Tomorrow is my 5 year aniversary. I can't believe it. For 3 years I stayed under 170 lbs which I was completely comfortable with. 2 years ago I hurt my back and was unable to work out on a regular basis. I am now up to 200lbs and it scares the crap out of me. I worked so hard at first, followed all the rules then I just got lazy with myself (honesty)

I thought for sure I ruined myself and my pouch. Last week I came across this site. It sounded interesting to I mustered up enough strength to try it this week. I just wanted to say thank you to the person who created this website. I'm on day 4 and I'm amazed, I can actually feel my pouch....my teeny tiny pouch, it's amazing. I can't believe this works. Now I can truly see what I was doing wrong. I had been lying to myself, making excuses.

Here is my thing though (and this was the same for me early post op as well) I'm having trouble NOT getting my liquids in.


TODAY AND YESTERDAY
I drank coffee first thing in the a.m.
ate a two egg omlette and was completely and totally stuffed both days until dinner. I was enjoying this "fullness" so much I didnt want to ruin it with water

I'm scared that I'm not eating enough or getting my liquids in.

I remember way back when expressing this same issue to alot of my support group friends and them replying "your lucky"

thoughts? advise?

Okay...you KNOW that the water thing as well as the vitamin thing are not something that you can $%&#@ with, right? Also, you really do need to feed your body, in order not to destroy your metabolism, more frequent than that. At the bare minimum, eat some food every five hours.

You are five years post op. This isn't a fast diet...this is a lifetime of good nutrition! It is most excellent that you are motivated and are feeling your pouch again. Feed your body good stuff and it will reward you in the long run.

My thoughts...drink your water.
My advice...drink your water.

It is amazing how you can feel the pouch when you eat non slider foods and do the 5 dpt. I also have a hard time with the water drinking but I am doing much better, I do not get 8glasses of 8oz of water but I'm doing at least more then 32 oz.... but if you are not eating tne you should be drinking, my problem is I'm always eating well I used until I did the 5DPT

good luck