I want fruit!

#1

Looking for some advice. I really want to eat some fruit, I miss refreshing taste after more than a month eating fatty food. Can I eat some apple or orange? Or is it too much carbs and bad for the woe? Thanks.

(Janelle) #2

Can you get your hands on some berries? My plan says a small amount are ok every day.

(Running from stupidity) #3

Can I suggest Cronometer? It’s a tracking app, but can be used for planning and for lookups. And it’s accurate, unlike some others that allow anyone to enter information into the database.

(Frank) #4

I try to get berries into my diet 2-4 times per week as a dessert. I would say if you can have a piece of fruit every now and then, and stay on track
, go for it.

(You've tried everything else; why not try bacon?) #5

@mint It entirely depends on what your carbohydrate tolerance is and whether you can stay below that level.

I would suggest sticking to fruits that have more fiber and less fructose. Fruits contain both sucrose and fructose. The sucrose is half glucose and half fructose. The glucose is what raises your blood sugar. Fructose doesn’t raise your blood sugar, because it is metabolized only in the liver. Overloading your liver with fructose does nasty things to it, but keeping the rate of absorption to something manageable is fine. The fiber will help mitigate the impact on your liver.

(MelissaH) #6

According to cronometer, a small apple with skin has 20 net carbs.

(Joanna Parszyk ) #7

The first time l did keto after achieving my goals l went to paleo for maintenance. Fruit came in… :woman_facepalming:t3: I love the taste of it but it turned out to be too much carb for me soooo l’m back to fabulous keto!

I haven’t tried it yet but what about trying a jello with fruit flavor? As a training wheels or crutch untill the craving passes away?
In summer it might help. When it gets colder (#thewinteriscomming) the craving goes away and all l want is fatty meat :meat_on_bone: :smiley:

(Daisy) #8

I have been on keto for a little over 2 months. In the beginning, if I saw some apple chunks and I wanted some really bad, I ate a chunk or two. Same with kiwi and mango. I just made sure to share the fruit with others and not go overboard. I don’t have the addiction to natural sugar as I do with processed sugar, so for me, I can eat a chunk or two and not devour the whole fruit. I had no issues with it, though I often say, I didn’t lose nearly as much as I could have weight wise.

It’s about knowing yourself and what your limits are. I would never take “just a chunk” of a cookie because that chunk would lead to 4 cookies before I could even blink! But fruit? Not an issue for me. And now that I’m fat adapted, I’ve gone in the break room many a time to see a huge bowl of fruit from Chick-fil-A and easily looked at it and walked away. Or just took a few strawberries out of it for later.

(Sharon) #9

I eat strawberries. Not more than 3 or 4 small ones a few times a week. No negative impact on me.
Also sometimes a small piece of cantaloupe some blue berries.

(Chelsea Barnett) #10

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(Chelsea Barnett) #11

These are net carbs by the way. Not full carbs

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#13

My wife eats lots of straw/blueberries and puts them in greek yogurt. If your going to eat fruit anyways just make it something like an apple and not something horrific like a banana. Whether it’s actually a bad idea or not kinda depends on whether your still mainly in weightloss mode or just maintaining. The world won’t end if you eat a piece of fruit, BUT if fruit is something that you CRAVE, than it may be a signal that you should stay away from it for a while. You don’t want to start binging on the stuff.

(John) #14

I buy the little 6-oz containers of berries at the grocery, once or twice a week. For me that’s two servings.

Raspberries and blackberries preferred. Strawberries second (those usually come in larger containers, though), and blueberries last because of their higher sugar content.

When I want a break from bacon and eggs for breakfast, I’ll have 3 oz of berries combined with some Fage Total 5% Plain Greek Yogurt, about 1/3 to 1/4 cup.

Or sometimes, as dessert after dinner, if I have had sort of a lower carb, lower calorie day, I go with a small serving of the berries with a little whipped cream and some crushed pecans or walnuts sprinkled on top. Portion size is everything. You want enough to enjoy the flavor and get the nutrients, but not so much that you pile on extra carbs or calories.

(Danielle) #15

I feel your pain. One of the biggest surprises for me when I started keto was how much I missed fruit, compared to how much I missed candy and doughnuts!

Berries, and strawberries in particular, have been a go to for me since I started. I usually have three at a time, usually chopped up in Greek yogurt for breakfast, or with whipped cream as dessert. Being able to have a few helps a lot!

(Robert C) #16

If I were in your position - I would stay away from fruit.

Not from some grams of carbs point of view.

I would stay away because “I really want to eat some fruit” sounds like 10 berries or a third of an apple will not be enough. If you are a month in, you are likely not truly adapted yet and having sugar will just keep that desire to have more sugar going. I think (my opinion) that once truly adapted, this kind of desire for sugar or sweet taste will stop.

(Ethan) #17

The fruit cravings go away on keto after some time, depending on your individual metabolic state, diet, etc. Some people may need to bridge the gap with fruit. Others can’t withiut losing ketosis. You need to find your own tolerance and judge based on why you are keto. Now that I am keto-carnivore, I don’t even want vegetables.

#18

Well after all I decided to stay away from fruit, ate keto friendly foods and cravings stopped. Thanks for the info guys, it really helped.

#19

If you really want fruit, then eat fruit. Unless medically contraindicated, any diet that can’t accommodate foods that you love isn’t worth adhering to. The real question is what is needed to eat fruit and still accomplish your goal.

I generally eat within my carb tolerance (as determined by testing), currently about ~50g and growing, increasing as my metabolism continues to heal. I consume a whole lemon every day. My second most frequently eaten fruit is avocado, 1-2 most days. I eat coconut in all its forms. I eat berries usually 3-4x a week.

(KetoQ) #20

Hi Mint –

I like seasonal fruit as well. One suggestion, especially if you are active and workout, I like to cut up a peach and add it to full fat cottage cheese before a workout.

I think that combo blunts the insulin response a bit, plus your body can immediately use up the glucose from the fruit during the workout.

Good luck.