Greetings and Five Day Protein Test?

Hello eveyrone,

Cathy W. and Kathy S. -- this is an amazing thing you're doing with this group and I just want to thank you.  I think I've never felt more alone in my life and now that I've joined BOTT I think everything will be alright...!  Thanks!

My post is about the 5DPT - I want to know if anyone has done it, is doing it or if anyone wants to?  What are the benefits? Are there any complications?  Pros/Cons?

Any/all the help is greatly appreciated.

Ana In CT

I am ending day one right now. It hasn't been easy either. I really hope this helps me get back in touch with that feeling of satiety and break the carb cycle. I also have a real problem with slider foods and night time grazing. Good Luck to you if you try it. We will have to compare results.
Michelle

Ahhhh... the good "night time grazing" -- I am so guilty of doing that!  It gets worse - ALL DAY GRAZING!  Shame on me because I should know better!     I am there with you ---   Good luck, Michelle!

Ana in CT 

I am just now starting day 2.  Yesterday went fairly well considering my huge headache i had.  :(

I stayed on track.

This morning I started my day w/ a big cup of tea (hence my headache yesterday) and vitamins and supplements.

I am not sure if it will really hel*****t, but at this point i am willing to try ANYTHING to get my life back on track.

I definitely hear on you the "at this point i am willing to try ANYTHING to get my life back on track."  Please let us know how it works out for you, if you don't mind.  BTW - do you have the recipe/Rx?  Maybe you can post it for everyone to see?

Thanks!!

Ana in CT

Hi Ana,

My own personal experiece with this is it's to restrictive and not only do most members not stay on it they also put the weight back on they lose. 

Just write down all you eat and review it and take baby steps...  for example, if you are drinking soda cut that out, then the next week work on portion control...  Getting back to the basics will help you long term.

Water, protein, journaling, exercise and taking time for you to do this!!!

Hang in there.

Take care,
Kathy

Hi Ana,

I wanted to add that if you decide to do the 5DPT, please keep us posted on your experience and be sure and share with others.  WE don't want to discourage anyone from what they want to do.  We may encourage you in other directions from time to time 

Take care,
Kathy

Thanks Kathy.  I am considering it, but not sure what I will end up doing... I saw the "recipe/Rx" on another wall... so, we will see.  I definitely don't want to gain anymore, but do want to get 'back to basics' asap and if that's the way to go, then it may be worth a try.

Ana

So here is my update so far:

Day 1 was okay (you have to have the motivation and right mind set to do it though)
no cheating was done

Day 2 i started out okay learned early on that i can't stop my caffine cold turkey or i'll get a headache.
made 3 different high protein soups, sampled all 3.  basically i did quite well than i thought i would however by like 9pm i had cheated a little (had 2 hard boiled eggss 4 hrs apart of eachother and 1/2 oz cheese but they cured my cravings)

Day 3 (today) has been so much better.  this is the day i was looking forward to (being able to eat again lol)  i feel i have done AWESOME today.  I followed it to the t so far.  no drinking w/ meals, eat until satisfied and slowly but not past 15 minutes...ect.  here is what i've had today.  i think that day 1 and 2 really prepares you for day 3 and is definitely essential.  i have felt fuller LONGER and QUICKER by eating slowly and only ONLY soft proteins.  Here is an insert of my food journal from today:

Day 3 Soft Proteins

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Today, besides my water/tea intake, I can ONLY have soft solids (canned tuna, chicken, crab meat, eggs, cheese, bacon, ect)
AND absolutely no drinking 1/2 prior to, during or after I eat in other words no drinking with my food.
Also when I eat I can have 4-6oz portions or 1c at a time, however i can not go past 15 minutes eating it.
I can eat AS MANY times as I want today, just making sure i have that satisfied feeling and not overly full. Eat one bite at a time, enjoy it. Pace myself.

woke up at 5am 6oz tea

Breakfast
1/2 hr before food was finished 8oz tea
approx 6 oz of egg, cheese and bacon omlet bake
2 slices turkey bacon

Lunch:
4oz chicken salad (with chopped egg, onions, rubusto dressing for taste, italian seasoning, little bit of mayo)
30 min later working on 16 oz tea

I ate slowly but w/in my 15 min time limit and haven't needed anything else. so very yummy and filling.
carmen even loves it. i made her a sandwich out of it.

Dinner
1.5 oz ground crab meat w/ rosemary, garlic and 2tbs margarine heated (my daughter loved it so much she stole the rest lol)
1tbs peanut butter (yep right off the spoon )
1 hard boiled egg

snack 1oz cheese

working on my next bottle of tea (i'm so bad w jus****er)

NOTICE that as the day went on, i was actually eating LESS!!! 

http://5daypouchtest.com/plan/theplan.html

there is the link .  just copy and paste into your browser.

I am on day 2 and still on track with it.  I guess i am just taking it one day at a time, but boy i tell you i can't wait for tomorrow to get here so i can have soft proteins.

Here are a couple of posts from my food journal:

Day 1 Accountability and food Journal

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Woke up (with a slight headache,musta slept too long ).

Weighed in at 10am 161lbs (it's amazing how much weight the scale takes off after you go potty )

Took 2 weightloss vitamins, took my folic acid, took my b12 and my 2 calcium supplements.

Took my mood stabalizer (this is another one of my goals which is to not forget to take my meds).

Almost done drinking 16.9oz of my required 64oz a day water intake.

Now I am about to have my protein drink for breakfast. French Vanilla 17g protein, 1g net carb only 110 calories and o sugars. I hope it tastes okay. I haven't had one of these in about 3 years.

I'll post more during the day as it happens. I am proud of myself, though, for not pouring myself some cheerios or kix when I got the kids' breakfast ready. I heart cheerios.

So, for lunch I had cream of potato soup with shredded cheese. waited 30 mins and am now working on my other bottle of water (i believe i need to drink 4 of these a day )One of my goals is to get back to not drinking 30 minutes before and after a meal. And to make sure it takes me 20 minutes at the least to eat my meal (i need to slow down and take my time).

So for snack i am having 1/2c sugar free banana pudding.

Aaaaahhh... update again

So I finished my 2nd bottle of water and had one more protein drink.
Had 1/2 sf banana pudding for snack

Dinner had prob 1c broccoli and cheese soup w/ a tiny bit of bacon in it, milk and chicken broth.

Now I am drinking another protein drink and 30 minutes later I will start on my 3rd bottle of water (still have 2 more bottles to get in before bed).




Day 2 --Liquid only-- food journal

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Okay so far today my food/water intake is as follows:

Woke up to about 12oz tea all my vits and supps
1 bottle of water
1 protein drink
for lunch creamy tomato parmesan bisque soup
1 more bottle of water
another protein drink
1 1/4c sugar free pudding

Again I will update more as I go about my day __________________


I just got done preparing and making 3 diff soups 2 of which are from the 5dpt website

ham and cheese soup
ham and split pea soup
and lentil soup (from food network)

I can't wait to eat these.  They are all 3 simmering right now.  I will freeze anything left over in containers to just take out and thaw.  I'll go ahead and premeasure all of them.