I don't eat breakfast. Doing so has catastrophic consequences on my ability to function the rest of the day.

For me, one meal a day is it (between noon and 2PM). Any more and I would simply spend my entire day on the toilet.

1 meal = 20 - 50 bowel movements
3 meals = ????

However, as far as breakfast food types, I find eggs to have a negative impact later on. I hate that because I LOVE eggs, but it is 100% predictable that if I have eggs, I will be in great pain later on, with sulfurous, bilious, gassy, acidic movements that feel like I'm passing molten lava laced with barbed wire and broken glass.

Cereals tend to produce more fluid movements, but don't produce added pain, gas, etc.

I think David's experience is the execption, rather than the rule. Even in my early post-op period I did not have 20-50 BMs for each meal. In my worst days with pouchitis, it was more like 20 a day.

For breakfast I usually have a large bowl of diced, fresh fruit, a bowl of cereal (type varies) and a cup or two of coffee. Occasionally I have eggs. The result is the same. I generally have a BM within 30 minutes, but it is not the food I just ate.

Eating stimulates peristalsis. It is called the gastro-colic reflex, so it doesn't matter so much what you eat (unless it is particularly irritating), but the fact that you are eating and waking up the gut. Then things simmer down after a while.

Things wil become more predictable with time.

Jan

My pouch is actually quietest mid-morning to mid afternoon, regardless of what I've eaten for breakfast. I've never been a big breakfast eater, but I try to get something into me. For breakfast these days, I usually have the following:

An applesauce cup, a couple of pieces of cheese, and a bottle of Danactive. I also have 1-2 cups of tea. Occasionally I will substitute oatmeal or raisin toast for the applesauce but that's usually on the weekends. I may also have a banana.

I eat the same things now that I ate before take-down: oatmeal, blueberries, strawberries, oranges, bananas, gluten-free pancakes, gluten-free bagels, cream cheese, lox, tomatoes, gluten-free waffles, chia seeds, pumpkin seeds, cream of buckwheat, cream of rice and gluten-free cornflakes or muesli.

I also eat canadian bacon, veggie sausage, potato pancakes and maple syrup. I do not use sugar. It loosens my bowels a little. I also make protein shakes with lactose-free yogurt.

Our bodies needs are probably very different. The best idea I learned here is to keep a food journal and mark down what is safe and what gives you problems. Luckily, the list of safe items expands over time as your body adjusts over time.

Oh MY I go 4-6 times a day 8 if I get into the Beer and nachos. I eat every thing the same as I did before the only thing I have an issue with is crackerjacks the mix of caramel and popcorn is to much and I get the runs. so far all that bothers me about it is I have a scar from chest to groin that itches like hell.

I start out with a *large* glass of water. I presume I'm dry after a night without drinking water. I then have Greek yogurt with a couple of VSL #3 DS packets mixed in, as well as blueberries, banana, and sometimes strawberries. I keep the portions modest (e.g. 1-2 strawberries, 12-15 blueberries). I chase that with some Metamucil powder in water, and then a couple of mugs of coffee with soy milk and some sugar. My mornings are usually fine.

I wonder about the gastro-colic reflex Jan mentioned. I think of that as stimulating the colon rather than the small intestine, and, well, I ain't got one. I've presumed that connection was severed when my colon was removed. One bit of indirect evidence: I couldn't tolerate coffee at all when I had my colon, and I've enjoyed it daily since shortly after my surgery.

I do not eat breakfast as digesting food causes me to have spasms. So, since I work 7am - 12pm, I can wait to eat lunch and dinner only.

Never was much of a breakfast eater. If I feel hungry, I will eat a mini donut and/or toast with coffee.

Ive' been eating rice porridge with coconut milk, almond milk and lactaid. I sprinkle salt and cinnamon and dice up 1/2 banana. I've been pouring juiced strawberries or blueberries over the top also. For the porridge, I've mixed cream of rice with quick oats and left-over coconut sushi rice. I follow the bowl of porridge with an egg for protein. Seems to be working for me. I'm on the FODMAP diet, so am using lactose-free milk.