Question:
When can i eat fruits and veggies again?

I'm almost 8 weeks out, and i've been pretty good with the protein and very lo-carb for the most part. I'm missing fruits and veggies so much...when can i re-introduce them into my diet? i'll (of course) eat my protein first, but i'm dying for a few bites of tomatoes, peaches, etc. I'm a firm believer in a well-balanced diet with complex carbs...when can i begin to balance it? (Proximal OPEN RNY 7/7/03; 227.6/197.6/133.00)    — sweetmana (posted on August 23, 2003)

August 23, 2003
I recommend that you check with your doc. I'm surprised that at 8 weeks out you wouldn't have been given this info yet. I was allowed to have pureed veggies abd fruits after two weeks, and then regular vegetables and fruits as tolerated beginning four weeks out, but every doc is different. I urge caution with tomatoes as both the skin and seeds can clog your stoma. For the same reason, be careful with peach skins (and apple skins, grape skins, the membranes in citrus fruits, and the like).
   — Vespa R.

August 23, 2003
I began eating some fruits 3 weeks post op. As stated by another, be careful of skins and chew thoroughly...and of course get approval from your Doc or dietician. Good luck!
   — Tammy B.

August 23, 2003
I could have purreed such as applesauce at aound 4 weeks if I remember right, raw after 6 weeks. I waited longer out of fear. When I did start them I found they digest easier than anything. I must say My whole attitude improved when I started eating more fresh veggies and fruits.
   — **willow**

August 24, 2003
Hi I am almost 11 weeks post-op and fruits and veggies have not been re-introduced into my diet either... I was allowed V8 from the 2nd week out, but no other kinds of veggies yet...(I cant wait till I can have them either)Good Luck to you
   — Amanda G.

August 24, 2003
Are you on a supervised diet from your surgeon? If so, check with him first. After my RNY, we were allowed soft canned fruits/mushy veggies after about a month. By 5 weeks post-op I was eating my first salad with soft veggies (tomato, mushroom, beans, hard boiled egg, lettuce) and by 6 weeks post-op I was trying the crunchy veggies in the salad-broccoli, cucumber, carrot. By 6 weeks post-op I was trying all the fruits especially ones like cantalope, watermelon and strawberries. Yum..
   — Cindy R.