Fruit?

 I am a huge fruit lover and I am now four weeks out and would love to try some, but I am so worried about it! I still get the dry heaves in the mornings (I wake up with them, even before I eat/drink anything!) So I hate that! I was thinking about taking some canned fruit in lite syrup, washing them in water to get as much of the syrup off as possible and then mixing in small amounts with cottage cheese. What do ya'll think? Should I give it a try or is it something that I should really stay away from? 

You might want to double check with your NUT but I was cleared to have soft fruit and canned fruit after 3 weeks.  Of course it needs to be in light syrup or natural juices.  I just bought some today in fact.  I didn't realize they now have canned fruit in EXTRA light syrup.  That might even be better.  I know Libby makes fruit that has no sugar added and it is sweetened with splenda.  I'm trying that this week.  YUM!

Yeah i was advanced to some fruits at 2 weeks....Like if your going to do canned fruit....do the kind packed in its own juice no syrup...yummy stuff....but yeah that sounds good...I can't do cottage cheese...It hurts but It sounds great!

My RNY was 12/9/08.  I have had: apple slices, fresh pineapple chunks, cantaloupe, watermelon, grapes and mango slices. No problems. I can't bring myself to eat canned fruit when fresh is so great. I am also wary of the sugary syrups, even with the "lite" variety.  As long as you don't have more than 2 - 3 of anything, you should be ok.  It's a nice "dessert".

Safeway has a really nice brand of fruit (peaches and fruit ****tail) that is packed in juice with Splenda.  I think the can said "eating right" on it.  I don't know if it is a Safeway brand or just one that was carried there.  It kind of had a generic look to it.  It was really good.  Peaches were really good.  I will be 5 weeks out on Thursday and have been eating it for the last 2 weeks.  I don't like cottage cheese, so I haven't had that.  Good luck!

Ok...hate you guys...not really, but man, you are killin' me...I LOVE fruit...and even though my surgery was 12/2...my nut still has it on the "Do not eat" list...

I had a banana with peanut butter (not on the recall list!) this morning for breakfast.  I think it was the yummiest think I've had since surgery (12-8).  It was the smallest banana I could find (5", maybe) and 2 T pb.  YAY!

 I've also had no sugar added applesauce, and pears in their own juice.  Haven't had any trouble yet.  Knock on wood.

 :) 

I have been able to eat the little cups of manderine oranges for over a week now. I bought the ones with no sugar added. They keep the rule of less than 10 gms of sugar and less than 5 gms of fat by far. I was worried about the citric acid but the manderines don't have much of that and they are so refreshing and delicious. Try them. I love them.

Was anyone else told they had to skin everything to keep from covering the stomach outlet with the skin film?  I was told I would always have to skin almost all fruit, including grapes (I'd rather not even eat them in that case), as well as any vegetables such as tomatoes.  With a restriction like that, it makes it hard for me to want fruit.  I was told to also remove the thin membranes from oranges and such.  UGH!

Yes, my NUT warned me to not eat the skin of oranges especially, and to peel things like peaches and apples while I am starting out on more normal foods (not for another week). I am on soft foods now. I canned some pears and applesauce from my fruit trees last year so those home canned fruits are coming in very handy!