I dont see much on here in regards to fruit consumption. I'm not banded yet and wanted to know if fruit was a no no.

Well, I guess it depends on your perspective and idea of food priorities when banded.

If you're always trying to eat Protein and fill up on that, then you'd find it quite difficult to consume much fruit. Its very filling and I find it quite hard to eat, its one food that causes me quite a deal of discomfort, although I can get it down. Sometimes I have a glass of juice. But whole fruit is better.

I personally try to get at least one piece of fruit in per day - usually I'll slice up a banana to have on Cereal for Breakfast or I'll have a fruit smoothie, or I find I can get it down with yogurt too.

I focus more heavily on vegies as I find it much easier to eat a wider variety and greater quantity - and I figure fruit and vegetables as one food group, so I dont worry if I havent had "fruit" as long as a large portion of my daily intake is fresh produce.

But I dont focus on protein or do protein first so its a lot easier.

I dont tend to eat fruit as a snack. I dont find a piece of fruit that appetising and never have. I like the look of a healthy, full fruit bowl on my kitchen bench and I'm very prone to buying fruit and not eating it, its something about the texture/crispness/coldness that I dont enjoy and never have.

I eat a lot of fruit, I am the opposite of Jachut as I find fruit easier than veggies. I have trouble with apples unless I peel them, but other than that I enjoy everything from blueberries to cantaloupe. Everyone is different in their tolerance, though. Good luck.

Mimi

i ate fruits too .. apple and banana .. as afternoon snak

I eat fruit religiously twice a day and on many days three times. I have a problem with the constipation that banding brings, and this seems to help. There are a couple of fruits that I seem to have more trouble with, but I just have to keep that in mind and chew better and longer. Strawberries are one of them. I eat a LOT of berries. If you eat citrus, try peeling the pithy skins off the sections before you eat them. Apples skins are a little tough as well, but everything else is fair game.

I love fruit and I eat it regularly.

Thanks for the replies guys. Fruit isn't a topic that many people talk about on here. I was just curious.

I eat strawberries sometimes....not as much as I would like. I have also eaten bananas.

Strawberries are about the best fruit for low carbs per serving size.

I love my fruit and eat raspberries, blueberrries, strawberries, a little melon, banana and kiwi.

I eat strawberries, raspberries or blackberries on my yogurt in the morning. Sometimes I will have 1/2 a banana on my cereal - but cereal hasn't been setting to well lately.

Sometimes I will have an apple with Peanut Butter or cheese for lunch. I also like cantalope.

I love berries, mango, cherries, and melon, and luckily, these seem to work the best w/ my band :crying: I do live in Upstate NY, however, and apples are huge here in the fall--I swear I've gone apple picking since I could stand, ha ha Unfortunately, though, the first time I ate one post-band, I felt terrible and ended up PBing :frown: It took some behavior modification--doesn't everything--but now I know that if I want to eat some apple, I need to peel it, cut it into sections, and then chew it really well. Or, I can make a baked apple by sprinkling a bit of cinnamon and sugar on it and heating it in the microwave for a few minutes :wub: I find that the decrease in volume of fruits and veggies is what really gets me, though. After dieting my whole life, it's still hard to readjust to the idea that they may not be the best things for me to eat I'm not sure if it's the fiber or what, but fruit and veg is especially filling for me post banding :sad: On a side note: Unlike some others here, bananas seem to be a hit or miss for me :huh2: While I can eat them w/ cereal or yogurt, it's almost impossible for me to get half of one down by itself :redface: I agree that it all depends on the person and their particular band, but I'm sure you will be able to eat at least some fruit with your band :smile2:

Edited May 19, 200917 yr by itsjustducky

I find it hard to keep fruit down so I put them in my magic bullet and make smoothies!

I so love smoothies.... my kiddos really like them too. I think thats probrobly going to be the way for me. Thanks for all yuor great replies.

I can eat bananas, but the rest of my fruit has to be in a smoothie or yogurt. I cannot tolerate any other type of fruit. No matter how much I chew, it gets stuck. I can suck the juice out of an orange, but I get into trouble if I try and eat the flesh. Very weird...goes to show you how everyones body reacts differently to the band....

I'm just like you I can't eat any fruit either it has to be in a smoothie and sometime that doesn't even work.

I can eat bananas, but the rest of my fruit has to be in a smoothie or yogurt. I cannot tolerate any other type of fruit. No matter how much I chew, it gets stuck. I can suck the juice out of an orange, but I get into trouble if I try and eat the flesh. Very weird...goes to show you how everyones body reacts differently to the band....

I very much enjoy fruit - and eat them daily. Sometimes in a smoothies, but more often just as a snack or as part of the meal. The only thing that I have had trouble with since banding is raspberry seeds...for some reasons, they are a challenge. Given their size youd wouldn't think that would be an issue, but they are for me! But anything else goes...

My challenge is to remember not to eat too much of them - I am a volume eater...so 1/4c of raisins for example could EASILY be 2 cups if I don't watch it.