Pizza

[natarshassleeve 73]

Will I ever enjoy pizza again ??? When were u able to have pizza how many months after surgery ? Just curious

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[KristenLe 5,979]

@@natarshassleeve There's a lot of alternatives to pizza - cauliflower crust, zucchini pizzas, eggplant pizzas. You can enjoy the toppings off a pizza or make a pizza topping like casserole (kind of like the ricotta bake but with pizza like toppings). I'm supposed to not have anything "doughy" - but I'm sure I'll try a pizza several months out. I'm not going to waste my honeymoon period though - I'll have one of the alternatives.

[blizair09 3,250]

@@natarshassleeve I'm not going to waste my honeymoon period though - I'll have one of the alternatives.

KristenLe nailed it. Put pizza, and everything else, aside for a while and focus on changing your relationship with food. If you can do that while the weight is "forced" to come off, you'll be much more equipped to continue to lose and maintain when your body normalizes and good choices become the primary driver of your weight and health. (And this is coming from someone who singlehandedly kept Papa John's stock price up for YEARS.)

[Lema 236]

I had very little slice of pizza at the end of week 4. I digested it fine. Then I had half a slice in the middle of 3rd month and I was rolling on the floor, in pain for over an hour. I will not be having pizza in the next couple of years from now.

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[OutsideMatchInside 10,166]

@@natarshassleeve

If you are willing to cook, 3-4 months? You can make homemade pizza. I was making flat bread pizzas with low carb flat bread on saturdays for a while, Saturday was my "carb" day.

I don't eat the toppings off regular pizza because regular pizza sauces have added sugar, and pizza toppings are just sliders. I could eat the toppings off an entire large pizza if I wanted. So I either make my own pizza with low carb organic ingredients or I skip it.

[NikkiDoc 312]

I waited to have pizza about 3 months after surgery. I only like very thin pizza. I ate about 1/2 the slice and then scalped the rest. Much better than the 3 pieces I used to have.

My dogs enjoyed my crust. I got it with cheese, sauce and meatballs for some extra Protein. Hubby is really picky so I didn't get any vegetables on it since he was going to eat all but the one piece I split with the dogs.

In the 20 months since my surgery I have had pizza around 6 times. I follow the same pattern as above. Eat a little bit of it as real pizza, scalp the rest.

Once again I do not like a doughy thick pizza. I like it really, really thin so I am not getting much bottom crust.

I generally don't miss pizza. There are plenty of times my husband has pizza and I have one bite of his and something else. The one bite is generally enough to give my the taste so I don't feel deprived but don't blow my diet.

[sgc 538]

It's ok to enjoy a slice of pizza. I don't completely deny myself having food I like. Many people eat pizza and don't become obese just like many people drink alcohol and don't become alcoholics. I usually reserve Saturdays for when I eat something totally off the diet. One week it may be McDonalds Breakfast burrito, or a slice of pizza, or some nachos from Taco Bell. I used to eat four Breakfast burritos and an order of hashbrowns. Now I eat one burrito. One burrito has 300 calories and 12 grams of Protein so I'm not exactly ruining everything. If you have two slices of pizza a week you'll be fine. My past weight lose experiences always failed when I would deny myself the food I really liked and then would finally breakdown and just start consuming it everyday. I at least know now I can treat myself once a week and when I do, I can't eat as much of it as I used to.

[camry2016 78]

The most I can handle is 2-3 bites of thin crust - more than that and I don't feel well afterwards.

[Raynbolite 302]

On month 2....can't come close to it yet...maybe a treat later down the road.

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[elsaharvey 32]

I just pick the toppingso off lol my stomach can't handle the bread, it'd too heavy I'll have a stomach ache for at least an hr. So I just don't touch breads and Pasta

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[lalame 56]

If you look on Pinterest they have a pizza crust for bariatric patients made out of ground chicken. Sleeved 09/06/16. Will have to wait a bit to try it. I have heard it is amazing. Sounds like a great alternative.

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[JeffVII 1]

Will I ever enjoy pizza again ??? When were u able to have pizza how many months after surgery ? Just curious

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3-4 months from surgery it was my nephews birthday and they had pizza i got tempted and had like a small piece and it sat well with me i ended up eating a whole slice I'm pretty sure i could've ate it before that but i was being strict with my diet so i don't break it often at all. anyways my points is that you should be good just chew it well and only try a small piece at first.

[natarshassleeve 73]

Thanks everyone !

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