48 Hours Pouch Reset

The 48-Hour Pouch Reset Diet can help you if your weight loss stalls after getting gastric sleeve, gastric bypass, lap-band, or another type of weight loss surgery. There may be a time after weight loss surgery when you wonder whether your pouch has stretched, or when you get off track with your eating.

The 48-Hour Pouch Reset Diet can help you:

  • Break the pattern of off-track eating.
  • Remember what it feels like when you feel restriction from your pouch.
  • Practice stopping eating before you feel overly full.

Diet Guidelines:

  • Pay special attention at dinner on Day 2. This is the time when you will feel that your pouch is working again. Eat slowly and mindfully, and focus on the feeling you have when you stop eating just before you are full.
  • Drink plenty of water and other calorie-free or low-calorie liquids to stay hydrated.
  • Only use under the supervision of your doctor.

Day 1: Liquid Protein

Breakfast
Strawberry Meal Replacement (240 calories, 35 grams protein)
Snack 1
Ready to Shake Chocolate Protein Drink (80 calories, 15 grams protein)
Lunch
Cream of Tomato Meal Replacement Protein Soup (100 calories, 15 grams protein)
Snack 2
Aloha Mango Protein Smoothie (100 calories, 15 grams protein)
Dinner
Vanilla Meal Replacement (240 calories, 35 grams protein)
Dessert
Protein Hot Cocoa (80 calories, 15 grams protein)
Totals: 840 calories, 130 grams protein

Day 2: Liquid Protein…Then Victory!

Breakfast
Chocolate Meal Replacement Protein Shake (250 calories, 35 grams protein)
Snack 1
Berry Yogurt Protein Smoothie (100 calories, 15 grams protein)
Lunch
Cream of Chicken Meal Replacement Protein Soup (160 calories, 15 grams protein)
Snack 2
Vanilla Meal Replacement (240 calories, 35 grams protein)
Dinner
4 ounces cooked chicken breast or other lean protein (such as tuna, extra lean ground turkey, or soy crumbles), ½ cup cooked carrots, ½ cup cooked green beans (230 calories, 37 grams protein)
Totals: 980 calories, 137 grams protein