Banana weight

aligatah

When you weigh a banana to judge the calories, do you do it with or without the skin? If my meal plan says "Banana, small, 100g," is that with or without?

If you have an answer, please say how you know... I'm not looking for guesses. ; D

Thanks!

Aggy23

Im sure it would b the full banana xx

dwarfiegodsmack

well I weigh the full banana, then peel it and weigh the peel and log the difference of the edible part. I sure as heck ain't logging the peel cuz I don't eat it

beachlandia

The USDA entry is for a "raw" banana, meaning without the peel. I think if you weighed it with the peel it would probably be quite a bit heavier.

artlover47

I weigh mine without the peel.

malibu927

Weigh the portion you eat

81Katz

I don't weigh what I don't eat. (banana peels, orange peels, etc)

PAV8888

***Your meal plan provider will have to explain what they mean***

I use the MFP database "Bananas-Raw" to log my bananas! My 200g banana yielded 124g of edible fruit today. It looked like a medium banana to me!

I use the "I eat what fills me up and meets my protein minimum within my calorie target and has good entries in the database which hopefully I won't have to research and create from scratch" plan, and it only deals with the edible portions of fruit!

Christine_72

I weigh the part I eat, not the bits I throw away. I dare say the data base would reflect this...

Christine_72

I also don't weight the seed or skin of an avocado, ie: The inedible parts

CyberTone

Nutrient values and weights are for edible portion.

BruceHedtke

dwarfiegodsmack wrote: »

well I weigh the full banana, then peel it and weigh the peel and log the difference of the edible part. I sure as heck ain't logging the peel cuz I don't eat it

Same here. I do this with anything. Weigh it before, whatever I don't eat gets weighed as well and then subtracted from the total. So, orange peelings, banana peels, apple cores, chicken bones, etc. all get weighed afterwards.

Some things don't add up to many calories saved (apple cores, seeds and the like) but those extra calories can sometimes go towards a nice treat I might have otherwise come up a few calories short on fitting into my diary.

glassyo

I peel the banana and then weigh it. That way no math!

Ready2Rock206

If you eat the peel then weight it with the peel. If you don't eat the peel then weigh it without. You don't count the calories for the weight of the container your food comes in - you count the weight of the part you eat.

BicepsAndBows

I always weigh them without the peel. Unless you are going to eat the peel, don't count that. That would be like weighing the container your yogurt came in

aligatah

Thanks, everyone!

nickatine

I do weigh most foods since being on mfp, but bananas I have never bothered. I just eyeball whether it's, med, large or extra large. Has not hindered my progress one bit.

OldHobo

Cybertone settles questions with authority.

barbecuesauce

OldHobo wrote: »

Cybertone settles questions with authority.

For real.

If you look at the USDA guidelines and methodology, they always use the edible portion only--no eggshells, no apple cores.


And nickatine, if you weigh most things it won't hinder your progress, but you should know that banana weights and banana sizes don't always track together. The banana I had this morning was probably sub-five inches and clocked in at 117 calories.

Edit: but I believe there might be some meat entries that are bone-in

OldHobo

barbecuesauce wrote: »

Edit: but I believe there might be some meat entries that are bone-in

Off the banana topic here but;
Like a pork chop. Usually called center cut bone in pork loin. Some of non-asterisked entries are raw, some cooked and one I noticed says "excluding refuse." I usually get mine at kroger and the entry for "Kroger - Moist & Tender Pork Loin Center Cut Chops Bone In" is probably the most accurate for my use.
Sometimes you gotta remind yourself that this calorie counting business is not an exact science.

vfit10

With skin