been necessary like I sometimes do. :P

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