All Liquids Today

So, I am doing one all liquid day today. I am not sure what I hope to accomplish... well no. That's a lie. I want to shrink my pouch so that I am not eating SO MUCH FOOD. I think it is insane how much I can eat. I am hoping that a liquid diet will restrict the size of my pouch a bit. Do you think I will have to do liquids for more than a day? I am running my first 5K on Sunday and I don't really want to commit to a week of liquids only because I don't want to be too weak to do the run. Anyway, anyone else on liquids today? Jump on in. We can complain together! ;-D

Jenn, I'm right there with you!! I too feel like it is an insane amount of food I've been able to eat. Plus, my nutritionist thinks I need to lower my calories from 800 to 600. I wanted to cry. The only way I can do that is if I detox from everything but protein. So, I'm doing protein drinks and water all day...if I absolutely need to, I'll add sugar free jello and popsicles. I want to try this for at least 3 days. Hopefully, that will get rid of the want for carbs and shrink the ole pouch a little...give her a rest. At least that is the plan It is amazing that you're running a 5K. Congratulatiosn!! I want to do something like this but have no idea how to train for something like that. I can do a 20 min. jog on the treadmill without keeling over. Good luck with it on Saturday. Let us know how it goes April

April, I just wrote out (honestly) all the things I ate yesterday in my profile. I'm kind of disgusted. I brought a tiny cup of cottage cheese to work and some beef jerkey in case the need to chew gets too bad. Thanks for the congrats! I looked up the "couch to 5K" program on Google and I have been doing that. It is amazing what you can do when you ramp up to it. I never thought I could run for as long as I can now. I'm still not up to running the whole time, but I'm not in it to win or anything, just to finish.

I typically can do pretty good until about 4 p.m. I don't know what it is about this time of day...but I got to absolutely have something in my mouth. Then around 8, I feel the same thing. If I managed to do good until that point, my good day is usually blown at that time LOL. I have recently discovered I can eat two pieces of thin crust pizza and then probably 45 minutes later, have another piece. It is ridiculous. I can see now how people can "eat" their way around the gastric bypass. I can hear my nutritionist now... "that is why you eat 3 meals and set times and nothing else" *sigh* I'm going to check out that training program! thanks!

I am not on liquids today, and to be honest I don't think I could do that unless there was a medical issue going on and I needed to do it for that. But, I wanted to wish you well on running your first 5K. That is something I definitly could not attempt but I admire your ambition and fortitude.

Jenn, Good luck on the 5K. I used to run at least one a month when I was overweight and on active duty. It's been over 12 years and 140 pounds since I did one and I was planning on doing a Pre-SuperBowl 5K, but when I got up that morning the windchill was -20 so I decided to stay in bed where it was warm. I've been increasing my walking/running on the treadmill lately and hope to do a race soon. We'll have to compare to keep each other motivated. In January I walked/ran 10 miles. This month I've done 33 miles already....4 miles last night. My goal is to get to 50 miles a month and some 5Ks. Good luck on Sunday and let me know how you did. Floyd

Wow, Floyd that's amazing! I am having trouble running it on the treadmill because... I get bored! When I'm on the track or on the street, I do just fine, even though it is super windy out here. But that treadmill and the clock and whatnot just kills my motivation. I have been messing around with my iPod playlist to try and get a good rhythm going for the run. When I move with the music, I tend to stick to a better run time. Do you listen to anything when you run? I try to do a walking song for warmup, then 2 running songs, then a fast walking song, then one more running song, and a walking/cooldown song. That's usually about 25-27 minutes. I know I need to add in a few more if I am going to continue walking and manage the 3 miles. I'm a work in progress!

Jenn, I have a stereo near the treadmill with my comfortable headphones. I have it set to a country music station. Depending on the song, I run or walk. The faster beat songs I run to. I'm not running very much but if I can run one fast song and then walk a slow one, I seem to do better. I know I can run more and faster outside, but while the weather is so nasty, the treadmill works fine. Will be thinking of you on Sunday. Good luck!

Well, I stuck with liquids until I got home from work. 19 hours of no food. All I had to eat was cheese and crackers, then one turkey meatball and a few bits of pasta roni with no butter. My calories for the day spent STARVING myself????? 817!!!! Grrrrrrr...

The same thing happened to me. Tacos - left over from the other night. I had one shell, couple spoons of 96% ff meat, ff shredded cheese, light sour cream, shredded lettuce and tomato..broke it up to make a little taco salad. I haven't even attempted the calorie count. But I did wake up to a 1 pound loss. I'm doing all liquids again today..during the day at least. Maybe that is what I will do for a few days... just have one meal of actual food. I think if I lived alone by myself, I would have no problems doing all liquids... I would throw everything in my pantry and fridge out..but since my hubby won't let me... it is way to hard. This just goes to show, I have no control.