I hear ya Jan... Thinking they need to rewire my brain when the replumbed my system. But it is all about lifestyle changes so I have to substitute something good for the bad. If I have to put something in my mouth it will be water or protein at this point. Dunno what else is safe that wont send me over the edge again.

I can totally tell my stomach has gotten smaller though.  I had refried beans, I am on day 3 of the pouch test. I usually could have eaten half of it (not a can a side order from Taco Johns) I didnt even get that much in today and still ate too much of it. BUT LOVED that I could feel my pouch full.

Hope your day is going well and your 5 day test does wonders for you too. :)

Hi Karen, yes i read the OFF post daily but only post once in a great while.....we are getting ready to go to Ecuador for an extended stay for at least a month....hopefully soon. things keep happening that i try to take with a grain of salt but disgusted that we are having trouble getting out of here before it gets too cold. .. my vision isnt cataracts i already had that ....this is just poor eyesite past the point of the lens...

Hello everyone,

I know I havent been very good at posting on here, just seems like life gets so crazy busy and time gets away from you. I hope you are all doing well.

As some of you know I had my RNY in March 2009. It honestly was the best thing I ever did for myself. I was doing pretty good at the whole diet / life style change. But as time went on it started to get harder when hubby & kids would buy junk food and we would travel. My last job seemed like it did me in. I was always traveling and found it hard to stick to my meal plans kind of hard to cook when you live out of a hotel room.

Anyway, I stepped on the scale around Christmas and had gained 4 lbs in the month between Thanksgiving and Christmas. So I decided OK MARY... enough is enough, you can NOT put that weight back on, you have to make the changes NOW. So I waited till Jan 4th, the 3rd was my birthday and thought I would make myself a SF Cake but ended up not doing that either. Which is probably for the best. Anyway I am now finishing day 3 of the 5 day pouch test. I have lost the 4 lbs on day 1 and 2 more lbs on day 2. I am super excited and today is going much better, my cravings for stuff I shouldnt be putting in my mouth are gone. (Since my surgery, I have a horrible addiction to crunchy foods so Gardetto rye chips have been my down fall) I got rid of the things I like in the house and have made my family cook for themselves the last few days.  Day 1 was super hard for me. I am a HUGE Emotional eater and had 2 days of bad news and got news about a job I really wanted that day that just sent me over the edge, not to mention the bday was a bust. I so wanted to go home and stuff my face. But instead I went and bought some new tennis shoes (which I had not done since my surgery 2 yrs ago) and changed into my exercise clothes and hopped on the treadmill for 2.5 miles, put my MP3 player on and closed my eyes and just walked away my anger, disappointment and frustrations. Ironically I felt WAY better after that walk than I would have stuffing my face.

I also started exercising with a good friend of mine, who gained 10 lbs over the holidays. She isnt a WLS patient but I dont care cause we can hold each other accountable and push each other for exercising. Plus I get GF time which is so nice. The hardest part of my day is the evenings when we are hanging out at home. I was doing my protein during the day. But now I realize that I really need to drink it at night so I get that full feeling and dont have room for the junk.

Anyway if you all have suggestions on how you make it through the tough part of the day it would be appreciated.  Or any other tips. I am determined to NOT be one of the stats of gaining the weight back. I was overweight way to long and LOVE being able to buy from the normal racks. Just need to get my head straight.

Thanks for listening, Again I hope you are all doing great. Happy New year.

Joe and i both went to the optomologist yesterday, yikes i knew my eyes were getting really bad but yikesdidnt realize they were that bad.....im going to have to wear glasses all the time now i guess , well only if i want to see lol ...my right eye is so bad it is awful i couldnt even read the top line on the eye chart correctly ...boy im glad i knew what i was doing with those meds at the nursing home, guess that is why i had a headache everynight when i got off work...cant wait to get my glasses and be able to see.

Hopefully today is the day to sign the papers for selling the rental house. have had 3 different dates sit for signing and one person or the other hasnt been able to keep appointment. only the buyers once tho....most of it has been the tital company.....
ill be glad to be rid of it actually....it has been a lot of problems ...if we ever do that again for income there is a lot will do different, for sure.

Sure am hoping that the weather men or wrong on this snow bit. , well actuallly i sort of like a pretty snow, ONCE, but when it keeps coming and coming and coming like i have seen it do sometimes it isnt pretty , and dont like the cold that usually is with it lol....Snow let the sun shine and be pretty one day and be warmer and melt away the next day, that is all i would ever want of the cold.

Oh i started my all liquids yesterday , protein coffee and protein smoothies.....that was 1010 calories and 90 grams of protein.....if i can keep that up for a couple of more days maybe i will have the carbs flushed out of my system and can maybe lose these pounds i have gotten on lately....i refuse to go buy anything bigger than a 10 ...wont do it. I will get this weight back off so i can get back into them again....not a lot of weight but i know that if i dont get it off now the next thing you know it will be 15 then 20 and on and on and on.....so Day 1 down.....

Julia i use the protein powder from Wal mart  and i use the ho****er out of the tap and stir and stir it up just enough to make a thick paste  at this time i add splenda if you want it. then add hot coffee and stir it as you put it in and i never have a problem with it....I use choc protein sometimes or use a packtet of sugar free hot choc mix in it too. or use vanilla protein powder....i have added cinn and vanilla flavoring ....there are several things ...i have added  walnut flavoring or pecan flavoring lots of different things. even honey for different taste. ....you cant just add the hot coffee right on top of the powder you have to stir it up with ho****er out of the faucet first. .....