When to start fruits and vegetables

bjc368
on 12/31/17 9:32 am

My surgeon said not to have any fruits or vegetables for the first three months. Anyone else? Most other surgeons seem to think you should start well-cooked vegetables 6 weeks in.

Grim_Traveller
on 12/31/17 10:19 am
RNY on 08/21/12

I'll be 6 years out this summer. I might start some then.

Bah. Who am I kidding.

6'3" tall, male.

Highest weight was 475. RNY on 08/21/12. Current weight: 198.

M1 -24; M2 -21; M3 -19; M4 -21; M5 -13; M6 -21; M7 -10; M8 -16; M9 -10; M10 -8; M11 -6; M12 -5.

White Dove
on 12/31/17 11:09 am - Warren, OH

My plan allowed at three months.

Real life begins where your comfort zone ends

Cathy H.
on 12/31/17 11:33 am, edited 12/31/17 3:34 am
VSG on 10/31/16

I was able to add soft vegetables like well cooked green beans and carrots at about 6 weeks, and soft canned fruit like peaches. However, raw veggies and fruits weren't allowed until the end of my 9 week healing phases. (And my plan was the same for either VSG or RNY patients.)

Livin' La KETO Loca!!
134 lbs lost since surgery, 195 overall!! Initial goal reached 9/15/17, (10.5 months)!
5'3", SW*: 299 GW: 175 HW 3/2015: 360 PSW* 5/2016: 330 *PSW=Prog Start Wt; SW=Surgery Wt

M1 -31, M2 -10, M3 -15, M4 -16, M5 -8, M6 -6, M7 -11, M8 -8, M9 -8, M10 -4, M10.5 -7 GOAL

Erin T.
on 12/31/17 11:33 am
VSG on 01/17/17

I did not have any veggies, except those in soup during puree phase, for 6 months. At nearly 1 year I still only eat about 1oz per day and raw veggies are rare. There's just no room when you focus on the protein, protein, protein!

VSG: 1/17/17

5'7" HW: 283 SW: 229 CW: 135-140 GW: 145

Pre-op: 53 M1: 22 M2: 12 M3: 12 M4: 8 M5: 10 M6: 11 M7: 5 M8: 6 M9-M13: 15-ish

LBL/BL w/ Fat Transfer 1/29/18

ScottAndrews
on 12/31/17 12:40 pm
RNY on 03/20/17

Fruits? Berries are kinda ok. But fruit does have sugar which is sorta like kryptonite to us.

Soft veggies like roasted zucchini, yellow squash, eggplant etc... I ate those at a couple of months out.

Librarian67
on 12/31/17 1:02 pm
RNY on 02/28/17

If you are eating your protein, you most likely won't have room for veggies and fruit has more sugar than you need.

HW: 248+, SW (RNY: 2/28/17): 244, GW (10/17): 125; LW: 115; 45# regain (19-20); CW: 135.6; new goal: 135; Plastics: Ext mastopexy, Ext abdominoplasty-5/18/2018; diagnosed w/ gastroparesis 11/20.

MsTwinkles
on 12/31/17 1:58 pm
RNY on 01/16/17

I'm almost a year out from surgery and have room for perhaps one Tablespoon of cooked veggie per day. Just really not much room left for veggies, since I'm focusing on getting protein into my body.

My family loves fruit so I do buy a lot of fresh fruit and there is always plenty in our house. Will occasoinally eat grapes, apples slices or berries -- maybe an ounce or two, once or twice a week. I never drink fruit juice ... too much sugar.

About three months out from surgery, I was just dying for a taste of roasted brussel sprouts drizzled with balsamic vinegar. (I realize now it was the dreaded head hunger I was feeling). They were really well cooked and I chewed them thoroughly. Unfortunately, I got incredibly sick within a matter of minutes - developed a terrible case of the "foamies" and endured really intense belly pain for most of that night. NEVER.DID.THAT.AGAIN!!

T Hagalicious Rebel
Brown

on 12/31/17 3:41 pm - Brooklyn
VSG on 04/25/14 with

I'd go with the surgeons advice & wait the 3 months. You'd be far enough along in healing to start eating well cooked soft vegetables by then.

Fruit should be last on your list of foods to eat. I don't know if you'd experience rh or dumping but I heard it's horrible. Best to at least avoid the fruit which is mostly sugar. If you must have it, eat it sparingly & choose the kind on the low side of the glycemic index, like berries. When you're at goal & well into maintenance maybe experiment further up the scale.

No one surgery is better than the other, what works for one may not work for another. T-Rebel

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seattledeb
on 12/31/17 8:28 pm

For me maybe pork rinds should be last on the list. I found these "gourmet" ones and they are completely addicting.

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