Ok, I am now 2 weeks away from my surgery. I will start the pre-op diet on Tuesday. I know I need to watch my carbs. My facilitator said that I just need to stay away from breads, rice, potatoes, and noodle but fruits are ok. I just looked online and saw how many carbs are in apples and grapes. A lot! What have been your experiences? Are those carbs ok?

Most of us keep our carbs as low as possible. And yes, that can include fruits. But post-op I have found 1 clementine or a half of an apple fills me up, so I haven't been too concerned about over-doing it. Grapes do have higher carbs than some other fruits, as do bananas.

I would error on the side of caution and avoid fruits. In my case, I know that fruit triggers sugar cravings and I don't lose weight easily if I have it in my diet.

I'm not sure about apples but my NUT said that 10 grapes would be a serving of fruit. (for pre-op)

I am so jealous of all you guys. My pre-op is 2 weeks liquid only. I'm on day 5, I would die for even 2 bites of chicken breast or something not sweet.

My pre op diet was liquids only for a week! Hated it lol. Anyway I am 6 weeks out and I am allowed to have fruit without skins. I like fruit cups and I like to put blueberries and bananas in my shakes. I don't eat citrus fruits because of the acid.

My pre op diet was liquids only for a week! Hated it lol. Anyway I am 6 weeks out and I am allowed to have fruit without skins. I like fruit cups and I like to put blueberries and bananas in my shakes. I don't eat citrus fruits because of the acid.

So you can eat raw fruit without skins, even strawberries? Do you still have to have shakes at week 6? Sorry I have my surgery on the 14th and just am curious about this. Can't wait to not drink shakes all the time.