Accurate banana calories???

Can somebody PLEASE tell me how many cals no should log for one medium banana? When I search it, I'm seeing anything from 50-150.

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  • seska422
    seska422 Posts: 3,217 Member
    Google says that 118 g of banana (a "medium") has 105 calories.

    When I want to check something, I search Google for "food name nutrition" and many results will give a nutrition box on the right side of the page.
  • gabbyo23
    gabbyo23 Posts: 100 Member
    Just my 2 cents. Weigh your bananas, they vary so much in size that I don't know how anyone can say "I ate a medium banana". Also, weigh it peeled.

    Oh my goodness. If I have to do that I think I'll just give up bananas....not worth it! What big I want to plan my food ahead....I can't peel it in advance. Or if I want to take a banana out with me? :neutral:

  • rosnz
    rosnz Posts: 91 Member
    I record 105 calories for a medium banana which measures 5-6" long. I agree the difference between the extra inch potentially is 4 1/2 calories but not enough to fret over!
  • GottaBurnEmAll
    GottaBurnEmAll Posts: 7,722 Member
    Weigh your bananas. Judging by size is flawed. Wynterbourne is correct. Go by the entry that has that data, and scale from there.
  • gabbyo23
    gabbyo23 Posts: 100 Member
    OK, no more bananas for me. Don't have time for that.
  • janetennet
    janetennet Posts: 143 Member
    Instead of giving up banana's why not do the following;

    Purchase similar sized banana's, take one and weigh it (skin on), then peel it and weigh skin off - estimate the skin weight of the other similar sized banana's.

  • CMNVA
    CMNVA Posts: 733 Member
    You don't have 5 seconds to weigh a banana?

    Maybe you should quit then.

    Well, if I took a banana to work or stuck one in my bag for when I was going to be running errands for hours, I wouldn't be able to weigh it. I always weigh my bananas at home but not when I take them out for a portable snack. I almost always find that my bananas are smaller than a medium banana so I'm happy now that I weigh them.

    To the original poster, I like the suggestion of always buying small bananas and then sticking with that MFP entry.
  • RoxieDawn
    RoxieDawn Posts: 15,488 Member
    edited October 2016
    gabbyo23 wrote: »
    You don't have 5 seconds to weigh a banana?

    Maybe you should quit then.

    No actually I don't. But I'm not going to quit..but thanks for that motivational comment!!! Just don't have time to mess around weighing a banana....seems a bit extreme to me.

    I completely understand taking it out of the peeling is not right at all when you are not gonna consume it.

    Just a thought, perhaps weight the whole banana before you put it in your bag.. Put the peeling after you eat it in a ziplog and bring it back home and weigh the peeling and take the difference, and then adjust your calories.

    Or take the highest weight in grams for your medium banana and log it that way.
  • capaul42
    capaul42 Posts: 1,390 Member
    edited October 2016
    When I'm taking a banana to go, I weigh it unpeeled, write the weight on a ziploc bag (which I use for the peel after I eat it) then weigh the peel when I get home to figure out actual calories. Only takes a few seconds all told.

    Edited to add: I do the same with apples I take with me.
  • dragon_girl26
    dragon_girl26 Posts: 2,187 Member
    edited October 2016
    No one is going to be able to give you an accurate amount because the weight is different for each one. The same is true for every other fruit and vegetable you eat.
    It doesn't take long to weigh. I weigh mine everyday, and I'm a pretty busy person.
  • daniip_la
    daniip_la Posts: 678 Member
    I have to guesstimate on my bananas often, because I'm not eating them at home. So I compare the one I'm taking with me to one I eat at home, and add a few grams to the guessed weight for good measure.

    Weighing everything is the most accurate aid to calorie counting. But it's not always feasible. Don't give up a food you enjoy just because you can't weigh it. Estimate high and eat the banana.
  • fr33sia12
    fr33sia12 Posts: 1,258 Member
    gabbyo23 wrote: »
    You don't have 5 seconds to weigh a banana?

    Maybe you should quit then.

    No actually I don't. But I'm not going to quit..but thanks for that motivational comment!!! Just don't have time to mess around weighing a banana....seems a bit extreme to me.

    Why not just weight the banana with the skin and log it like that. I know you won't eat the skin, but at least you're not guessing the calories and you'll know you're not going over your calories.
  • guinevere96
    guinevere96 Posts: 1,445 Member
    I agree with the comment of possibly overestimating a little to be safe, but is the extra 10 calories either way gonna make or break the bank if you don't weigh it? I don't think so. Enjoy the banana.
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    edited October 2016
    fr33sia12 wrote: »
    gabbyo23 wrote: »
    You don't have 5 seconds to weigh a banana?

    Maybe you should quit then.

    No actually I don't. But I'm not going to quit..but thanks for that motivational comment!!! Just don't have time to mess around weighing a banana....seems a bit extreme to me.

    Why not just weight the banana with the skin and log it like that. I know you won't eat the skin, but at least you're not guessing the calories and you'll know you're not going over your calories.

    Yeah, this. Or weigh the skin from a small banana and subtract that number from the skin-on weight. Or estimate once you have a sense.
  • neldabg
    neldabg Posts: 1,452 Member
    My bananas consistently weigh in as 59%-68% of their edible portion. For example, if I weighed a banana of 185g WITH the peel on, ate the banana, and weighed the peel, I'll have calculated that I've eaten between 109-126 g of the banana. If I'm packing a banana for later where my scale is not accessible, I just weigh it and log it around 65% of the weight.
  • snowflake930
    snowflake930 Posts: 2,188 Member
    gabbyo23 wrote: »
    OK, no more bananas for me. Don't have time for that.


    Eat the banana. I always buy the smallest bananas I can find and log it as medium.

    I always overestimate on things that I am not sure about.

    I weighed things for about 2 days, and it was too much of a hassle for me.

    I managed to lose over 1/2 of my current body weight and keep it off logging like this.

    I would have quit long ago if I had to weigh every, single thing I ate & drank. Too extreme for me.

  • amusedmonkey
    amusedmonkey Posts: 10,330 Member
    Just weigh it with peel on. So you log 5 or 10 extra calories, so what? I find weighing faster and easier than fussing about with database trying to overestimate.
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    I'd personally not eat it as well because I think they're calorie dense little suckers for what they offer.

    But if I were going too keep eating them and didn't want to weigh, I'd just consistently choose 120 calories.

    By the way, has any one ever weighed a banana and had one come in over 120? I'm just curious.
  • dragon_girl26
    dragon_girl26 Posts: 2,187 Member
    edited October 2016
    arditarose wrote: »
    I'd personally not eat it as well because I think they're calorie dense little suckers for what they offer.

    But if I were going too keep eating them and didn't want to weigh, I'd just consistently choose 120 calories.

    By the way, has any one ever weighed a banana and had one come in over 120? I'm just curious.

    Over 120g? Yeah, I have a couple of times, which is why I try to get the bunches with the smallest bananas I can find..
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    arditarose wrote: »
    I'd personally not eat it as well because I think they're calorie dense little suckers for what they offer.

    But if I were going too keep eating them and didn't want to weigh, I'd just consistently choose 120 calories.

    By the way, has any one ever weighed a banana and had one come in over 120? I'm just curious.

    Over 120g? Yeah, I have a couple of times, which is why I try to get the bunches with the smallest bananas I can find..

    120 calories
  • jessicarobinson00
    jessicarobinson00 Posts: 414 Member
    On average: mine have weighed about 110
  • amusedmonkey
    amusedmonkey Posts: 10,330 Member
    arditarose wrote: »
    I'd personally not eat it as well because I think they're calorie dense little suckers for what they offer.

    But if I were going too keep eating them and didn't want to weigh, I'd just consistently choose 120 calories.

    By the way, has any one ever weighed a banana and had one come in over 120? I'm just curious.

    The biggest bananas I have ever had were about 120 grams and I thought they were gigantic. That's 107 calories. Most of my bananas are around 70-80 grams (60-70 calories) and the seasonal local ones I like the most are actually 50-60 grams (45-55 calories). I think 120 calories would be a very safe bet.