Just wondering, I was told salad vegetables and leafy greens. Are carrots okay? The office is closed that I use...until Monday!

Just wondering, I was told salad vegetables and leafy greens. Are carrots okay? The office is closed that I use...until Monday!

I was told steamed green vegetables and one piece of fruit a day and the nurse said raw carrots was OK. Every doc is different tho.

Hi,

I was told to avoid carrots and potatoes on my pre-op diet. Each doctors instructions are different.

My surgeon was fine with raw veggies. i almost lived on raw celery, carrots & cucumber slices in rice vinegar & sprinkled with splenda!

Hmm, well, apparently carrots are loaded with carbs, and I can't have carbs. Thank you all!

I find it odd that some must do a Liquid diet befre the lap band and others do not have to do one. I wonder what its based on. I am a self pay and my bmi is slightly lower than what the guidelines require but trust me I am obese. I think it is just my doctor. He has his reasons why he doesn't require it, but I just find this odd that so many doctors require this.

Raw carrots yes, cooked no. When you cook them it converts to sugar. Ration the carrots though... too many and you will turn orange. Been there, done that.