Food intolerances - a forever problem?

OK, I have found a few things that my pouch really, really doesn't like - specifically rice and bread (only tried brown rice and WW bread, don't want the refined stuff).  Tried them both a few times, 1-2 weeks apart, with the same result. WW pasta does OK, not great, but OK in tiny bits.  No big shockers there, I know those are not uncommon problem foods.  I don't plan on challenging again anytime soon, if ever. 

From what I have read, it seems that sometimes these are temporary intolerances, but sometimes not.  Which brings me to my question:  For the veterans- did the foods that you couldn't tolerate early on (say 6 months out) work for you later?   Did you even dare to attempt to test them again?  If so, what prompted you to give it another try?  And about how far out (if ever) did you find you could tolerate them?  Frankly, I'm not even sure I WANT to test them again... but I hate to virtually eliminate an entire food group, you know? 

I can't eat pasta, I always get a stomach ache so I eat it on very rare occasions.  As for rice I eat it nearly daily and yes it took a while for me to figure a few things out.  All brown rice is not created equal.  I found that some rice expands far more then others, like I can't eat Uncle Ben's brown rice yet I can eat Minute Rice brown rice.  And the difference is the Minute rice is way more expanded already and only increases a small amount.  I can eat a cup of cooked brown rice and not have pain.  I cannot eat any white rice, it always causes pain.  It is really trial and error even at nearly 9 years out.

Good Luck!

I literally only had a handful of things that were ever a problem for me, even very early out, and about half of them are still a problem and the other half are not.  

Apple skins, the membranes around citrus fruit, and onion rings still cause me problems, so I simply do not eat them.  Bacon, coffee, and pork were no good for a couple of years but are all fine now in small amounts.  

Since none of those things are things I couldn't do without, and it was easy to try just a bite or two from a small piece of bacon from someone else if we went out to breakfast, or to try just a swallow or two of coffee at work every 6 months or so, that's the way I did it. Except for the onion rings, which I can easily live without no matter how good they look!  After half of a small one still made me sick at 2 years out  I just accepted that I cannot eat them.  No great loss.

Lora

I still have a problem with pasta (I can eat a small amount), white rice (brown is ok) and American bread - I am ok with a slice of real bread (without all the preservatives) etc.   I eat very few of these heavy carbs, a) because I am diabetic and b) because they are a major source of regain and if I'm eating them, I'm not eating the amount of protein I'm happy with.   

I'm amazed that you are able to get eat all your protein and have room for these sort of carbs this early out.   It took me a long time, probably almost a year, to get to the stage I could eat sides like this!

Anyway, I'm sure your tolerance for these foods will get better the more you eat them - I suspect my intolerance is because I don't eat them that often.

So maybe I should just keep trying the onion rings!  LOL 

That's what I'm thinking    If at first you don't succeed, try try again!~

Unfortunately I can eat almost everything except for salad greens.  It can sound good but when it is in front of me I have to pu**** away.  Most commercial bread turns me off but I make whole wheat and rustic bread and have a little every day.  I'm making my own pizza dough and sauce so I can leave out some things.   Ultra sweet desserts are gross and cake icing is the worse....nothing bad about that.  Salsa is horrible as is most Mexican stuff but I make my own chili with mild chili beans and remove all fat that comes to the top.  Your RNY is in control now so you just have to follow your instincts, everyone is different.

Oh my gosh, yes. When I first tried pasta, I wanted to DIE. Literally. Like my stomach felt like it was going to turn inside out and  I was so upset. I sat in the bathroom floor for like HOURS. It was awful. Now, no problem. I can eat a little pasta if I choose to. I CAN eat almost anything in small quantities - I choose to not do so typically. I'd say a year out, try some things again at home, in very very small portions and see how you feel.