10 Day Pouch Reset

Happy Monday Everyone!

I hope you all had an excellent weekend and a great Mother's Day. I went to the Friends of the Seattle Public Library book sale at the Seattle Center Exhibition Hall on Saturday and got 25 books for $25. I then went down to Pike Place Market and got a beautiful Mother's Day bouquet of flowers for my Mom. Pike Place has the best and least expensive flowers in the city. Sunday, my Sister and I took my Mom and Dad to brunch at Peso's on Queen Anne in Seattle. They have one of the best breakfasts in town. My Sister and I then helped my Mom clean out the basement and start getting things ready for our garage sale next month. We topped off the weekend with home made grilled burgers with oven baked fries and grilled corn on the cob. It was a lot of food for my little stomach, and I am feeling a little nauseous this morning.

Lately I have been feeling like my sleeve can take more food than it should be able to. Being about the size of a banana, a sleeved stomach is only supposed to be able to hold up to a cup of food at a time. I know that I eat more than that at a sitting, and I have been increasingly hungry lately. My weight loss has also slowed down quite a bit.

All of these reasons are prompting me to start a 10 day pouch reset today. The purpose of a pouch reset is to get that "Newly Sleeved" feeling back of not being hungry all the time and not being able to eat as much in a sitting. The pouch reset helps shrink the stomach back down to the size that it was post surgery by going on a version of the post-op diet recommended by your surgeon. Here is what my life will look like for the next 10 days:

Days 1-5 Liquids:
-Protein Shakes
-Broths/strained soups

Days 6-10 Soft Proteins/Foods:
-Tuna/canned chicken
-Bean less Chili
-Polenta
-Yogurt/Pudding

-Serving sizes are 4-6 oz or 1 cup
-Only spend 15 minutes eating and remember to chew thoroughly
-Drink at least 48 oz of water a day (no liquids 30 minutes after eating)
-Don't eat until over full, and don't go hungry. You can eat as much as you want within these parameters.

I'm hoping that this will give me the push my body needs to reach the 100 lb lost point by Thursday which is my 6 month post op appointment. I currently sit at 281.6 pounds (94 pounds lost).

Have a great day!
Jenelle