Hello. I am new to this board!

My band surgery was 6/9/09 and I have lost 55 pounds since. I have 30 to go.

I miss fruit! Are there any fruits that you notice are easier? Any suggestions?

Apples and surprisingly Watermelon are especially hard for me - although I keep trying

Have you heard anything about Juice Plus?

I can eat watermelon, cantaloupe, strawberry, banana, peaches, grapes but apples give me a heck of a time. They are really the only fruit I have trouble with.

If it's what I think you're referring to, juice Plus is pills containing the nutrients from a bunch of fruits or vegetables, in capsule form. Not sure that would provide you with a feeling that you had eaten fesh fruit.

Dave

If it's what I think you're referring to, juice Plus is pills containing the nutrients from a bunch of fruits or vegetables, in capsule form. Not sure that would provide you with a feeling that you had eaten fesh fruit.

Dave

No definitely would not. But want the nutrients. I think the Juice Plus is a gummy / chewy type.

No definitely would not. But want the nutrients. I think the juice Plus is a gummy / chewy type.

In that case, I'd say go for it. I took Juice Plus for a couple of years, and found the quality to be excellent. I didn't know they had a chewy type now - it was capsules when I took it.

Dave

When I'm not too tight, these work for me: very soft pears, cooked apples, applesauce, ripe kiwi, ripe bananas, ripe peaches (blanch the skin off first), ripe strawberries, ripe cantalope.

The riper the better and chew, chew, chew. I found that if the fruit wasn't really ripe, I tended to chew it into smaller pieces, but then those pieces were so slippery that they would slide down my throat before they were chewed enough--and then the little chunks would get stuck.

I cannot eat mangos--too fiberous--nor grapes or blueberries--the skins just don't get through no matter how much I chew.

I miss fruit also, any thing with a skin is a no go for me I so miss things like plums, peaches and tangerines