When Did You Eat Pizza?

[LessofKelly 62]

I'm just over 8 weeks out and I had a piece (one small piece) last week and I was just fine. It took me 45 mins and I chewed very very well. Didn't have a problem at all.

[TakeCareGirl 161]

This looks GREAT!! Does the crust get hard at all? I'm trying to visualize it.

You can get it crispy, but you have to watch it and ensure it doesn't burn. I've made it a few times and it gets better each time.

[GeauxForIt 659]

Is Dr Hugh Babineau in Mexico? You have him listed on your profile.

What exactly was the point of this?

[GeauxForIt 659]

Hungry Girl makes pizza in portobello mushrooms instead if crust! Not to the point I can try it yet, bit sounds so good.

[Fiddleman 4,376]

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Girl! There are sharks on these boards and when they see you talking about pizza, doritos, etc.. they smell the blood in the Water and you are toast!! As for me, I had this surgery so I could live like a normal person, eating normal portions and end my dieting, food obsession nightmare. I am not living my life on Protein shakes. That said, I still have to have a Protein shake everyday to get all my Protein in because I am only 2 months out. I am a lucky one who has a sleeve of steel and have only barfed once and I think I ate too fast and didn't chew well enough. I tolerate everything. I ate a very small piece of thin crust delight pizza from papa murphys at about 6 weeks. I was full. It was great, I used to eat 4-5 pieces to feel full before.[/quote']

I can relate to the 4-5 pieces pre-op thing and it was so good. For a little while until the " why did I do that" guilt trip. My personal favorite pizza was pappa John. Boy, I was a pizza eating machine in my formal life and didn't realize it until a few months post op. one think I had going for me was I did not really like ice cream, but oh how I enjoyed cookis and donuts. Lots of them. Glad that my obsessive eating behavior is behind me.

[Fiddleman 4,376]

There is a huge difference between domino's (or the like) pizza' date=' even thin crust, and a really good quality pizza. IMO if I'm going to eat something like pizza, it's going to be a whole wheat crust from a wood fired grill (thin crust because it's easier on your stomach). There are some things I am comfortable never eating again...like hot tamales but real food? My change is to make that "real food" healthy real food verses faster food which is loaded with sugar and fat.

The cheese quality between a chain joint and a real pizza is amazing. As is the sauce. Cheap sauces are made with sugar and more than you think, and gad the cheese...you have to blot the dang piece with a paper towel to get rid of the obvious grease...who wants to eat that????

I have had the toppings on good pizza since having the second surgery (that was at about 3 weeks out), but I skipped the crust. I am just now getting to a point where whole wheat Pasta goes down well, though it fills me up quickly. My second doc said to stay away from bread for three months, so that's what I'm doing. After having had a leak I don't want to risk damaging my tummy for a silly thick crust pizza!

I'd consider trying the toppings next month at the party, but that's it. You are still too early for real bread (or anything risen with yeast basically).[/quote']

I am wondering if you think the crusts could do physical damage to a new sleeve if too hard or too sharp. Like a boomerang and in your already banana shaped stomach. For at reason, I would advice against eating pizza until a long ways out.

[SleeveDreamer 383]

I am wondering if you think the crusts could do physical damage to a new sleeve if too hard or too sharp. Like a boomerang and in your already banana shaped stomach. For at reason, I would advice against eating pizza until a long ways out.

The main reason I don't eat the crust is because it is too filling. When you start eating bread, the doctor recommended that it be toasted, so I don't think crust would be a problem.

[iggychic 1,405]

I am wondering if you think the crusts could do physical damage to a new sleeve if too hard or too sharp. Like a boomerang and in your already banana shaped stomach. For at reason' date=' I would advice against eating pizza until a long ways out.[/quote']

Actually, quite the opposite. When you do start bread you are supposed to have it "the harder the better" meaning crackers and well toasted bread. Obviously sticking to whole grains is also better. On the pizza or any dough that is risen, the issue is that even after cooking, when it's in your stomach acids it can expand somewhat. On a new stomach if you go nuts, it can cause damage by expanding the stomach and pushing on your suture line...something we always want not to do!

Any time we eat anything it should be well chewed. By the time it gets to your tummy you need to have that crusty bread/pizza, etc, pretty much destroyed in your mouth. We have to do this because the function of the stomach has been damaged by removing most of it. The stomach is the grinder of the food system. It takes what we eat and breaks it up in smaller bits so that it can be digested easily. We've screwed with that process so we must do the work in advance of it traveling down to the broken grinder. Think of your mouth as the wood chipper now

Bread is always going to soften within seconds in your body. Picture dunking a cookie in milk and how fast that process is. In all reality something like a steak is much harder for the tummy to get through than bread. Bread without yeast is WAY easier to deal with early on. Pizza dough does not fit in that category, nor does any great bread (like hot french bread on the streets of Paris served with a brush of melted butter.....) umm but I digress.....wait it's late, I hated Paris in the spring time but I sure loved those damn baguettes!

What were we talking about??????

[mango926 25]

You could also make your own low carb pizza at home by using Flat Out bread as your crust. Super easy and low carb. I'm about 5 weeks out and have made it once. I'm only able to eat 1/4 of a whole Flat Out piece.

[carolrod 8]

My husband mad me a sort of like pizza, he used a wrap called wheat flatout wrap, it's low carbs, added some Pasta meat sauce and triple chedddar cheese mix on top and placed it it the oven. Delicious almost like a regular pizza, but I got only have a bite or two and was stuffed. But it was satisfying.

Good luck:)

[SleeveDreamer 383]

I have found the best thing to make my pizza on is the Mission Carb Balance Flour Tortillas. Only 6 g of net carbs per tortilla and they taste great not like paper or cardboard! IMO taste much better than Flatout. Just my opinion.

[funkeechiggen 135]

I have found the best thing to make my pizza on is the Mission Carb Balance Flour Tortillas. Only 6 g of net carbs per tortilla and they taste great not like paper or cardboard! IMO taste much better than Flatout. Just my opinion.

Eggface has lots of great pizza recipes on her blog using those tortillas I can't wait to try them in a couple months!

http://theworldaccordingtoeggface.blogspot.com/2010/02/spinach-artichoke-tortilla-pizza.html

[SleeveDreamer 383]

Eggface has lots of great pizza recipes on her blog using those tortillas I can't wait to try them in a couple months!

http://theworldaccor...illa-pizza.html

OMG that's right! I completely forgot about her tortilla pizzas! thanks for reminding me!

[Izuri 428]

I tried pizza a couple of months out. Occasionally my family will order it and I was craving some so bad for the first few months and everyone seemed to be having it all the time! But when I tried it I realized a couple things....1. It tasted different - it was much greasier and after chewing like 20x it starts to taste/have a gross consistency 2. The bread on it just did not sit well - it would feel like it got stuck right above my stomach and be a lump 3. I couldn't eat almost any of it anyway - two bites of pizza is totally not satisfying to me.

And we are talking about pizza I used to LOVE pre-op. So it's not that I just ordered a crappy pizza or something. I've tried it a couple times since then because I keep thinking that it's the pizza I used to love, but I just don't like it anymore. I never thought I'd say it, but I think I'm over pizza, at least for the time being.

That being said, I haven't tried homemade pizza on flatbread or anything. That's on my to-do list. If you do end up trying it, make sure you wait until you're on full foods and be prepared for it to possibly be different.

[TinaMari 75]

I was sleeved on July 17th and I haven't had a quarter of the problems the people on this board speak of. Almost makes me wonder why I'm the exception but I surely am grateful!! Anyway, I tried pizza a few weeks ago. I can do it but I prefer not too so I didn't finish even half the slice. I just wanted to see if I could eat it. I've also tried calzones and Stromboli. Lmfao! Same experience with those. I can eat a lot of foods I just don't Bc I want to continue to loose loose loose!!! Good luck~!!