Watermelon huh?

Fay84Vegan
Fay84Vegan Posts: 225 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I had 1/4 of a watermelon thinking ...

'It's 92% water - it'll fill me up with few calories'.............. NO

Apparently there is 1400 in 1 watermelon. How can that be?????

92% Water 1400 calories

Can someone explain please???

Thanks

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  • VeganPanda
    VeganPanda Posts: 582 Member
    Probably still quite a bit of sugar? Maybe this will help: http://www.fitday.com/webfit/nutrition/All_Foods/Fruits_and_Juices/Watermelon_raw.html

    One cup has about 48 calories. I don't know how many cups 1/4 of a watermelon is.
  • JMHJess
    JMHJess Posts: 24
    A gram of sugar has 4 calories in it. And there is 10 grams of sugar in a cup of watermelon, so it should be around 40-50 calories per cup, depending on if you slice it or ball it, etc.
  • JMHJess
    JMHJess Posts: 24
    I would weigh out what you eat, or determine the size of the watermelon as well.
  • princessdracos
    princessdracos Posts: 125 Member
    Everything I'm seeing says ~40 calories per cup/4oz, too. Of course, no two watermelons are created equal, but I can't imagine a "normal" watermelon containing that kind of calories! Maybe the insanely huge one I saw last year that took up half a truck tailgate, but that was freakishly large.
  • iKapuniai
    iKapuniai Posts: 594 Member
    Funny, I was thinking the same thing awhile ago. I was looking up foods low on the glycemic index (I fear I'm prediabetic, if not full blown diabetic!), and I was surprised to see that Watermelon was actually quite high on the list! Makes no sense to me, but who am I to question it. =(
  • JMHJess
    JMHJess Posts: 24
    The problem with watermelon is that it is just sugar and water. It isn't like an apple, it doesn't really have any fiber. Think about it, watermelon could be made into juice easy enough but an apple or pear has some "meat" to it.
  • londongirl2012
    londongirl2012 Posts: 149 Member
    hmm thats probably for a giant one you see them on holiday/middle eastern shops...

    weigh it out (without skin)and then try and find cals per 100g can't be ore than 40??

    ok i found this:

    http://www.calorie-counter.net/fruit-calories/watermelon.htm
    http://calorie-data.com/foods/view/14-296

    30cals/100g flesh
  • taso42
    taso42 Posts: 8,980 Member
    Sounds about right, according to the MFP food database.

    1 wedge (appx 1/16th of a melon) is 86cal,18g sugar
    16 wedges (appx 1 whole melon) is 1373cal, 284g sugar

    eta: I have to admit, i am surprised. I would have guessed far less calories.
  • HealthyHappy120
    HealthyHappy120 Posts: 262
    because of the sugar content. it's still one of the best fruit!

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