How did you know that bread worked or didn't work for you?

I ate a piece about the size of a quarter and got a belly ache. My surgeon said you have to try stuff to know whether it will agree with you or not. I can eat crackers, pretzels and even toast, but no uncooked bread.

How far out of surgery as well?

40 days.

I absolutely loved bread, before surgery. I'm afraid to try it now though. Crackers are still pretty heavy in my stomach, so I can only imagine how horrible bread will make me feel.

I had a piece of toast with pb & sugar free j yesterday morning for breakfast- so far there's no food my sleeve rejects. I started with thin breads- bagel thins, sandwich skinnys, etc. They went down fine. I don't eat a lot of bread, though. Usually it just doesn't appeal. I have not had a sandwich in 3 months.

-Kendra

I have zero interest in bread now, which I love.

I was a massive carb junkie pre op. I would eat HUGE amounts of bread, Pasta. If I'd walk into a bakery the owner would be rubbing his hands together because I was about to clean him out!

I've had small amounts of bread post op but it fills me up quickly and I'd rather fill myself with other cleaner, more easily digested foods. So I don't really eat bread anymore, but I'm not really avoiding it and I certainly don't feel like I'm being deprived.

My diet regimen says no bread until nine months after surgery. For now, it's Protein ONLY. After three months, I can add 1 vegetable a day. After six months, one fruit. Aftter nine, one bread or milk.

I don't crave bread, except last week I was at the commuter train station in downtown Chicago, with a 45 minute wait for my train. In the station was a Subway sandwich shop, and they bake their own bread. The smell of fresh baked bread filled the waiting area. It drove me nuts!

I'm 5 weeks post op and can do toast. So far I've only tried those thin sandwich thins (100 calories for both sides, I can only eat 1 side).

I shouldn't eat bread and normally I avoid it. I chew it up enough that it doesn't hurt at all. Plus one slice is enough