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jocelyn1577
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Does anyone doing keto occationally eat fruit ? 4 months ago you couldn't pay me to eat the stuff , but I've been strict keto for 3 month & suddenly craving fruit , I cut it up for my kids a lot and normally no biggie, but for the last 3 days I've literally been dreaming about apples bananas & berries . Can you occationally enjoy fruit without screwing your diet ? I'm pretty new to this life & am still trying to sort it all out , I've gone up and down the scale trying to get my macros right there's almost too much info out there
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I think the best options are berries. I've also had a tart Apple before with no problem, but I was also walking around an apple farm that day and burned through the fructose pretty quickly.
One way I enjoy some fruit flavor is lemon and lime in my water. Gets the job done without actually consuming fruit.
I have fairly strong feelings about fructose in general so I'm not willing to go too far with fruit.0 -
Berries are the go-to fruit and can usually be included in a LCHF diet. Just watch the portions.
I'll do some apple or some berries occasionally. My friend and I split a green apple with cheese slices, usually, so it's about half an apple. She'll often have raspberries out during our study groups, and I'll munch them, too. Works out to around 3 ounces. I've found that now that I don't eat much in the way of sweet stuff, they're so much more flavorful and satisfyingly sweet, so I can enjoy eating them that much more when I do.0 -
I'm not keto, net carbs are around 50g, but I have raspberries nearly everyday, blackberries too, but they are a tad higher carbs than the raspberries .0
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I just ate a pear for dinner and am feeling pretty guilty about it. The pear was wonderful (one of most favorite fruits) and I still made less than 50 carbs (total, I don't subtract out fiber). But I know how carbs will slow my weight loss, so I'm hoping it wont throw me for a loop and I continue to lose weight and inches. I weigh in tomorrow and I'll find out then.0
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I haven't in awhile but occasionally I'll eat some berries!0
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I like to eat some berries as a treat. I occasionally have half an apple - usually granny smith. Once I get closer to my goal weight I intend to include fruit in my diet as a way of reintroducing healthy carbs.0
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I occasionally have a green apple. Mmm.0
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I'm not much of a fan of fruit in general but when I want it I have it and I've done well on the woe regardless. It you're still getting adjusted you may want to wait a few months or more to start adding sweet stuff in. It can make things difficult in the beginning.0
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I hear you, OP. I haven't had any fruit for about a month and I don't especially miss it, but every time I go to the store I find myself by the apple bin... So I guess I miss apples. lol
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When I make my kombucha, I add in some apples, or even pineapple, then let it ferment a second time. The bacteria eat out the sugars and makes it very fizzy. Tastes great and is good for you.
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So far I pretty much stick to small servings (2-3 ounces) of berries when I'm in the mood for fruit. Sometimes I'll allow myself an apricot now and then too...we have a tree in the yard that gives the juiciest, sweetest apricots that totally blow away store-bought apricots. I do miss bananas and apples though. If a recipe I am making calls for a small amount of a high-carb fruit but the carbs per serving aren't too high, then I will allow myself to have some. For example, in the holiday months leading up to Christmas last year I found and made up a LC recipe for ambrosia and it had some mandarin oranges in there. I purposefully did not buy CUTIES because they are SO sweet and sugar-laden. Was good but it worked with my daily carb/sugar numbers and was a nice treat/break from the norm at the time.0
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I eat berries at times (or occasionally other fruits, but not often) but like pp's said watch the servings if you're keto b/c the carbs can still add up fast!0
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When I was at 35 net grams of carbs (about 50 total usually) I'd have 1/2 c of raspberries or blackberries. Fortunately it never triggered cravings for me. I'm trying to stay under 10 g total now, even lower when possible, with my sugar at 5 g max, so I skip it, but hope to be able to increase in the future so I can have fruit again.0
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I put a small amount of raspberries and blueberries into a 1 litre bottle of chilled water. I then get to nibble them as I also get my water amount in.0
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Freeze the berries, then suck on them and when they melt enough, chew em up! Slows you down and intensifies the flavours. I also like to eat the crabapples fresh off my tree. You can't eat many but they are so intense it's like eating sour patch candy. All you need is 1 or 2 tiny ones.0
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Portions of berries or melon are my go-to. I used to be worried they would effect my cravings so only had them once a week but now I know they don't, i have them every other day as a treat. In the evening I either have a small bit of fruit or a square of dark chocolate.0
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I eat either a cup of strawberries or a half cup of raspberries, blueberries, or blackberries or a very controlled single applesauce pouch almost every morning. If you're craving fruit go for it!0
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hi,im in ketosis,before i hated fruit but now i have 5-6 strawberries twice a week and are heaven,i dont seem to have a problem with them ,well not that ive noticed0
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chopped strawberries and hwc are my go-to when I have an ice-cream craving.0
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Since I have been low carb and try to avoid white sugar & flour, strawberries in particular taste very sweet!0
