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March 12, 2013 pre op weight 254 sw 230 now 165 I lost 89 pounds 25 more to go.

so I woke up this morning and thought I look at some inspirational pictures now I feel even worse I see a lot of people on here who are bigger than me and look absolutely fantastic I weigh 165 but due to my big stomach I look like I'm about 200 I don't feel sexy I'm wearing about a size 18 pants and I still have 25 more pounds to go I'm trying to stay positive because I know I need to have all this skin removed off my stomach but it's hard when you are self-pay and you can't get the surgery till next year.

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Wow 8 pounds that's great I actually tried it again but I was on my period did't work going to try again next month.

Im in Vancouver Wa had my sugery with Dr. Ortiz with alighterme March 12 2013

Go to search and type in 5 day pouchh test review and u will see what I ate and drank for the 5 days

Hw 254 sw 230 cw 170 5ft1 total 84 pounds gone

Feb 254 day of vgs 230 march 12 2013 today 170 goal weight 140 or 145

I have the gastric sleeve I did it and it worked I went from 182 to 175 one week after the 5 day pouch test and im down from 175 to 170 whatever it did to my body I hope it continues.

I know how you feel I see other post with pictures of women either heavier or the same weight as me and they look so much better this damn belly makes me looks like I'm 20 pounds heavier I weigh 172 but look like I'm still around 190 my goal weight was going to be a 150 and stop but due to my belly I have to get down to 140 to even feel skinny maybe even 135 when I post before and after you see what I'm talking about.

Thanks so much looking forward to a new me

Thank you for this post

Ok I'm back as you can see I'm very exicted about this and nervous I also want to get contacts and teeth whiten I literally want to become a new person.

Ok ladies I've been fat since the age of 5 I'm almost close to goal 30 pounds more to lose well I want a new look, new hair style, learn how to put on makeup, eyebrows done, fake eyelashes that last about a month without refills, new clothes I don't even know how to clothes shop so basically I want to become a different person. Where do I start, where do I shop for someone who's a young 41 but feels 30, can anyone tell me where I can go in the state of Washington or Portland area who specializes in this transformation.

Can't stand chicken breast anymore haven't tried other parts of the chicken but as for now I can't stand grilled or baked chicken breast.

Bye the way it does work it did for me anyway

search 5 day pouchtest review I just did it and for the 5 days I put down everything I ate if I worked out and bowel movements also how much I lost

Yesterday was the last day of the 5 day pouch test I never once cheated ate and drank the required foods and water and only exercised one day and that was yesterday and I went from 182 to 175 the first day was good second day wasnt looking forward to it but 3 thru 5 day especially 4th and 5th eating the Salisbury steak and steak on my grill was the best. What have I learned well snacking on chips, rice cakes, cookies, and protein bars slows your weight loss and in some cases put you in a stall, I'm now going to go back to eating my cottage cheese, egg beaters, meats and maybe every once in a while my protein shakes and stay away from snacking on sugar and carbs I wont be weighing myself till the 12th so wish me luck I can be under a 170 pounds.

How much do you get back?

since surgery I haven't bought any new clothes I was wearing a size 26 jeans and 3x shirt my sister has been giving me some of her old clothes size 22 pants and 2x shirts but today my sister and I went to the mall which we've done a couple times since my surgery in March I would always refuse to try clothes on mostly due to I hate clothes shopping and I don't feel feminine wearing dresses or skirts I'm mostly jeans and t-shirt kinda woman but today since I'm now hundred and seventy seven pounds and I feel kinda good about myself I tried on some jeggings and a nice shirt I'm proud to say that I can fit a size 14 in jeggings and a tight large shirt I'm so excited I don't ever remember being the small and that's saying a lot considering I have about 25 pounds of fat around my stomach being apple shape is a b****. I'm going to stop at 140 or 145 and stay that way until next year where I can have my plastic surgery. My sister is about 11 pounds heavier than me and she wears it well we're I look like I weigh a lot more than her about 30 pounds more than her since I have this big stomach until I have the surgery I don't think I'm ever going to feel skinny.

I jumped on the scale even though I wanted to wait till wednesday morning well I lost 5 pounds still have today to finished just got through cooking my steak on a grill no bbq sauce and it turned out perfect my son and daughter loved it. I'm hoping when I jump on the scale tomorrow I'm at least down to 175 I do plan on exercising today and eating more steak and of course drinking all my Water today well I will update you guys tomorrow since there's nothing else for me to report today cause I'm eating steak all day today and nothing else

day 4 of the pouch test review today went pretty good I made that Salisbury steak recipe from the pouch test website oh my god it was so good I ate about three and a half of those patties through out the day I'm eating things on this test that I never would have eaten for example ground beef and I would not have eaten ground beef secondly eggs 45 grams of fat in one hard boiled eggs also bread crumbs with all that said I'm wondering how I'm gonna lose weight if I'm losing any at all it makes me wonder if I could have been eating all that all along and still losing weight if I have lost weight I'm going to have to reevaluate my whole eating habit. okay today I drink 72 ounces of propel water and Crystal Light. no bowel movement no exercise and I guess I went to the bathroom every hour and a half. can't wait to weigh myself Wednesday morning to see if I lost any weight my cravings for carbs is almost gone.

I'm doing it to get back to basic and to break my stall you can go to www.5daypouchtest.com

Finished day three I ate a four ounce can of salmon I use a little bit of lemon juice, egg beaters, onion minced garlic and Italian breadcrumbs also have one hard boiled egg and a three ounce tilapia baked and one and a half ounce of chicken salad with fat free mayo. I drank 2 cups of decaf tea with 2 tablespoons of fat free milk and two packets of Splenda and drank about 72 ounces of Crystal Light and propel water. I went to the bathroom about every hour and had one BM. I can really feel my restriction especially eating that hard boiled egg didn't think I could finish it also I did not work out today

I started the 5 day pouch test friday due to bad eating habits and hopefully to break my stall I'm 4.5 months out preop 254 day of sugery 230 as of last thursday 182 I'm apple shape and 5ft1 want to get down to 145 maybe lower but I have alot of belly fat so sugery will hopefully get me down to 130. Ok here goes an account of what I ate for the first two days I drank 3 EAS shakes a day and had both days Tucsan basil tomato soup from Safeway signature cafe about a cup of day I had one cup of coffe each day with 2 splendia an 2 tbsp of fat free half and half and drank 72oz of either propel, or crystal light water, did not workout either day. First day had 4 bm last one loose and was peeing every half hour second day no bm and pees probably every hour. Will not weigh myself till day 5 is over if I've lost any weight the first two days most likely water weight will post day three later on tonight since im still working on it.