Should I have gotten the DS (Duodenal Switch)

[Tiffykins 672]

But what IS the 5 day pouch test? What do you do?

This is the plan. If you'll click on the blue link in my first post it will explain everything in detail, but here is the 5 day plan.

Days One & Two: liquid Protein

low-carb Protein shakes, broth, clear or cream Soups, sugar-free Gelatin and pudding. Read more.

Day 3: Soft Protein

canned fish (tuna or salmon) eggs, fresh soft fish (tilapia, sole, orange roughy. Read more.

Day 4: Firm Protein

ground meat (turkey, beef, chicken, lamb), shellfish, scallops, lobster, fresh salmon or halibut. Read more.

Day 5: Solid Protein

white meat poultry, beef steak

, pork, lamb, wild game

Read more.

[ouroborous 519]

If you aren't already doing it, I would join a food tracking site like myfitnesspal and log EVERYTHING you eat and drink.

It's amazing how much stuff can sneak into your diet if you don't pay attention.

I was probably adding an extra 1200 calories a day just grazing on Snacks between meals before I started to track everything.

I also think carbs can cause a rebound hunger to occur when your blood sugar levels spike and then crash.

If you stick to the Protein first and try to avoid carbs it should kick start your weightloss and help with the hunger.

I 100% completely support this suggestion: food journaling will save your butt (literally), and there are free online sites that make it almost trivial (since who isn't around a computer that's connected to the internet, these days?)

When I started tracking my food, I realized that even after sleeving:

• I was eating almost 1200 calories per day. I would still lose weight on that, just very, very slowly.
  
• I was eating a LOT of carbs.
  

Give it a try!

And definitely get on an acid blocker. They remove almost all of the "hunger" pangs for me.