Hey Everyone who is stuck on a plateau, not loosing weight, emotionally frusterated. US TOO! So on monday we are going to do a Surgical Weight Loss 5 Day Pouch Test. I am excetet to see the different results we will see from so many people being in different stages of the lapband journey.

I am here to support others just as you are. Alright lets get started monday will be day 1 of 5. Introduce your selves everyone who is jumping in......I will start.

my name is leah, I have 3 kids, hubby, and live in oregon.

my max weight is 275 #'s, surgery 5/19/09- 240 #'s, current 226#'s, goal- 150 #'s

My main modivator is to feel comfortable in my own skin, and to be able to keep up with the family hiking, biking ect. I just dispise it when they say "wait up for mom"

HERE WE GO!

I am also going to start the 5 day pouch test tomorrow. I need to get my head back. I am grazing too much and loading up on carbs. Time to move forward again.

wonderful! so then for the next two days we are on liquids right? like slim fast shakes, muscle milk, soups.....

I'm not looking forward to it, but here goes. I really, really need to kick the carb monster to the side of the road. And, I have a fill due next week, so this will be a good start for me. Here goes....

ok so Here goes day one! :biggrin:

So far I've been savoring my venti sugar free hazelnut latte.

I brought slim fast and muscle milk for the rest of the day.....

got onthe scale this AM and I'm motivated to make this 5days work for me. I really need to get back on track and loosing again. I'm up about 5lbs :smile2:

seriously lol I'm Hungry! I know it will get better as the day goes on but these first few hours have been hard! I woke up hungry this am! had my venti skinny latte, then 32oz of crystal light and then an hour later my tummy was literally growling so I had a muscle milk. Those things have a lot of fat in em!? fat scares me :biggrin: anyhow it's 10:00 am I'm hoping the afternoon will go better! I can do this!!!!

Ok, I was a little hungry today, but did ok so far. I had my musclemilk for all three meals and drank my crystal light in between. I really hope this gets me back on track, I found myself constantly grazing and carb loading. Good luck everyone

I was hungry today as well but I also found that enev when I was just a little hungry I was more mind hungry because I was feeling deprived and wanted to snack!! I had a latte in the am, then some crystal light. late morning I had my m uscle milk and for lunch I had broth. Broth didn't hold me too long and by mid afternoon I had a slim fast. When I got home I blended up some bean soup but it really just made me hungry! now I'm sitting here thinking "ok ONE MORE DAY OF THIS!!" funny thing, my poor husband had jaw surgery and is wired shut for 6weeks, so he has been on a liquid diet for two weeks! I SERIOUSLY can't complain about two days!:smile2:

what is a 5 day pouch test?

mona go to Surgical Weight Loss 5 Day Pouch Test :thumbup:

pretty sure what I just ate wasn't really allowed? I put a scoop of frozen yogurt in the blender with an ensure and protien powder? what do you think? allowed?:thumbup:

testing ticker

hmm don't see aticker but if you figure it out tell me how! :thumbup:

thank you, i will check it out now.

day two here I come! this mornig has started out better than yesterday- I didn't wake up hungry for starters! :thumbup: and I made the chai recipe that is on the 5day web site - it was great! and filling. Have a great day!!

OK, I didn't make it one day. I have been starving all day and have eaten everything in sight. Guess I will start over tomorrow....anyone else having this problem? Are you finding that this is helping you kick the carbs? I think I am just not well prepared to be at work without food. I work 10 hour days, so I need to bring a LOT of liquids. I may just wait until Saturday when I am at home to start again. Anyone use Nectar or IsoPure? I cannot drink an entire protein shake (Unjury). Any suggestions?