Bread and my new band??

jillrn · January 11, 2007

I was banded a month ago and I am on reg soft foods per my dr. I have tolerated everything pretty well on what I have tried. I was sooooo sick of eggs for Breakfast the other day I decided to have a piece of low carb bread (toasted)with a small amt of Peanut Butter on it. It went down fairly well I did drink 4 oz of milk with it. My questions is when I have eggs or Protein Shakes or whatever else for breakfast I am hungry an hour later. When I had this bread I was full for like 5-6 hours. I am pretty sure it just took that long for it to all get thru the band. I know I am suppose to avoid breads though. It all may change in a few weeks when I get a fill but what do you all think about this. I have not retried it to see if continued this pattern. I may in the morning though I dont know. Anyone else experience this??

JulieNYC · January 11, 2007

My advice is eat the occasional piece of bread if you find it filling and not painful. Bandsters avoid bread because it hurts and because it can be high calorie, but if you're managing both of those aspects, there's nothing about bread that's going to hurt you.

I would quit drinking with your food though, at the very least until you know your band better. I know a few people who say drinking while eating doesn't affect their hunger, the vast majority (and Inamed, assuming that's the brand of your band) think it does. If I drink with my meal, sometimes food goes down better, but I can eat more and am hungry quicker. That's no good!

Good luck and I'm sure others will give you their points of view too.

Jachut · January 11, 2007

I have 3ml in a 4 ml band and I can eat bread. To me it is a good food a) because I eat good quality (often home made) wholegrain bread and because a sandwich is so filling, takes so long to eat that its the most efficient satisfying lunch for me. Its guaranteed I wont eat till dinner whereas if I eat a salad and tuna or similar I'll be picking by 4pm. But slap it inside a bread roll and it will sit with me for hours. It literally takes half an hour to eat it though, I cant eat bread fast at all.