Can I have carrots on the pre-lapband diet?

[Yasuna 0]

Just wondering, I was told salad vegetables and leafy greens. Are carrots okay? The office is closed that I use...until Monday!

[emptyNest 4]

Just wondering, I was told salad vegetables and leafy greens. Are carrots okay? The office is closed that I use...until Monday!

I was told steamed green vegetables and one piece of fruit a day and the nurse said raw carrots was OK. Every doc is different tho.

[chocolettebelle 1]

Hi,

I was told to avoid carrots and potatoes on my pre-op diet. Each doctors instructions are different.

[MarcyLoo 12]

My surgeon was fine with raw veggies. i almost lived on raw celery, carrots & cucumber slices in rice vinegar & sprinkled with splenda!

[Yasuna 0]

Hmm, well, apparently carrots are loaded with carbs, and I can't have carbs. Thank you all!

[options123 3]

I find it odd that some must do a liquid diet befre the lap band and others do not have to do one. I wonder what its based on. I am a self pay and my bmi is slightly lower than what the guidelines require but trust me I am obese. I think it is just my doctor. He has his reasons why he doesn't require it, but I just find this odd that so many doctors require this.

[onikenbai 33]

Raw carrots yes, cooked no. When you cook them it converts to sugar. Ration the carrots though... too many and you will turn orange. Been there, done that.