pouch test.. questions

I am doing the five day pouch test and starting over. I hope that tomorrow is easier than today has been so far. I am finding my weakness is grazing. I didn't realize how much and how often I was eating when I wasn't hungry. I am finding myself looking in the refridgerator every few minutes. When I close the fridge I ask myself are you really hungry? And so far every time I answer NO. I have had one protein shake today and a can of cream of chicken soup as per the web site suggested. I'm only going to do shakes for the rest of the day. I am also drinking decaf coffee. I am using the tosani sugar free syrups in it. Is that allowed? It didn't say anything about that. Now this program says to do liquids day 1 and 2 then day 3 do soft proteins day 4 light solid protein and day 5 harder to digest proteins like beef. Is this correct? If so on day 4 and 5 do I only do solid proteins or am I able to have soft and liquid protein as well? It also says to not drink half hour before or after eating. Now I do not drink after eating but my nut had told me at my first appointment that I could drink up until I eat. So that part of this should be interesting. Is there anything I'm missing? 

I've never done the pouch test but I do think it has value if it helps you detox off the carbs.  I pretty much detoxed off the carbs in the hospital with my revision.  If you have to detox that is the way to do it, on drugs and too out of it to think about eating, lol.  Really, by the time I started feeling human again I hadn't had carbs in a few weeks and lost the cravings.  I followed my doctor's post op plan to the letter for the first year, pretty much out of fear of making bad choices.  As I went on I started trusting my judgment more and I was able to make better choices.

I guess what I am saying is if you think that following the 5 day pouch test, or going on protein shakes only, or just eating protein for a few days or what ever will help you get off the refined carbs then go for it.  There is no right way to work out your eating plan, only what works for you. What works for me is to avoid sugar and gluten.  I keep it real simple right now.  Just keep in mind that 5 days probably isn't going to be enough time to get the carbs, and the cravings, under control.  If doing that or another method helps you get started then great but then take that start and expand on it to develop a way of eating that you can live with, not just something temporary to lose some weight but isn't feasible in the long run.  The goal is to develop healthier eating habits for life, not just to lose a quick few pounds.  Whatever eating style you ultimately decide on make sure you can live with it and use your tool to help you stick with it.  Of course your eating style may evolve over time as you find what works and you get sick of eating some foods and transition into other healthier foods.  It's all a learning process not a test where you will be questioned about later and get a grade for.