HI! AND ABSOFREAKINLUTELY!!!! I loveeeeeeeeeeeeee my fruit. I put one banana in or frozen strawberries or fresh strawberries or blueberries. I was using blackberries and rasberries but the teeny seeds are a pain in the butt. lol So, I stopped. But, I was told by my surgeon AND my Nut that it's totally okay!!!! And, I love strawberries so much that when they are on sale at Ralphs (our grocery store in LA) I buy lots of baskets and then wash, slice and freeze on a plate. Then, when they are frozen, I put them in a ziploc bag and I have strawberries. What was costing me an arm and a leg to keep buying frozen berries, now can cost me 88 cents for one basket and last soooo long!! Enjoy your fruit!! Just make sure you also add your protein (lol duh right?), I use soy, you can use soy or water or both. And, then hit the blender or magic bullet and bam!! you have a delicious protein shake!!! Hope it helped a bit!!

I didn't add fruit to my shakes until I was on pureed foods and then I actually liked the protein shakes.. Now I add them all the time and experiment with different tastes.. The only one I found didn't really agree with me was pineapple too bad cause I love pineapple.. I will try it again later on maybe it will be different then..

I did, but be careful because some things will put the sugar over the top and you may dump.
Even too much natural sugar can be bad

Thank you all!! I was hoping the natural sugar wasn't an issue hmmmm I'm having surgery 8/17 and I guess I will find out soon enough :-)
Mary J

I ALWAYS ADD FRESH OR FROZEN FRUIT. IT YUMMY . MY SUGAR HASN'T SPIKED AND I DIABETIC.

Thanks again :-)

some doctors advise to not have anything with seeds for the first 7-8 weeks, so just be careful of that

AFTER THE 1ST 2 WEEKS I PUT BANANAS THEN I TRIED STRAWBERRIES A WEEK LATER I HAD NO PROBLEMS WITH EITHER, THE ONLY THING IS THOSE LITTLE SEEDS FROM THE STRAWBERRIES GATHER AT THE BTM OF YOUR GLASS, I JUST POURED THEM DOWN THE SINK, LOL!!!

I was told that the sugar from fruit is okay. I mean, not like I used to eat it, but it's okay for my shakes. That's just what I was told, I'm not saying it's right. lol It hasn't affected (effected?) me yet and since I make 2 shakes a day with fruit, I guess I'm good. But I DO like the psting from another discussion about milk and no sugar added carnation ice, etc. i'm gonna try that with soy milk. i crave chocolate milk sometimes soooooooooooo much but it's 19g in soy chocolate milk and real milk has soo much sugar it's disgusting. i had no idea till i started reading labels. lol a label, whatsa label? :)

I waited a couple months before adding any fruit, then added 1/2 banana or 4 strawberries at first. Worked well for me, in those amounts, and both gave plenty of flavor without the concern of too many carbs.

I got the okay today to add fruit to my shakes and my first attempt was mango and strawberries,,made the shake much more palatable!!

I was told not to eat anything with seeds (like strawberries, which have the really tiny seeds) for several months. They can get caught in your staple line and cause problems.

Check with your surgeon's office and get the okay from them. It seems there are different schools of thought from different practices.

Good luck!

PS You may consider using some of the sugar free syrups in place of the fruit -- that may give you the extra kick you are looking for without the concerns about sugar and seeds.

@Vagir100 where do you get your syrups? I bought sf chocolate syryp and it's icky. i would LOVE to add a dash in my shakes.