Fruit?

Quick Question: Is fruit allowed on your plan? Was it always, or was it introduced at some point? 

I asked in another thread and was a little surprised at the answers, so I thought I'd ask a wider audience. Just curious!

Thanks!

Yep.  Pureed fruit was allowed when I started pureed foods, which was one week post op.

Not really, but sort of. I was allowed SF applesauce at an earlier stage, but at this point I'm supposed to be eating proteins, veggies if there's room (usually isn't), and IF I have any room after that I can have a bit of fruit (preferably apples or berries of some sort.) Fruit isn't forbidden, per se, but there are other things I'm supposed to be eating first. Maybe someday I'll have room for it!

My surgeon's lifestyle meal plan - the "this is how you eat forever" plan - recommends 1-3 servings of fruit daily.

My plan includes three fruit servings per day, and started with the puree phase.  I am holding off on fresh fruit, except bananas, until I am three months out.  I have been enjoying sugar-free applesauce, and canned pineapple, mandarin oranges, peaches, and pears (packed in water/juice). 

I continue to be amazed by the variations in plans. 

Yes!  My plan had us back on soft foods on Day Three post-op (so it was a pretty liberal plan), but we were not allowed pineapple because it is so fibrous and (allegedly) hard to digest for about a month after all other fruits were permitted.

Lora

I was allowed NSA applesauce and apple juice as soon as I started soft foods on Day Three.  Some easy to digest and lower sugar fruits were added at a couple of weeks out, and all but a few fruits (like pineapple, which is quite hard to digest) were permitted by the time I was 3 months out and cleared for all but a very small handful of foods.  

We were, however, limited to fruits (and veggies, for that matter) that we had room for once we had our protein in for each meal.  My surgeons's rule was "protein first, always".

Lora

I am 8 weeks post-op and my plan calls for occasionally throwing some fruit into a high-protein smoothie, but generally steering clear.  Fruit has a lot of sugar and carbs, so I am happy to avoid it.  I have seen great results in only 8 weeks sticking to a low-carb, high protein diet so it works for me :)

I think sugar is the reason it's off-limits to me. It's sad, though. I'm happy with the weight I've lost and don't want to cheat, but I would like to add a banana to my smoothie or eat some frozen berries for dessert. 

Why don't you talk to your surgeon or dietician or whomever told you fruit was off-limits?  At six months out, I can't imagine why it would need to be avoided completely.  Yes, it has some natural sugar in the form of fructose.   Milk has natural sugar, too.  Is milk and yogurt off-limits on your plan?  I just can't see how putting half a banana in a smoothie now and then would keep you from losing weight.