Pouch Test Day 2

One day of liquids down, one to go.

Yesterday went surprisingly well! I wasn't a bitch. lol.  I was ok. but by the end of the night i was sick of my protein. Thank god for my roasted corn soup. I love that stuff. Its so good and gave me the savoryness I needed. I drank 3 bowls yesterday.

When it comes to tracking I usually only track my protein and my liquids since those were the things I was told to concentrate on after surgery. Well I decided yesterday I would track calories as well. I consumed 1045. I freaked out! When I was on my liquid diet before surgery I was only consuming like 700 calories a day. And that was before my small stomach. So of course I was upset. Then I looked it up. Turns out even if i wanted to lose weight without exercise (according to my height/weight and my goal weight) I should be consuming about 1800. So in that case. whew! but you gotta think, if this is what i'm consuming on a liquid diet, how bad is it when i eat normally? I mean the last thing i want is to count calories. I never wanted to do that. And I still lose weight, all be it little by little. Still its something to be a little more conscious of.

1 thing i am certain of is that my pouch has stretched. now i don't know if its normal stretching over time. i'm almost 8 months out and not only can i eat/drink more than before i can also tolerate foods i couldn't tolerate before. so is it normal wear and tear? maybe. but still, i'd like to try to keep things in check. they told me naturally it would get bigger. and instead of drinking 4oz of soup i'd be able to drink 8oz. don't get me wrong, i still get full off small amounts of food. thank god. as long as i keep myself in check and don't gradually move to bigger and bigger portions i should never be able to eat as much as before. but we must be vigilant.

thats what these pouch tests are for after all. i haven't been able to complete one before though. last time i didn't last. but this time i will. so it'll be interesting to see how i feel afterwards. i'm really hoping to lose a couple lbs this week! i need this detox from carbs and sugar. hopefully when its all over the cupcakes won't phase me as much.

on with day 2...