5 day pouch test?

5DPT is not Usually for honeymooners but if you get in a rut, it would not hurt to "restart".  I don't even consider "shrinking My sleeve", it is right sized.  I personally get into wheat pretzels & such and honest it creates what I believe is a chemical reaction, a cycle of want  Is hard to turn off.  Not everyone gets this but many do and if this can guide you to walk straight, so be it.  Whatever it takes.

My last response.  5DPT only serves to reinforce good WLS post.op rules for longterm success.  Protein first, Lots of water, no snacking, and daily exercise.

There are lots of things we should not do but rather than Badger,  I'd rather reach out a hand and say hold on to this until you get over and can stand steadily

All best

How very noble of you!

I'm one of those truthful *****es who says her opinion and then hopes people make informed decisions once they have read what EVERYONE says.   I am not going to handpat someone just to be nice or, perish the thought, popular because that's not who I am.   However ...

I really don't have anything invested in what anyone does, other than me, but I resent your use of the word badger and the implication that I am not a supportive person.   You have no idea who I am!   But go ahead and feel better than me if that's your schtick!

I wish you continued success with your weight loss surgery and choices - and I because I've said it you can be sure that I  actually mean it !

Ya'll are scaring me!   lol    I think each of us has their own way of dealing with the reality of maintenance and trying to live life normally but not fall back into old habits.  I know for me, at almost three years out from VSG, I allowed myself to start eating too many "easy" carbs and regained about 15 lbs.  To get myself back on a good, healthy eating path (because statistics say that at 5 years the EWL is only 53%) and insure that I didn't stupidly sabotage myself, I started truly low carb eating, very little snacking and sticking to basics again.  I've managed to lose about 7 lbs in a little over a month which was MUCH more difficult the second time around. 

Those of us with "sleeves" always worry that we have stretched our small stomach but really, if you go back to eating protein first and then the other things you will find, in most cases, that you STILL have great restriction.  Trust me - this is no magic bullet!  It is work and "resetting" is simply learining to eat RIGHT and allow the small indulgence here and there and not feel denied pleasure.  The old "eating for pleasure" for me is absolutely gone and THANK GOD!   Now, can I wolf down a bag of powdered donuts?  You bet!  Will I?  Umm, yes.  So I had to take a hard look at ME and think why I did this, why I want to maintain this and what it is going to take to do that. 

Hope we all know that we CAN do this but it's just not going to be always easy.  Like most things in Life.  Congrats to all on being winners!

Great post, Nannie.  Thanks for sharing and I wish you so well on you getting back on track.  Sounds like great advice.  Keep it simple is really true, huh?