Banana?
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just_Tomek wrote: »Where is the banana girl link. The one who eats 39 bananas a day etc.
39 bananas a day....CRAZY!
I love bananas and find them the most satisfying before, after or during a workout. I eat one sometimes two everyday!!0 -
Jthanmyfitnesspal wrote: »I think the banana is one of the best carb sources available. Eat before, during, or after a workout or at any time you feel you need the carbs. I've carried them with me on bike rides, hikes, kayaks, etc., and I really appreciate the biodegradable packaging.
Now, here's a hard question: my grocery store puts the organic and conventional bananas right next to each other with significant price difference. I can't decide if organic bananas are worth it, particularly since pesticides are likely mostly on the outside of the peel, and are thus not consumed. Please discuss.
If it has a peel I get conventional...
You were SO close to a banana joke here...."I eat bananas because they have APPEAL!"2 -
SuzySunshine99 wrote: »Jthanmyfitnesspal wrote: »I think the banana is one of the best carb sources available. Eat before, during, or after a workout or at any time you feel you need the carbs. I've carried them with me on bike rides, hikes, kayaks, etc., and I really appreciate the biodegradable packaging.
Now, here's a hard question: my grocery store puts the organic and conventional bananas right next to each other with significant price difference. I can't decide if organic bananas are worth it, particularly since pesticides are likely mostly on the outside of the peel, and are thus not consumed. Please discuss.
If it has a peel I get conventional...
You were SO close to a banana joke here...."I eat bananas because they have APPEAL!"
He slipped on that one.2 -
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You lose weight by eating less calories than your body burns. The amount of sugar you eat is irrelevant. If you enjoy bananas and find that you can fit them within your calorie goal while feeling full, then go ahead and continue eating them.
Obviously eating 1500 calories per day of healthy food is healthy and eating 1500 calories per day of sugar is not healthy -- so the amount of sugar is relevant. Sugar is very calorie dense and nutrition poor. Watch the macros in your food diary. I am sure one banana fits in most plans.
Added sugar is...3 -
We live in these bodies too and many find that refined sugar energies them in accordance with their needs. Not everyone "crashes" after a sugary menu item. Just like many of us do not retain water or get elevated blood pressure from a ton of sodium.
Plenty of room for refined sugar for some people. And, telling others what is good for them is not productive.3 -
wilson10102018 wrote: »We live in these bodies too and many find that refined sugar energies them in accordance with their needs. Not everyone "crashes" after a sugary menu item. Just like many of us do not retain water or get elevated blood pressure from a ton of sodium.
Plenty of room for refined sugar for some people. And, telling others what is good for them is not productive.
Indeed. People just parroting stuff they have heard without context...6 -
You lose weight by eating less calories than your body burns. The amount of sugar you eat is irrelevant. If you enjoy bananas and find that you can fit them within your calorie goal while feeling full, then go ahead and continue eating them.
Obviously eating 1500 calories per day of healthy food is healthy and eating 1500 calories per day of sugar is not healthy -- so the amount of sugar is relevant. Sugar is very calorie dense and nutrition poor. Watch the macros in your food diary. I am sure one banana fits in most plans.
No one eats 1500 cals of just sugar, so this is a strawman.
Eating 1500 cals of foods you may deem "healthy" actually could be an unhealthy diet if you don't understand nutrition and think just eating "healthy" foods and eliminating others you deem unhealthy is sufficient.
A 1500 cal diet can of course be an excellent, healthy diet even including moderate amounts of foods you would deem "unhealthy." Focusing on foods out of context is rather silly, although I would agree some are more nutrient dense and some more calorie dense (and some both and some neither).
Here, we are talking about bananas -- bananas are pretty nutrient dense for their cals, which are not that high. Some find them filling and worth the cals, and some don't. Some of us find them occasionally worth the cals and more often prefer other fruits, so eat them occasionally but not daily. However, to the extent you are trying to claim that because bananas have sugar they are "unhealthy," that's a rather out there opinion and not justifiable nutritionally.8 -
You lose weight by eating less calories than your body burns. The amount of sugar you eat is irrelevant. If you enjoy bananas and find that you can fit them within your calorie goal while feeling full, then go ahead and continue eating them.
Obviously eating 1500 calories per day of healthy food is healthy and eating 1500 calories per day of sugar is not healthy -- so the amount of sugar is relevant. Sugar is very calorie dense and nutrition poor. Watch the macros in your food diary. I am sure one banana fits in most plans.
Why is it always one or the other in these arguments? Especially when no one in the conversation advocated for eating 1500 calories of sugar? Can a person not eat an overall healthy diet that includes some treats (or junk as you would call it)?8 -
Noooooooo, bananas are evil!
Eating a banana a day ruined me for artificially flavored banana product thingies. How am I supposed to enjoy laffy taffy and...er...other things that I can't think of right now??
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Noooooooo, bananas are evil!
Eating a banana a day ruined me for artificially flavored banana product thingies. How am I supposed to enjoy laffy taffy and...er...other things that I can't think of right now??
I still like banana-flavored things as long as I pretend they're not banana.1 -
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RelCanonical wrote: »Noooooooo, bananas are evil!
Eating a banana a day ruined me for artificially flavored banana product thingies. How am I supposed to enjoy laffy taffy and...er...other things that I can't think of right now??
I still like banana-flavored things as long as I pretend they're not banana.
My favorite frozen yogurt shop sometimes has the banana nilla wafer flavor and I just couldn't.
I AM all over the chocolate banana built bars tho.1 -
SuzySunshine99 wrote: »
I don't think I've ever had one. They're kinda marshmellowy, right?0 -
SuzySunshine99 wrote: »
I don't think I've ever had one. They're kinda marshmellowy, right?
I describe their texture as "permanently squished, old marshmallow"2 -
SuzySunshine99 wrote: »
I don't think I've ever had one. They're kinda marshmellowy, right?
Yeah, but grosser than a marshmellow. And the worst artificial banana flavor you could imagine.
Banana Runts are the only other banana-flavored thingie I can think of.0 -
Banana flavored mini tootsie pops are awesome. Then again, I've been eating the mini tootsie pops since I quit smoking so I may not be a really good judge.1
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Jthanmyfitnesspal wrote: »I think the banana is one of the best carb sources available. Eat before, during, or after a workout or at any time you feel you need the carbs. I've carried them with me on bike rides, hikes, kayaks, etc., and I really appreciate the biodegradable packaging.
Now, here's a hard question: my grocery store puts the organic and conventional bananas right next to each other with significant price difference. I can't decide if organic bananas are worth it, particularly since pesticides are likely mostly on the outside of the peel, and are thus not consumed. Please discuss.
I get the biggest ones i can find, organic, because price difference is negligible between organic and conventional. I let them ripen, peel and cut them into pieces, then freeze. And then enjoy whenever, breakfast oatmeal toppings, snack.0 -
SuzySunshine99 wrote: »SuzySunshine99 wrote: »
I don't think I've ever had one. They're kinda marshmellowy, right?
Yeah, but grosser than a marshmellow. And the worst artificial banana flavor you could imagine.
Banana Runts are the only other banana-flavored thingie I can think of.
OOH banana runts were my favorite!0 -
Banana Laffy Taffy will never be turned down by me🍌
Umm........... I m not advocating this, but I’m pretty sure there may have been times,(probably more than once) pre MFP, that I had 1500 calories from sugary foods, problem was, I had a lot of calories from other foods in the day as well 😳 (embarrassing)
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SuzySunshine99 wrote: »
Those things are possibly the most disgusting food ever.
Signed, someone who happily eats liver, lima beans, and okra.3 -
SuzySunshine99 wrote: »SuzySunshine99 wrote: »
I don't think I've ever had one. They're kinda marshmellowy, right?
Yeah, but grosser than a marshmellow. And the worst artificial banana flavor you could imagine.
Banana Runts are the only other banana-flavored thingie I can think of.
Banana pudding (from mix).0 -
SuzySunshine99 wrote: »
Love em. Stale or fresh. Only in original orange.0
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