Hi everyone, I am new to this sight its taken me a while to figure everything out, I am not computer literate. Any how I started the 5 day ouch test 2 days ago and I dont know if I screwed it up or not. I have followed the liquid diet as told many protein drinks and water I had one pudding(sugar free) and 2 soups. What I was wondering is... If it is ok to have yogert. I am diabetic, have been since I was a teenager, and my blood sugar dropped lastnight and the only thing I could think of eatting that might not interfeer with the test. Was this ok? Thanks Michele

Yes, I'm sure that was fine. While it doesn't fall under the 5dpt, there are more important things out there - like keeping your blood sugar level - and adding some yogurt to it won't be a deal breaker (although it might make you have to fight off the carb monster a little longer due to the added sugar). One thing I know you can do is to eat half an apple to regulate blood sugar (which might be better than the yogurt because the apple is a high fiber, natural food with no added sugar).

Good Job on sticking with the plan!

Thanks for replying so quickly. I am on the 3rd day today and my hardest thing to do right now is avoid drinking 30min before and 30 mins after and during. I am on 2 antidepressants and they really dry out my mouth. But just doing it for breakfast I am still full feeling and its been almost 2 hours since I ate. I think that was my whole problem, drinking b4 and after and during. I hope this works....I really want to get down at least 10 more lbs.

Hanging in there?

Welcome Burly!

Good for you on starting the 5dpt. Yes, have the yogurt...as Toris mentioned...HEALTH FIRST and Diabetes aint nothing to play with!

GOOD JOB!!

Julie aka: Sunshine of the hood

sorry i posted something else.im new here so not sure what im doing.i have a question about the 5 day test. im on day 4 today and i see recipes for dinner but what about lunch and breakfest on those 2 days day 4-5? i didnt know what to have and i couldnt wait any longer so this am i had coffee. then a protein shake.and now i just had a packeage of go lean oatmeal. i need input. thank you all. debbie please get back to me at Deb44m@aol.com thanks again.

Julie thank you for your support. I am on day 4 today and I know we are supposed to avoid caffine but I cant go without my morning coffee. I thought I was going to die right after the wls since I couldnt have my coffee. Keep up the good support you give.

Good morning Toris, I have another question about the 5dpt if you dont mind, yesterday I was on day 3 and I had a meeting out of town and I stopped at a wegmans to grab something and all I could find was some chixsalad on thie salad bar. I got that and ate that for dinner was that ok? I am glad there are so many people on this site that can give so much info and support. That is one thing I did not do post-op is attend a support group. I know I am a baaaad girl.

I'm starting on Monday as I need to do a bit of shopping before I start. I guess that's a bad sign that I don't have this stuff readily available in the house. I've beeen eating the same way for the past couple of years but only recently gained weight.

Anyway, just wanted to wish everyone well. It's nice knowing I'm not alone in this.

hi im on day 4 today too and i do have my coffee. i cant live without it.sorry.

new question about pouch test. after test is done, i know we go back to measuring our foods.,but what does everyone do for there snacks? right now i have no craving for choc.and thats my downfall.but i know eventually you can have snacks but watch your sugar.and is it ok to have skinny cow fudge bars. debbie

Sorry I am late to this thread. Hi & welcome. Glad to have you here. You have come to the right place!

Hi guys,

Re: chicken salad - while it's not on the 5dpt, don't beat yourself up over it. You were faced with a choice and you made a healthy one. It would have been very easy for you to say F-It and give up - you didn't!!!!! So...keep on goin!

Re: snacks and skinny cow bars - I haven't got a clue what those are or how much carbs/sugar are in them. Keep in mind, as WLS patients, we are NOT SUPPOSED TO SNACK AT ALL. That doesn't mean you can't eat 5 small meals a day, but those are meals - healthy protein, actual food. Our pouches are VERY SMALL and we need to get as much nutrition in our food in order to get all the nutrients we need. We no longer have the luxury of padding our diet with empty calories (rice, snacks, etc.) Once you're on maintenance, the occassional "treat" is fine, but by that time we should know what we are doing - and only then should you be deciding whether or not you can have a skinny cow bar. It won't be for us to decide. For ME, I've learned that I can't have sugar (oh sure, I CAN, but I can't - if that makes sense). Once I have sugar, it's a quick slide downhill for me. The carb monster comes on full force and I don't just stop at a little - I might for that day "just have a little", but then I'll have some more the next day and keep on going. It's almost like an addiction - most alcoholics can't just have 1 drink every 6 months - it leads to a trecherous (sp?) slope - that's how sugar is for me! As such, I think I'll be keeping my eyes on things like SF chocolate pudding (which I'e really been enjoying) and other SF treats. There's so much stuff out there that's SF, I don't think it should be hard to keep off sugar as much as possible.

Deb - the recipes are for either lunch or dinner. I normally have the same thing for lunch as I have for dinner on each day.

GOOD JOB EVERYONE!!!

toris- THANK YOU! I have tried to explain to people just how insidious food addiction is by saying... Imagine that you are an alcoholic and you have to drink to live. But you can't drink too much and you can only drink certain things. You must drink several (3-6) times a day or you will die. How easy do they think that'd be?