Okay so I had surgery 12/8/10 5 weeks and 2 days ago and I still can not eat bread. People I love bread. The minute I swallow it, it then comes back up. HELP!

wow you had surgery just 2 days after me and I am not allowed bread yet. I know that Nut have different time tables but maybe it is just too early. I also heard that if you dont tolerate something wait a week and try it again. Also heard that if you toast the bread sometimes it goes down better it doesnt gum up. Give it time.

Bread is not on the post op diet. I get you wanting it, but say good bye for at least a year. You should be limiting your carbs to 30 a day.

My typical day goes like this,

Protein shake for Breakfast, greek yogurt plain with sf syrup for snack. Some type of lean meat and a veggie for lunch. A low sodium V8 for a snack and then for dinner lean meat and a veggie. If I need a snack at night it is usually a piece of cheese.

Read the labels of everything, you would be surprised where they hide carbs.

I've heard that most food intolerances resolve by the first year mark (if not sooner), so rest assured, it won't be forever :-)

Hi Leesy,

I am newly sleeved and also a bread lover. There is actually a word not used much -- artolater -- it means a worshiper of bread. I guess that's us! I know bread is not supposed to be a major part of a meal, but out of curiosity when you've tried it has it been on it's own or part of something else, say a little sandwich or an egg on toast? Also is it any bread or regular sandwich bread? Have you tried tortillas or pita bread with the same result? Or how about a cracker or pita chip? I'm just curious. Best to you in your weight loss journey!

I've tried it multiple ways - tortillas, crackers, sandwich bread, by itself, with other items, toasted, not toasted, etc. I'm hoping at a year out it will be better but I'm dying here.

Hi Leesy,

I am newly sleeved and also a bread lover. There is actually a word not used much -- artolater -- it means a worshiper of bread. I guess that's us! I know bread is not supposed to be a major part of a meal, but out of curiosity when you've tried it has it been on it's own or part of something else, say a little sandwich or an egg on toast? Also is it any bread or regular sandwich bread? Have you tried tortillas or pita bread with the same result? Or how about a cracker or pita chip? I'm just curious. Best to you in your weight loss journey!

Let's hope so Lila!

I've heard that most food intolerances resolve by the first year mark (if not sooner), so rest assured, it won't be forever :-)

I can eat bread(very small amounts), toast, from about 2 months out, so you'll be fine you just need to wait a bit, your urge for bread will pass, believe me

I am so glad that I am not a bread eater..I love the sweets but I can control that on my own...I know after my surgery I wlll get to eat bread one day it doesn't matter to me if I eat it again..

twogirlsandaboy,

I have been able to eat anything else I wanted to eat red meat, chicken, pork, Pasta, rice, etc. The key is to eat Protein first and keep your carbs low. I have lost 62 pounds since my surgery date because I get all my protein in and all of my Water, I eat lots of fruits and vegetables and I take my Vitamins. So that's a little background info into my diet. Outside of this sometimes I crave bread. I will try toasting the bread a little more then I normally do to see how that works thanks for the tip!

wow you had surgery just 2 days after me and I am not allowed bread yet. I know that Nut have different time tables but maybe it is just too early. I also heard that if you dont tolerate something wait a week and try it again. Also heard that if you toast the bread sometimes it goes down better it doesnt gum up. Give it time.

Okay so I had surgery 12/8/10 5 weeks and 2 days ago and I still can not eat bread. People I love bread. The minute I swallow it, it then comes back up. HELP!

Ok chickie, heres the problem. . bread bad! Protein good! Girl, bread is what probably made you fat in the first place, bread will swell up in your new tummy and make you feel really bad. . i have a problem with bread and i'm over 1 year out. . so you know what SCRATCH out bread for now . . . good luck. . . oh and by the way, spaghetti, white rice, macaroni and such will do the same thing. . .

Ok chickie, heres the problem. . bread bad! Protein good! Girl, bread is what probably made you fat in the first place, bread will swell up in your new tummy and make you feel really bad. . i have a problem with bread and i'm over 1 year out. . so you know what SCRATCH out bread for now . . . good luck. . . oh and by the way, spaghetti, white rice, macaroni and such will do the same thing. . .

A bit of wholemeal bread isn't bad, I'm not saying eat loads and don't eat your protein, but a balanced diet I believe is the key to success

Ok chickie, heres the problem. . bread bad! Protein good! Girl, bread is what probably made you fat in the first place, bread will swell up in your new tummy and make you feel really bad. . i have a problem with bread and i'm over 1 year out. . so you know what SCRATCH out bread for now . . . good luck. . . oh and by the way, spaghetti, white rice, macaroni and such will do the same thing. . .

Aaaaaagggghhhh!!!!

Besides being a bread lover I love most carbs. I am definitely a carboholic (should've been my screen name, LOL). Definitely carbs are why I got and stayed fat for so many years. However, I will confess that part of why I wanted the sleeve was to be able to eat ANYTHING (including my beloved carbs) just in much smaller portions. Now it sounds like maybe not ... at least for many months. I had no intentions of going hog wild on the bread, maybe a little tortilla with egg, or a little naan with chicken curry.

At least now I know when I first try to eat bread to not do it in a restaurant ... it would not be a pretty sight to regurgitate a chewed up piece of bread in a public setting!

I agree that most food intolerances are resolved by the one year mark. And also (this is just me personally) I am not good about tossing my Cookies and if anything were to give me that I would discontinue it for a very long time (again, just my personality!) I have yet to regurge ANYTHING since being sleeved and that includes coming out of the anethesia fog after surgery (I think they dosed me up pretty good on anti-nausea meds.)

It is just a thing of mine that I can't stand food to come up when it is suppossed to go down. So if it were me I would give bread a wide berth at this point in time.

Okay so I had surgery 12/8/10 5 weeks and 2 days ago and I still can not eat bread. People I love bread. The minute I swallow it, it then comes back up. HELP!

i can only eat bread if it is toasted, then only small amounts. I can also eat it with meat, like a foldover if I chew it well so it mixes with the meat. I have to take the crust off. If I get too much bread, it turns into a little gummy ball and sticks, making me feel aweful for hours. I also cant eat tortillas unless it is a teeny amount mixed with something else for the same reason. BTW, I am 7 weeks out.

Bread has become a slider for me. So, if you're a bread lover, try to cut it now while you're losing because once you get further out, and can eat 2-3 times as much as you can right now (AND YES it's normal to be able to eat more around 6-9 months out), just know that bread can be sneaky, and the scale can creep up.

It's these little monsters that got us fat, and it's way easier to eat a big fattening grilled cheese sandwich on Texas Toast than it is to eat 4oz of steak. Because let's be honest with one another, grilled cheeses are yummy, and filling and warm, and cozy and remind us of our loving childhood, and well steak is steak. Or chicken is chicken, and sometimes we just want a grilled cheese. I could not eat a grilled cheese to save my life for almost a year, and GUESS WHAT? ? ? I can eat an grilled cheese sandwich minus all the crust.

Just a little tidbit from someone that's further out and maintaining, but it's not always an easy thing when foods that once were eaten in tiny quantities all of a sudden become foods that slide right down, and don't really stay with us very long.