Fruits are making my carbs go over

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  • musicfan68
    musicfan68 Posts: 1,143 Member
    Bananas are the worst fruit you can eat, and one banana is usually listed as 2 servings, so if you're eating 3 a day, that is 6 servings of fruit. I would replace it with a better fruit, and eat 2 servings instead of 6. I generally don't even eat fruit. I get enough sugar and carbs in other things.
  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    Eating 300 - 600 calories of bananas in a day seems like you're spending a lot of calories on fruit when you could be eating something more filling. You say you're hungry after your meals - have you tried eating more proteins, fiber and fats with your meals? I like bananas but don't find them very filling and wouldn't eat more than one per day.
  • 6pkdreamer
    6pkdreamer Posts: 180 Member
    See todays Blog on MFP why sugar is bad for weight loss should put things in prospective. Does distinguish between fruits and sugar. My basic observation is typically an overweight person chopping on apple more likely a soda in hand.
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    The most filling macros for me are Protein, followed closely by fat. Carbs.. Don't particularly satisfy me and always leave me hungry. So a day filled with mostly fruit would inevitably lead me to overeat.

    Fruit is great, but try to find a balance. Don't overdo carbs/sugar at the expense of protein and fat.
  • Pinkylee77
    Pinkylee77 Posts: 432 Member
    Neondays wrote: »
    I've been told to focus more on your calories and not so much counting carbs

    exactly!
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    tamicoil1 wrote: »
    Bananas are the worst fruit you can eat, and one banana is usually listed as 2 servings, so if you're eating 3 a day, that is 6 servings of fruit. I would replace it with a better fruit, and eat 2 servings instead of 6. I generally don't even eat fruit. I get enough sugar and carbs in other things.

    What criteria are you using to determine which fruit is the "worst"?
  • MsBuzzkillington
    MsBuzzkillington Posts: 171 Member
    Maybe the the worst as in, they are relatively small and have as many carbs/calories that qualify it as two fruits. So it's basically eating two fruits in a smaller size?
  • GaleHawkins
    GaleHawkins Posts: 8,159 Member
    @Sher0712 like @georgia313 I had to give up bananas to keep my gross carbs <50 grams daily for joint and muscle pain management. Eating <50 grams of carbs daily after only 30 days cut out the need to start Enbrel injections so 18 months later I am still eating < 50 grams of carbs most days to keep the pain away.

    Some can not image cutting out the carbs from sugar and grains like I did and may have not reason to do so. The side effects were huge in my case. Losing 50 pounds and it is staying off without dieting beyond keeping the carbs <50 grams daily is awesome but not as awesome as my 40 years of life defining IBS being cured. I keep doing because just the pain management is enough to stay off the carb wagon.
  • musicfan68
    musicfan68 Posts: 1,143 Member
    edited March 2016
    janejellyroll wrote: »
    tamicoil1 wrote: »
    Bananas are the worst fruit you can eat, and one banana is usually listed as 2 servings, so if you're eating 3 a day, that is 6 servings of fruit. I would replace it with a better fruit, and eat 2 servings instead of 6. I generally don't even eat fruit. I get enough sugar and carbs in other things.

    What criteria are you using to determine which fruit is the "worst"?

    Bananas have the most sugar and therefore carbs of all fruit that I have found. My mother is diabetic and loves bananas. Doctor told her not to eat them because of the sugar/carbs. They are better spent on other foods. I don't eat fruit for the most part, because of the sugar, unless I have an upset stomach and have to eat soft foods.

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