Keep it super simple, this is your Quick List for Fruit!
We hate breaking the news to new post ops that their chocolate banana peanut butter protein shakes are killing their weight loss. Carbs are even more confusing when we add fruit to the basket already containing donuts and spinach.
Should I Eat Fruit on a Bariatric Diet? Maybe…
Everyone knows that fruit is a healthy food right up there with vegetables, right? Yes, BUT it depends on which fruit and where you are in your weight loss. If your one year Honeymoon window is closing, you don’t want to be eating little banana slice sandwiches with peanut butter and raisins! That would be a bad thing.
Fruit has vitamins, minerals, and fiber but some of it is very high in carbohydrates made of the loosely connected ‘LEGO’ sugar molecules explained in the Low Carb Quick List: Veggies! article. Keep track of all your carbs. Keep an eye on portion size and don’t eat canned fruit in syrup (Libby’s does have really nice canned Spenda peaches that I love with cottage cheese and cinnamon)
Best shortcut: DON’T add a banana to your protein drink if you’re trying to lose weight!
Ah Ha fruit moment: People who make 1000 calorie weight gainer shakes commonly use milk, peanut butter, oatmeal and bananas. Maybe not so good to use 3 of those ingredients in your bariatric protein drink, ya think? Try unsweetened almond milk, a few frozen strawberries and Inspire Whey Protein Powder. Big difference, great taste, 110 calories.
Thank you for putting me back on track. I was of the mindset any fruit was a good fruit. I have been loading my body with FRUIT SUGAR and didn’t realize. No wonder the 15 pound gain happened. Today is a new day! Thank you!
I just got done making a protein shake in my new Nutribullet before I read this article. I used 1 cup unsweetened almond coconut milk, 4oz Fage 0% plain yogurt,
1 and a 1/2 scoops Dutch Choc protein powder, and 1/4 of a banana (gave Dad the rest). Next time, NO Banana!!! Thanks for posting.
Couldn’t agree more. I super love eating fruits but I make sure that I keep eating high glycemic fruits in moderation and indulge myself completely with the low glycemic ones! Not only it sates my sugar craving but it helps me lose weight too! I love to indulge my fruits with smoothies!
Excellent article and great information. Back on track for me.
Great information. My NOT and DR both say the same.
Great information. My NUT and DR both say the same.
Yikes, I have one banana a day. Oh no!
Thank you for the list – for me it is good to know the carbs in fruits.
Send me the fruit list
Hi Glenda, on the bottom of the post, enter your email to unlock the list.
Oh no not my banana
Fruits allowed
Fruit please
Leave me list please?
Fruit and vegetables list, pleaze
Is this only if we areally a year out?? Are we allowed to have fruit within the year?
Hi Daysha, once you reach the solid food stage, I would stick with the fruits on the lower end of the carb spectrum, as listed in this article. It will help you avoid stalls and keep working on achieving your goals.
Please send fruit list.
Hi Geraldine, in the article, towards the bottom, is a place to enter your email. That’s how you obtain the list. Easy, right? 🙂
Need the list please
Hi Sharon, on the bottom of this article is a place to enter your email. That brings you to the list!! Easy, right?
I need the list of fruits!
Hi Melanie, enter your email at the bottom of this article, and you’ll get the list!!
Please send list. Of fruits that are best for RYN. Postop 16 years
Thanks
Fruit list
This would be it!! Just enter your email on the bottom of the article, and the list will appear. -Alison
List of fruits