Question:
How much cereal or grains are people able to eat at almost 2 years out?

   — goldroses (posted on July 26, 2005)

July 26, 2005
You can eat cereals and grains after surgery...WHOLE GRAINS AND WHOLE GRAIN CEREALS...you want to make sure you are eating complex carbs only. You should still be doing protein first, then veggies, then cereals or grains. I am 20 months out and eat whole grains only...even grind my own grains for flours. Good luck! Carmen
   — kccjer

July 26, 2005
Not 2 years yet but I have been eating cereals. My fav is Carbwell just because 3/4 c gives you 10 gram protein. Plus the milk I use.....I can get 17 grams with breakfast. If it does not have a lot of protein I don't indulge.
   — dcox94

July 26, 2005
Since no one else has answered your question, here goes. I can eat a whole bowl of ceral of any kind. (about one cup) I am two years and five months post op.
   — Delores S.

July 27, 2005
Ok, I'm about 4 years out, but the volume of food I can eat hasn't changed since 2 years. I can eat about a cup and a half of cereal, depending on the kind. I feel like crud when I do, so I don't do it too often. I'm not sure why cereal bothers me, but it does. I can usually eat breads w/o incident, I just try not to. It leads to eating the entire loaf. LOL I will admit to eating mulit-grain eggos a little more often than I should, and I can comfortably eat two. Hope that helps.
   — RebeccaP

July 28, 2005
More than I'd like to, so long ago (probably about a year post-op), I stopped eating cereal with skim milk, as that enables me to eat too much. Instead, I eat cereal mixed with yogurt now. Fills up the pouch in a true single-serving size, keeps me from being able to eat too much of it in a sitting. :-) I'm three years post-op now, and the yogurt trick still works.
   — Suzy C.