Eating Bread

Thanks so much, Patty, for the info. Might i ask ? what kind of crackers did you eat? Just tryin to get some new ideas. Do you think i might be able to get away with eating the veggie delite pizza you mention? Dumb question, huh? my stomach was so touchy yesterday for some reason, so didnt eat much. I will be starting my 11th week tomorrow. Would sure apreciate some new ideas , for more normal soft textured foods , if you have some. I wish i had a list on my refridgerator i could look at , to try. Any new ideas welcome! KathyS

Kathy, Here's a few ideas for you. How about yogurt, refried beans, chicken salad on crackers, string cheese, cottage cheese, egg salad on crackers, omlets, ham and cream cheese rolls, those frozen little quiche you get from costco.....those were my staples early on. When you try bread again, make sure to toast it first, and start with like 1/4 a slice. For now, though, I would skip bread if I were you. If you can tolerate lettuce, you can roll up sandwich fixens in a lettuce leaf. Yummy! Good luck with finding new foods to eat! Diana

I ate all kinds....saltines, stone ground wheat, etc. I kind of think dry things like the crackers or really thin crisp crust on the pizza would be possibilities. I am under the impression that it's the softer bigger portion of bread that can turn into a ball of dough in your gut. I did a lot of moist salads (tuna, egg) on the crackers, or a piece of salami and cheese. I would think these would be good ones to start with. I could be wrong though, because none of the breads that offend others ever bothered me. I can eat rice no problem. The one thing that does make me feel queasy is pasta - I hardly ever eat any and when I do I always think "that wasn't worth it".

What surgery did you have? I can only do toasted breads with my lap band now. Early on I could do a whole sandwich without problem. Now that I have restriction, it has to be toasted and I can't do the whole thing, either. I have found that the little ****tail breads (locally, since the holidays are over, I have only been able to find them at WinCo) like the sourdoughs and ryes work wonders, too, though. Basically, regardless of surgery, it is a trial and error process. I can understand being a bit afraid of trying new things but it gets better once you realize what you can or can't eat. Good luck, Lori

Hi Lori, thank you for your reply. I had the Rou-n-Y , i guess thats how youd spell it. Did you eat the little ****tail breads when you were as far along as me? I just started my 11th week. And if so, where did you find them at, in Winco? KathyS.

Lap banders don't have the same issues as you all do eating bread. Once we're on solids, many of us can tolerate bread -- so that would be about 6 weeks out from surgery if we're careful. I'm not going to suggest how well it may work for you or when. I think a lot of foods really become a trial and error experiment for all of us regardless of surgery. The breads I found are in the deli area where they have the pre-made foods in the cold case (like sandwiches, cold chicken and such -- and the specialty cheeses). They've not let me down... yet. The breads are made by Orowheat. Since I'm fairly well restricted, I'm moving on to wasa-type breads (still need my B vitamins somehow) and "toasts" like Melba. I miss sandwiches a bit but no big deal. Good luck! Lori

I do not like bread and never have. However, I found that Central Baking has a campinolo (I hope I didn't butcher that too much!) loaf that we love. I toast it and eat it with real butter every morning. It beats taking benefiber and works just as well. The butter is a source of needed vitamin A (not the whole stick, silly) I toast it. I don't each sandwiches cause I don't like them...or pancackes, or french toast or any of that stuff. Now blintzes? Let's talk...... For crackers, try nuthins. Combination rice and nuts. Delicious, nutritious and just great with anything on them or nothing at all on them. I get them at New Seasons. tee

Hi Tee, thank you so much for your reply. if i could ask, is central baking a store or outlet? and what is campinolo? sorry, ive just never heard of these things and would so like to know more about them. and the crackers, the name of them are nuthins? How far out are you from your surgery? Just wondered. thank you. KathyS

You can find Central Baking locations online. Campanolo is an artisan bread made with no preservatives or additives. It does have a small amount of sugar in it, but it has never bothered me. It is a heavy bread so you want it sliced thin. Nuthins are crackers made from rice and nuts (brand: Blue Diamond) I get them at New Seasons Market (which, by the way also carries the Central Baking's Campanolo bread. I just like mine really fresh) I think if you eat white bread, you might as well eat paste. tee

Tee, thank you so much for replying back. I agree with you on the white bread. There is no nutrition in it. I had tried whole wheat bread. and it didnt agree with me. My son is the only one who eats franz white bread, thats because he wont eat wheat bread. Hes 22 yrs old. My husband and i have always eaten the whole wheat bread. I live in a little town in Oregon. We drive 25 miles away to do our grocery shopping. At Winco foods, Im not sure if theres a New Seasons Market around here. Kathys