All I know is for me I can't eat rice I gets stuck and hurts so bad. I get sick every time I try to eat it. I've just decided to not even try anymore.
:-( I love sushi too. Bummer, Oh well!!! Skinny jeans or sushi? Skinny jeans won!!!!

One of the key things is 're-thinking' the way we eat brown rice/quinoa or even high protein pasta. Most of us growing up and before surgery would put a plate full of pasta and then pour a 1/2 cup of sauce with meat on top of it. Or go to a chinese restaurant and get a mound of meat and vegetables on top of a plate full of rice. Now we all know that it's important to get protein in first and anything else second. Eating a lot of rice, any kind, is like a lot of pasta....too many carbs at once is going to cause us to get sick. So, if you try sushi, take it off the rice, cut a piece of the fish and just put a few grains of rice on it. No need to eat twice as much rice as the fish. As I said, it's about re-thinking the ratio. Instead of more starch than protein, now it's more protein and very little starch.

But, it's like protein drinks and other things. Many of us are not able to tolerate things others can and our tastes and ability to digest changes over time.

I remember at our informational seminar, the doctor was talking about beef being difficult to digest after surgery. One woman said her family raised their own cattle for meat and that was most of her diet and if that would be a problem. The doctor was very clear with all of us...Most can eat meat and beef if chewed well and not a tough piece of meat, BUT, he said he has had some patients who were never able to eat beef again for the rest of their lives.

It's as so many have said....it's an individual journey.

The thing is, making broad generalizations or spreading myths is not helping anyone. Sharing what works for each of us is what we can do here.

It's just like if I came on here and repeated what my doctor said and only said part of it. "Never eat beef again." That's only part of the story and how things get diluted when passed around. It left out the 'some people' and there would be many comments on here about people having no problems with beef.

WLS has taught me something very important. There are no real black and white issues when it comes to food choices. Sometimes I have to do the best with what's available and sometimes improvise. Never this, only that should be limited by our choices, not by myths that people have passed down 100's of times that no one knows where they originated.

You all are awesome! I think that this group is a melting pot of information. Personally my program says not rice, pasta, potatoes or bread. I was just curious and wanted to know what the evil was in rice.

Interestingly enough, aside from white rice being high carbs, empty calories etc. It tends to expand a lot in the tummy. Even a small amount will expand a lot after you eat it. So.. when you think it is a small amount and then it expands, it can cause problems and pain. I just did that last night. I ate some chicken and rice and wow did it expand. I was so uncomfortable for about an hour. Be careful. Also, some people have trouble with chicken for months after surgery. I am not talking about canned chicken, but actual on the bone kind. Best of luck with all. Sounds like you are on the right track.