oranges a waste of calories?

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  • ILiftHeavyAcrylics
    ILiftHeavyAcrylics Posts: 27,732 Member
    Navel oranges are a great snack. (I used to call them belly button oranges when I was a kid)

    I like the mandarin ones-- 35-40 calories each.
  • delicious_cocktail
    delicious_cocktail Posts: 5,797 Member
    orange you glad you read this thread?







    How did lemons get in here? Was there an invitation? NO. I don't think so.

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    Lemons go where they damned well please.
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
    Because they have fiber and vitamin C among other things. And, well, they taste good. It's all about balance.

    Are you on the scurvy diet?:happy:
  • kamakazeekim
    kamakazeekim Posts: 1,183 Member
    the micronutrients in fruits and veggies are vital to staying healthy
  • megsmom2
    megsmom2 Posts: 2,362 Member
    If you don't wanna eat em...don't. Who cares?
  • lannabelle
    lannabelle Posts: 85 Member
    Do you like scurvy? You can pretend you are a pirate I guess...

    ^^^ LMAO! Truly. :)

    Oranges, or other "watery fruits" as OP called them, are full of vitamins, fibre, and other nutrients. Plus they fill you up :) Fruit is good for you!
  • Nikoruo
    Nikoruo Posts: 771 Member

    It's a single cell protein combined with synthetic aminos, vitamins, and minerals. Everything the body needs.

    I prefer Mudder's Milk. All the protein, carbs and vitamins from your grandma's turkey dinner... plus 15% alcohol.

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    aha! oh Jayne.
  • ElyseL1
    ElyseL1 Posts: 504 Member
    Because they taste good and have lots of nutrients?
  • whitebalance
    whitebalance Posts: 1,654 Member
    Lame troll is lame...
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  • eris1981
    eris1981 Posts: 58 Member
    Oranges have 70 calories eatch, all they are is sour water basically, same for grapes and other watery fruits, it seems like a waste of calories as eating 3 oranges would be 210 calories, of basically water , why would you waste 210 calories when you could of ate 2 chicken breasts , 2 cans of tuna 1 container cottage cheese, 2 eggs , or something solid that you could bite chew and would fill you up instead of them watery oranges,

    Why would I eat ONE container of cottage cheese when I could have THREE oranges? All cottage cheese is is clotted milk basically, and you can't bite cottage cheese, plus it has "curds" which rhymes with "turds" and that's just gross, now isn't it?

    No really, that's what your logic sounds like.
  • Ang108
    Ang108 Posts: 1,711 Member
    Oranges have 70 calories eatch, all they are is sour water basically, same for grapes and other watery fruits, it seems like a waste of calories as eating 3 oranges would be 210 calories, of basically water , why would you waste 210 calories when you could of ate 2 chicken breasts , 2 cans of tuna 1 container cottage cheese, 2 eggs , or something solid that you could bite chew and would fill you up instead of them watery oranges,

    You could always eat something different....maybe celery ( that is solid and gives you something to chew on )....or better yet....cauliflower !
  • AmyRhubarb
    AmyRhubarb Posts: 6,890 Member
    Oranges have 70 calories eatch, all they are is sour water basically
    :huh: I don't know where you're getting your oranges but the delicious fruit I pick from the orange tree in my backyard is sweet, juicy, full of potassium, vitamin C and other good things....and one orange is around 100 cals (when peeled and weighed on my scale). Totally worth it to me, and I gladly eat them all season long, enjoying every juicy bite!

    And if you think grapes are the same - I'm really sad for you and the fruit you get. :cry:

    Meanwhile - awesome Matrix and Firefly references in here!!! :drinker: