bread

Good morning all,

I have a question, I am 2 years 4 months out of surgery.  Do we have to toast all our bread forever, or can we eat untoasted break on occastion.

Thanks

Pauline

Actually bread should be a no-no toasted or not for the most part. Nothing much there nutritionally at all and lost of bad stuff.

Best to just stay far away in my opinion.

Ceci

Bread will clog up my innards quicker than anything else (though I haven't tried pasta or rice). I will sometimes have the thin 45 calorie bread with a ham or roast beef sandwich, but that bread is really just a meat delivery vehicle.

Toasting bread just makes it less cloggy, and it goes down easier, which means you can eat more. That's not a good thing. Try to kick bread and toast to the curb.

You CAN but it isn't really good for any of us.  Toasted makes it easier to chew and swallow without getting stuck. I have had un-toasted bread here and there.  Plain white sliced bread is rough and I end up feeling 'stuck.'  If it is a flat bread that works best.  Rolls like for a sub are ok ish but I try to avoid the roll and eat the insides if I am out and end up with a sub sandwich as my best option. EDIT: Insides...meaning the meat and cheese inside the sub, not the inside of the roll. I try to avoid the roll with just a few little bites for flavor.

~E

Let's just say I am a food addict. I don't have bread in the house. I threw away my toaster. I can't have bread in my house. 

I will eat it out occasionally. I just stay away from it also since it isn't always my friend. It can make me feel icky. 

When I was about 2 years out I had started bread again. HUGE mistake!! It is a slippery slope to bad habits and weight regain. I'm currently trying to re-lose the weight I put on. MUCH harder than it was after surgery. My opinion-cut all bread out of your diet!

I can eat regular untoasted bread without a problem. I usually eat low carb tortillas or pita bread in place of it, but nothing is the same as bread.

As others have said, just be careful with it. For some it is a trigger and leads to more eating. At 2 years out, you have entered the danger zone. Many of us at that point can eat more and feel invincible. But we are not. Maintenance is a *****

Bread is evil.

That said, my team says I can eat whole grain bread (like one slice a day) if I want. Since I'm allergic to soy, if I have bread, it must be made from scratch (all store bought breads contain soy lethicin and/or soy oil). So, once a week or so, I bake. I also make my own crackers for the same reason. I might have a very skinny piece of toast with butter once a week or so. But I like the crackers I make and will have about three with cheese, peanut butter or sardines about once a week for lunch. I have eaten the whole grain bread as bread and had no problems, but I prefer it toasted.

I find that when I DO eat my bread or crackers, the scale the next day is not happy with me. So, I do severely limit.

I made the mistake of eating white bread in the form of a garlic breadstick that came with a bowl of beef stew once about a month ago. NEVER again. I was very ill. Had to lay down for most of an afternoon. Totally not worth it.