Hi "H" !! I see you had your surgery about the same time as us... I did check out "pouch rules for dummies" Which was very helpful... But, it didn't tell me if it's possible for your new pouch to shrink if you go back to liquids ?? It did say, if I read it correctly, that 1 1/2 cups of food should be the maximum amt. of food that we will ever consume on a daily basis.. if we are staying within the confines of the rules.. I was also told 1200 cal. will be the max. amt. of cals. we should eat.. And that brings me back to one of my original observations, that if I eat that mu*****al. I will put on wt.. So, exercising is suppose to counter-act that consumption, I assume.. Exercising, to be honest, isn't something that I can stay with.. I start off good and then slack off. Much like dieting, I am told that this is as common as the diet itself.. That's why these exercise places pop up everywhere, cuz people drift away.... And they continue to get the money !! So, how are you doing ?? Has your wt. loss slowed down or are you still pretty steady with the lbs. lost ??

Guys, check out the link to pouch rules for dummies. It explains real wellhttp://www.nikkiinmd.com/pouch_rules.htm.

people have asked, was I shrinking? and someone asked me was I gettin "skinny" on him, and that was around -35lbs, so people are reallt noticing now, its been about 9 weeks, and I'm about -40 so I guess I'm doing pretty good, my clothes are definitely more loose

Hi Tameka, I'm with you !! I was told to eat very slooowly. It is suppose to take me no less than 35-40 min. to eat my meals, but for the life of me, lately, I can not stretch my meals out that long... I'd say 20 min. is all I can do !! So, I think the 15 min. rule would work for me too !! I hate to go against what I have been told to do, but I wished I knew what to do about this hungar.. I was told I can eat anything also, but carbs. are getting me in trouble.. The more carbs. I eat, the more carbs. I want ! This is not a good thing... I think this is why the wt. has slowed down.. I told my nutritionist this carb. thing is not working for me !! That's when all the wt. loss slowed down to a snail's pace !! That's why I'm concerned that I am eating too much.. She figures I am eating about 1000 cal. Before I had this surgery, if I ate more than 800 cal. I couldn't lose wt. and that's about what I'm doing now... Getting stuck without seeing any progress !! That's why I was wondering if I went back to liquids if I would see better losses ?? I wished I knew what to do !! I'm lucky if I see 1lb. a week.. This is really bothering me.. It didn't seem to bother my nutritionist, though..

Eloise, People started noticing my face, wrists and hands after 20 pounds but the talking really didn't begin until I started wearing smaller clothes. It seems that my old too big clothes added 40 pounds. My kids brought that to my attention. Some people would be a little afraid to rave thinking we might have our feelings hurt that they noticed we were soooo big. I'm aware that like me, you are a "lightweight". My girlfriend said she kept quiet to spare my feelings instead of saying you look sooooo much better. You never know what people are thinking. I find that when I notice the energy I now have and strangers speaking to me instead of ignoring me. Men wanting to pump my gas, hold doors for me, and truck drivers honking at me and such. (why wasn't I worthy BEFORE?) I don't care if they all notice or comment anymore because I realize that I have come a long ways towards a healthy happier me. H