Bread

Hi there everyone,

I was banded on 3/3 (one day before my 50th birthday) and am feeling VERY good!  Thankfully  the surgery went well and I am dealing w/this funky post-surgery style of eating.  I have a question for those of you in the field :-)  May sound silly, but here goes:  Do any of you eat bread or a derivative thereof (ie pita, flat bread, "wraps" tortillas?)  I know that bread = gumming up=NOT GOODNESS, but I just figured I'd put it out there.

Appreciate you all,
Sheryl

I know when I had my RNY in the 80's the day I came home from the hospital my mother in law had just finished making homemade itailian bread. I put a small piece in my mouth and just kinda sucked on it, I was afraid to even try to swallow it. I know that if I had a question like this I would call my doctor's office and explain to them. Sometimes they don't want you to eat certain foods but they aren't bad for you to try in very small amounts.

Hi Sheryl!

Did your bariatric surgeon give you a diet or are you followed by a nutritionist?

Bread for folks may be a challenge on many levels, the gummy issue and the carb=hunger issue.

I unfortunately found I tolerate any bread out there flat, toast, sliced, pizza, dough etc it is part of my 20# regain issue as carbs=carb cravings for me. I can tolerate it and have since 2 mo out surgery RNY.

Here are some links to band diets, remember your program may vary!

http://www.cornellweightlosssurgery.org/pdf/diet_guid_lap_ba nd.pdf

http://www.sabariatric.com/assets/pdf/AGB_Diet_0712.pdf

http://www.lapbandforlife.com/postsurgerydiet.htm

http://www.lapband.com/life_after_surgery/life_after_surgery /

http://www.obesitylapbandsurgery.com/dietmain.html

http://www.realizeband.com/dtcf/pages/healthy-eating.htm
Avoid foods that may block your stoma. Examples include bread, pineapple, celery, fibrous foods, and non-tender cuts of red meats. Later, as you become accustomed to your REALIZE Band, you may find that you do not have to avoid these foods.

 

Thanks so much.  I am following what the nutritionist gave me...and I definitely hear you re: carbs being a bigtime trigger.  I will definitely check out the links.  Tomorrow...I get CHICKEN SALAD...just 10 days after my band...so I am happy... but am eating VERY slowly.

Sheryl

Romain lettuce leaves work for me I am starting to go back to the early days when I used them they hold chicken sald or egg salad or tuna sald or even sandwich meat well! NO CARBS involved!!

I think I'll do the same once I get the ok for "greens."  Thanks J.

I am nearing my 2 year surgiversary (Lap RNY). I could not eat any form of bread for 6 mos. and REALLY missed it. I kept trying every now and then and finally 1/4 a toasted bagel worked!! I still have to limit it due to carbs and it doesn't always agree with me, but mmmmm...bread!

Thanks for the reply.  Hard to imagine life without a sandwich...well, maybe a TINY sandwich!  It's worth the results, tho!