Hi . Im on week 9 post surgery . Today I had 1 weetabix and 1/2 a banana for lunch . 1/2 an hour later, I had griping pains coming in waves , thought I was going to be sick and had diarrhoea. I felt ill for about an hour . Has anybody had this ? Wondered if my stomach doesn’t the weetabix or the amount too much ?

15 minutes ago, PEGGO said:

Hi . Im on week 9 post surgery . Today I had 1 weetabix and 1/2 a banana for lunch . 1/2 an hour later, I had griping pains coming in waves , thought I was going to be sick and had diarrhoea. I felt ill for about an hour . Has anybody had this ? Wondered if my stomach doesn’t the weetabix or the amount too much ?

Could be dumping syndrome. weetabix does contain real sugar.

Wholegrain Wheat (95%), Malted Barley Extract, Sugar, Salt, Niacin, Iron, Riboflavin (B2), Thiamin (B1), Folic Acid.

I’m too far out to remember diet progression. If you are on real food stage. You might want to introduce protein and items on your plan slowly to find what you can tolerate.

17 minutes ago, Healthy_life2 said:

Could be dumping syndrome

This was EXACTLY my first thought while reading your post. I'm not familiar with Weetabix, but I know bananas also have a lot of natural sugar.

Maybe it was just too much sugar at one time. I know I can tell if I've had too much sugar. I just don't feel good. Maybe not the nausea/diarrhea, but I feel like crap for about an hour.

18 minutes ago, Healthy_life2 said:

Could be dumping syndrome. weetabix does contain real sugar.

Wholegrain Wheat (95%), Malted Barley Extract, Sugar, Salt, Niacin, Iron, Riboflavin (B2), Thiamin (B1), Folic Acid.

I’m too far out to remember diet progression. If you are on real food stage. You might want to introduce Protein and items on your plan slowly to find what you can tolerate.

Aah! That’s interesting Healthy life, I assumed because weetabix is on my plan of things we can eat , that it was ok and that it didn’t have sugar, should have read the label ! I’ll steer away from it in future! Thank you so much ?

5 minutes ago, S@ssen@ch said:

This was EXACTLY my first thought while reading your post. I'm not familiar with Weetabix, but I know bananas also have a lot of natural sugar.

Maybe it was just too much sugar at one time. I know I can tell if I've had too much sugar. I just don't feel good. Maybe not the nausea/diarrhea, but I feel like crap for about an hour.

Thank you S@ssen@ch. Thats very helpful ?

4 hours ago, PEGGO said:

Hi . Im on week 9 post surgery . Today I had 1 weetabix and 1/2 a banana for lunch . 1/2 an hour later, I had griping pains coming in waves , thought I was going to be sick and had diarrhoea. I felt ill for about an hour . Has anybody had this ? Wondered if my stomach doesn’t the weetabix or the amount too much ?

You basically just had a full carb meal. That drives up your blood sugar, resulting in an insulin spike which dumps your blood sugar back down and shoves all those calories into fat storage - not fat burning. Cereal should wait until maintenance and fruit (especially high carb like banana) should really not be in your menu yet, either. Where is the protein in that meal?

4 hours ago, PEGGO said:

Aah! That’s interesting Healthy life, I assumed because weetabix is on my plan of things we can eat , that it was ok and that it didn’t have sugar, should have read the label ! I’ll steer away from it in future! Thank you so much ?

Sometimes its trial and error to see what your new stomach can tolerate. Take it slow. *smile*

When I initially stated to have fruit with natural sugar I made sure I ate protein and fat with it. So I had my protein shake or a piece of lunch meat when I ate a bite of banana or berries. Now I can eat a few bites of fruit on its own at 8 months out.

Weetbix an Australian staple but yes not the best for early post op

On 10/13/2019 at 9:08 PM, 2Bsmaller18 said:

When I initially stated to have fruit with natural sugar I made sure I ate Protein and fat with it. So I had my Protein Shake or a piece of lunch meat when I ate a bite of banana or berries. Now I can eat a few bites of fruit on its own at 8 months out.

Thank you 28 smaller 18 , that’s so helpful . Love the name ! well done ?

On 10/14/2019 at 1:11 AM, Mikeyy said:

Weetbix an Australian staple but yes not the best for early post op

Thank you Mikey. This is such a learning curve !

On 10/13/2019 at 9:05 PM, AZhiker said:

You basically just had a full carb meal. That drives up your blood sugar, resulting in an insulin spike which dumps your blood sugar back down and shoves all those calories into fat storage - not fat burning. Cereal should wait until maintenance and fruit (especially high carb like banana) should really not be in your menu yet, either. Where is the Protein in that meal?

Thank you . I will remember that . I didnt realise weetabix would cause so much trouble as it was on my list of my foods I could have , but I’m learning a lot from here . Thank you ?