Question:
5 yrs post op and weight gain about 20lbs please help...Explain the 5 dpt

   — JENNIFER S. (posted on May 2, 2009)

May 2, 2009
I wish I knew the answer. I have gained 50 pounds back and want to get back on track and down to 180 again or lower.
   — ellymake0321

May 3, 2009
The 5DPT is explained in detail at the site. It's not a diet to lose weight, but rathter get those who have fallen off track and stopped following the basics...and have begun eating too many simple carbs...Many people do lose a little weight because once you cut carbs (which are mostly water as they hold water), you lose water weight and gain most of it back as soon as you begin eating carbs again...So the lose it temporary, but it might be insentive for some to try hard to keep the loss going! But the first 5-10 lbs are water... This diet takes you from liquid protein to soft to dense protein over 5 days while "decarbing" your system so you don;t have cravings for more carbs...and you begin to feel your pouch again and a little tightness you had similarly to newly post op...It's very helpful...After I did the test last year with a 10 lb gain, I becagan logging my food in a journal and weighing everything to portion sizes which is ultimately how I lost the 10 lbs...But the 5DPT makes it MUCH easy to get started on track again! http://www.5daypouchtest.com/
   — .Anita R.