Does a banana a day keep weight loss away?

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  • vmekash
    vmekash Posts: 422 Member
    Addressing strictly weight loss: calories in, calories out. Simple math. Doesn't matter the source of the calories.
    That said, I do believe that different foods affect the speed at which weight loss results appear. Esp. since we lose weight in chunks.
    So, I don't think bananas would actually prevent weight loss. Perhaps it could slow it down. Don't know.
    That's my two cents.
  • WhatAgirl_
    WhatAgirl_ Posts: 151 Member
    Hi I used to eat 4 a day sometimes more... I have lost 44 pounds doing so... but I got tired of it.... I am now obssesed with pineapples
  • schondell
    schondell Posts: 556 Member
    Bananas are a pretty calorie dense fruit although they are amazing for their potassium levels. A large banana can have 200 calories.. I stick to the small "baby" bananas that kind of look like fingers, they give me plenty of potassium and are pretty filling!
  • Articeluvsmemphis
    Articeluvsmemphis Posts: 1,987 Member
    I like em' rarely missed a day w/out one
  • DesireeLovesOrganic
    DesireeLovesOrganic Posts: 456 Member
    I eat one everyday.
  • Zalli
    Zalli Posts: 132 Member
    I'm pretty vigilant about avoiding excess sugar, but I love me the occasional banana. I think the high fruit sugar content is more than balanced out by the level of snacky yummy satisfaction I get from eating one. :)
  • Gallowmere1984
    Gallowmere1984 Posts: 6,626 Member
    I hate bananas with a passion (something about that disgusting texture) but even I can't see that being your problem. I take my bananas in pill form though: potassium supps and what not.
  • besaro
    besaro Posts: 1,858 Member
    this is just bananas.
  • bmq1689
    bmq1689 Posts: 19 Member
    I eat one every morning and it keeps me full until lunch time. Less calories than my the usual bacon and egg bfast.
  • makemewannadie
    makemewannadie Posts: 401 Member
    I eat a banana most days....and find them quite a-peeling! :-)

    For some reason this made me full on laugh out loud! haha
    I love bananas! I have one every day, I never knew there was stigma about bananas before ):
  • Dawnymaries
    Dawnymaries Posts: 109
    If all of the ingredients in your smoothie are higher than your oats and milk, that may be the problem.

    I have a banana nearly every day, when we have them anyway.
  • blakejohn
    blakejohn Posts: 1,129 Member
    I work all night on a drink of rum day light come an me want to go home. Come mr bananaman tally me bananas
  • McBully4
    McBully4 Posts: 1,270 Member
    B A N A N A This Thread is Bananas
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  • sammyjo0402
    sammyjo0402 Posts: 106 Member
    Bananas have good carbs and contains sugar... there is a chance from you eliminating the carbs the bananas contain that you were losing weight... but something else in your diet, exercising or sleeping seems more likely to be the cause. Less sodium, less or better carbs, less sugar, more water, different or more exercise, better sleep... it could be a number of things. If you're about to workout or just finished working out and it was or will be, say... fairly vigorous.. than I would keep them! Bananas are yummy.. my favorite fruit... but if you feel that was honestly what made the difference for you and you are ok with keeping them out then go for it.. Less calories. Hah.
  • ctooch99
    ctooch99 Posts: 459 Member
    I'm pretty vigilant about avoiding excess sugar, but I love me the occasional banana. I think the high fruit sugar content is more than balanced out by the level of snacky yummy satisfaction I get from eating one. :)

    Natural Fructose in fruit is not bad for you. Health issues and weight gain arise in over consumption of simple refined sugars (like soda and HFC). I eat 1-2 bananas every day along with strawberries, blueberries and apples. Their sugars fall within my macro numbers and and the other phytonutrients that fruit contains make them an integral part of good health. Lost 40 pounds and have gained a ton of muscle so fruits will be a fixture in my daily regimen... my 2 cents
  • blakejohn
    blakejohn Posts: 1,129 Member
    B A N A N A This Thread is Bananas
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    always monkeying around
  • sjohnny
    sjohnny Posts: 56,142 Member
    If all of the ingredients in your smoothie are higher than your oats and milk, that may be the problem.

    I have a banana nearly every day, when we have them anyway.

    So how would you fix this? Tell the oats and milk to smoke more weed or tell the other ingredients to smoke less?
  • Lindseyelizabeth87
    Lindseyelizabeth87 Posts: 151 Member
    This is not related to health stuff.. But Bananas make you smell amazing to Mosquitos!
    My mother told me this, and I tried cutting them out in the Spring to test it out... and watched everyone else get bit.
    They ignored me because I don't smell as sweet!

    Thought if you don't have pesky mosquitos then ignore this. :)
  • McBully4
    McBully4 Posts: 1,270 Member
    This is not related to health stuff.. But Bananas make you smell amazing to Mosquitos!
    My mother told me this, and I tried cutting them out in the Spring to test it out... and watched everyone else get bit.
    They ignored me because I don't smell as sweet!

    Thought if you don't have pesky mosquitos then ignore this. :)

    momma say alligators are onrey because they have all dem teef and no toof brush.
  • ArroganceInStep
    ArroganceInStep Posts: 6,239 Member
    So many dirty jokes in this thread...must...resist
  • jdennisj
    jdennisj Posts: 53
    I know bananas are high in sugar though I only eat barely ripe ones which I thought were lower in sugar, ie doesn't sugar content increase the riper they get?

    I wondered that question as well. Do bananas contain the same amount of sugar regardless of how ripe they are? Does a chemical reaction occur in bananas as they ripen that would create increased amounts of sugar? I basically gave up eating bananas due to the sugar content.
  • AmberJo1984
    AmberJo1984 Posts: 1,067 Member
    I eat at least one a day... sometimes two. I've still been loosing weight.
  • SideSteel
    SideSteel Posts: 11,068 Member
    . Do you think a banana a day would make such a difference?

    No.
  • MarieAnneN
    MarieAnneN Posts: 205
    Seriously? You are asking is a fruit, power food is making you gain weight?
    Chips, sodas, beers, don't get you fat if you eat nothing else.

    It's all in the math and good eating+great exercise!
  • Cranktastic
    Cranktastic Posts: 1,517 Member
    this is just bananas.

    beat me to it:angry:
  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
    I eat a banana just about every day. But that's because I like them. They aren't magic.
  • DanaDark
    DanaDark Posts: 2,187 Member
    No.

    Next question.
  • deb3129
    deb3129 Posts: 1,294 Member
    I eat a TON of bananas and have lost 100 pounds since March. I do not understand why bananas get blamed for failure to lose weight!
  • ctooch99
    ctooch99 Posts: 459 Member
    This is not related to health stuff.. But Bananas make you smell amazing to Mosquitos!
    My mother told me this, and I tried cutting them out in the Spring to test it out... and watched everyone else get bit.
    They ignored me because I don't smell as sweet!

    Thought if you don't have pesky mosquitos then ignore this. :)

    Mosquitoes are attracted to carbon dioxide and nonanal produced by the body, not bananas sorry...
    http://www.snopes.com/oldwives/skeeters.asp
  • PittShkr
    PittShkr Posts: 1,000 Member
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