Hi all you 5dpt-ers! Today is day 1, how are you doing?

I've only had coffee with SF creamer and am waiting for my split pea and ham soup to be done so I can have lunch. Can't wait! YUMMO!

So far, so good!

Let us know how you are doing! If you need support, keep checking in here!

Hello Toris,

I am not off to a very good start, I had a protien shake for breakfast, 2 glasses if SF iced tea and a bowl of cream of potatoe/bacon soup for lunch. Now for the bad part, I ate 1/2 a bag of M&M's. I know it was a reaction to stress. I found out that someone from the "C" suite at my employer has been arrested and charged with Domestic Abuse. I don't know what to do. I know it is not public knowlege (at least not yet). I work for an employer whose mission and core values are rooted in the Catholic Health ministry. I am struggling with what to do with the information. What do I owe to my fellow employees / board of directors. etc. I don't know if there is a conduct clause in this employees contract or not, anyway I degress.....Back to my 5DPT. I will move forward ant be more conciuos of my choices and the triggers. I'll check back in later. Lola

hello, im doing fine on my first day. made some split pea soup and had some cream of chicken soup so far. about to have a protein drink . im hanging in there. hope you are too

I hope I am posting this correctly--I am not a forum person. Anyway, I just found this site on Friday in an afternoon search to try to get my carb eating under control. I got very excited about the 5 Day Pouch Test and I STARTED THIS AM!! I had Roux N Y 3 1/2 years ago, went from 275 to 207 in about 8 months, maintained about 2 years, and have gained about 7-10 pds over the past year and a half, despite gyming it 4 times a week, walking at lunch and going on sometimes 6 mile hikes on the weekend. Hmmmm-could it have something to do with ALL THE SUGAR I CONSUME?????????? I am grateful for the loss I got and feel I look "normal" now and am very active now, but to have your insides carved up and still wear 16 pants? That's not what I signed up for.

So I am with you and would really love to develop a relationship with you all since it seems you are where I am. It seems other sites have all the newbies or pre-ops, and that doesn't apply to me--they have a different route to travel.

I had to have 1/2 a peice of fruit this late AM, but the site said that was ok. I am peeing like a fountain (pardon the French) but as I understand, carbs maintain water.

hapy to help support anyone.

Hi Marianne,

This is actually my 3rd time doing the 5dpt. I was doing great both times, but had "situations" arise (son's 4th birthday & then a surgery) which made me "slip" in regards to carbs. So...I'm back on the wagon.

You'll be surprised at how much control you'll gain in a very short amount of time!

Welcome to the hood!

OK girls, I am baleing out for this week, my head is just not in it. Yesterday I was told I have to go on a trip for business wed, thur, fri this week along with my other issues. I will take my protien bars with me and try to eat like I should. and I will plan to start the 5DPT next monday.

Good luck to all you that are doing it this week. Lola

Hi all,

I am on day 2 of the 5dpt and I feel empowered to stick with this!! I feel I really need to to detoxify my body from all of the nono foods I was eating. I feel better and back on track already.

hugs,
Britt

It's amazing, isn't it? I'm on Day 2 as well. Looking forward to getting it over with and moving on to Day 3! LOL!

thnaks FOR THE MESSAGE. I did ok yesterday, felt like I was walking around with a hand grenade with the pin pulled 2/3 of the way out. Where did all these offers of cake come from all of a sudden? Anyway, typically for me, I didn't read all the 5 day test instructions completely and didn't know you could have some soups, so today I had split pea/ham for bfast and already I feel better. Last night I got home 9:30 PM after taking a call from my college daughter about a stressful situation, got home and had some nuts. Ok, about 4 ounces. But I'm not going to start over, I don't have to be a goddess of perfection. I think the soup will help me be better today.

It's like this--the surgeons made this nice pouch for me to use, why shouldn't I use it to its capacity and get everything I originally wanted out of it? I have a little bit of hope that I can go somewhere with this test/site. And I need some hope--as I said I never wanted to end up with size 16 pants as my end point. No one lays in a hospital bed for 4 days and says "Man, I'm gonna be a 16!!!" I want to wear 12s!

CAN SOMEONE tell me how to get my photot to appear in the sidebar of my post???

Will check in later!