We did it gang!!! 5 days and final check in!!!

Well, how did everyone do on the last day?  What is the one (or more) thing(s) that you learned about yourself or improved upon during these past 5 days? For me, I measured things this time and limited myself to that amount or less if I got full. That is something I didn't really do after my surgery! So, I want to continue doing this and stay on track! I really tried to work on the head hunger too and convince myself that the few moments of pleasure gained from eating something YUMMY is not as good as how I feel having lost 100 pounds!!! I eat to live now, not live to eat and I like it that way!!! Nothing tastes as good as being thinner and healthier feels!!! I want to keep remembering that!!!  I hope everyone had a good last day and feel as good as I do about doing this!! Give us your feedback.  Thanks to all who did this with me and for all those that were cheering us on! And thanks to all the old time WLS pros who help us more newer WLSers with your advice and wisdom!!! It is sooooo GREAT to have this wonderful place to come to for help and support and great friendships too!!! I couldn't imagine going through this journey without all of you!!!            !!!!!!  Becky

Ok for doing this on a whim,  I am glad I did.  I forgot how my pouch felt when it was new.  I got me a tight one now.  I too was really aware of portions and was full really fast.  I paid close attention to the full feeling and stopped.  This was a great experience for me at 2 years out I had become complacent (sp).  Wake up call Sue Bee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   Thanks for letting me play along with you guys.  I hope all you have done well.  It was really not difficult.    I have always been a protien hound and got in more than my minimum fluids but the snacks and the evil carbs became a problem.  I have banished them again and I hope to continue to do better.   I will say that I did not have tremendous weight loss, why I dont know (damn I was hoping for a 50 lb loss   LOL)but I will take the 5 lbs.   

I'm so glad you joined us sweetie and that it was successful for you! We all need that wake up call once in awhile, don't we?!!!  WOO HOO for 5 pounds, at least it is lost and not gained!!! I'm very proud of all of us!  Thanks for being a part of our fun!! lol       Have a great weekend! big hugs, Becky

5lbs is awsome as are the lessons learned through this experience! Hooray for you! Rachel

Hi all,  I'm glad we did this too.  It wasn't   too hard,  I feel like I will be back on the road to returning to my goal.  I needed to get back to portion control and protein.  I'm well on my way.   Yahoo. Thanks for the help let's keep in touch.  Jane

I'm glad you gained something out of this too! Yahoo for all of our gains and losses!!! lol  Definitely stay in touch and have a great weekend!!!  big hugs, Becky

Day 5... another good day with the pouch test. Let's see, I had a egg with some cheese in it for breakfast, a piece of BBQ'd pork from the Chinese food section at the grocery store. It was a s close as I could get. I had some hard cheese and a small piece of jerky for a snack and right at 4 ounces of prime rib for dinner. I found a new tea that I am trying right now. No caffeine. It's not too bad. Some Mango Passion stuff. And I am late again tonight. My youngest went to her dad's today for the weekend. His wife just found out she has Lupus. I called her as I got on the highway to head home to talk to her about it and asked her where they were. She said in Chico, eating dinner. I said I'm in Chico too. Imagine that, I work there. Anyway she asked if I wanted to come by so I did and I visited with my baby and her other parents. Then I went to Barnes and Noble to pick up a book called "Intuitive Eating". A girl at support group last night said it is a very good book to read. I will let you know. I weighed this morning on the nurse's scales  and I lost 8 and a half pounds. I wish I could weigh on the same scale tomorrow morning. I am going to stay on track this weekend and see what I weigh on Monday morning on that scale. You all rock and thank each of you for all of the support you have shown us.  Lauren

WOO HOO on the 8.5 pounds!! That is great sweetie!!  So, who makes this tea you are trying? Prime rib for dinner, yummo!!!  So sorry to hear about your daughter's step mom, that sucks! I hope she has minimal affects from the Lupus! It's good that you can be cival like that, it really helps for the kids!!!  Have a great weekend and hope your Monday weigh in is good to you!  big hugs, Becky

Thank you Becky. I spend a lot of time with my ex and his wife as a family. We do evey holiday together and we see them every week at least once. I was married to him for 29 years and even though we are divorced, he is our daughter's father. The tea... Stash makes it. I bought it at Winco. I don't kknow if there are Winco's down there, but I am sure you can find the tea. It is really good. Ever since we went to a restuarant in Carmel that had some yummy mango tea, I have been looking for something similar. This is pretty close. It is mango passionfruit. It's herbal tea, so it really isn't tea at all. I hope you have a good weekend as well.  Hugs, Lauren  

Wow, that is really great!!   Most people can't manage that!!! Good for you guys!!! So, it's a hot tea bag? There is a Winco in Temecula but I've never been there! I will look for it at my grocery store, thanks!