Too many carbs would be my guess. You need to fill up on protein, not carbs. I assume brown rice would be better, but I just choose to stay away from bread, rice and potatoes.

Brown Rice is the best

ladydi1961

carbs and it sticks to your pouch thats why...Im Latina so that was a BIG upset for me LATER like way LATER I can have it but cant try it till 6months out at least for my surgeon anyway

You can "rice" cauliflower and still enjoy "rice". I made a cauliflower pizza crust by ricing it and it was delicious. I'll never eat rice again (its one of my trigger foods) but I know that I can still enjoy "rice" without all those carbs!

rice is an empty carbohydrate; it makes your blood sugar rise faster than almost anything else (which means it then crashes fast too). It is also very bulky, so you can't fit your protein in your small pouch

Thanks for the replies! Like I said I am not a big rice eater anyway. I was just curious. :-)

You could try quinoa. It is high in protein and you still get a rice like dish.

I have found a few new recipes that call for quinoa I will definitely be trying when I get to that stage.

I have tried rice 2 times and both times I got so sick. I cant have rice hopefully some day I can have a little !!!

BROWN RICE IS NOT AN EMPTY CARB CALORIES DISH!

White rice contains no nutritional stuff for our body, however a 1/5 cup of Brown Rice has 5-6g of protein. It also acts as a 'substrate' that is like a 'tool' to help our bodies break down other protein in other things like bean and meat more. So by adding a grain it helps your body get more protein out of other things.

Some people complain of rice problems in the first few months after surgery, however, as a vegetarian, it's important for me to add the grain to get more protein out of beans and tofu. I've been eating brown rice since the beginning of the 5th month. NOTE, however, I use brown rice as a side item and add maybe 2-3 grains of rice per bite of whatever else I'm eating. In other words, I don't use rice for a FILLER anymore, like a big fork/spoon of rice with some vegetables or whatever. So I do eat very little of it. But brown rice is not a bad food for any of us. Some people may have a harder time digesting, but I haven't. Ask your nutritionist about eating brown rice and quinoa. They are both grains that have protein and are important in our nutritional upkeep.

in addition, I remember last year seeing people say that Rice and things like Oatmeal keep expanding in our stomach and will clog our pouch. That's BS! Put a grain of rice in a cup of water. Let it sit for 2 days. It's still only going to get as big as a cooked grain of rice. WLS doesn't make things magically grow bigger than their natural ability. Rice and fully cooked oatmeal, etc are full size when we eat them and no matter how much food or water we add to them, they don't keep swelling up in size. It's just like one of those sponges that has been compressed to the size of a penny. It will only swell up to a certain size no matter how much water you add. It doesn't have the ability to just keep growing because of the bowl it's in or how much water you add.

Rice expands in the pouch! be careful!

Thank you Alexis.

Yes, our new pouches are MAGICAL things. They can make things grow bigger than is naturally possible. If we swallowed a pea sized ball of rice, it would swell up to the size of a basketball.

I wonder if we swallow money if it will expand like that too. FCOL

Talk to your nutritionist!

I agree with Dinae my nut pretty much said the same things. I have not tried rice because I am only 6 weeks out but I am sure I will try it around 6 months.

Dinae, I always love your view on things. I've always loved quinoa and brown rice. I'm not far enough out (for my satisfaction) to have either yet but I'm looking forward to the day that I can.

I'll probably first sprout quinoa, love it that way too!!