Bananas are killing my macros

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  • mortuseon
    mortuseon Posts: 579 Member
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    I decided not to worry too much about it. Fruits are complex carbs meaning our body processes it in a different, more efficient way. Keep eating fruits and veggies, and don't worry too much if you go a little over for carb goals. Just keep within caloric range

    You have your complex and your simple carbs mixed up. Simple carbs = sugars...so that would be the banana. The wholewheat tortilla will be the complex carbs, and actually they're not digested 'more efficiently' but more SLOWLY so they release energy more slowly and supposedly stop you feeling hungry as quickly.
  • michellemybelll
    michellemybelll Posts: 2,228 Member
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    i love bananas. i eat about 3-4 a week. i chop them up with other fruit and bring it to work to snack on. but then, i'm not super strict about macros either.
  • Serah87
    Serah87 Posts: 5,481 Member
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    I eat a banana every single day and had no issues with losing weight. :happy:
  • cwoyto123
    cwoyto123 Posts: 308
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    Then don't eat the banana! Haha
  • CallMeCupcakeDammit
    CallMeCupcakeDammit Posts: 9,377 Member
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    Bananas get the blame because they're the most "extra" in my day. I'm probably fine with just yogurt for breakfast. But if I don't eat some kind of rice/carb with lunch, I get light-headed in the afternoon, and it affects my workout.

    Tortillas usually get added to dinner to make my calorie goal.

    I guess I could swap the tortilla for banana....but they just don't wrap around my veggies in the same way.

    I would spread peanut butter on that tortilla and wrap it around my banana. I usually eat half of the banana, and put the other half in the fridge for later. If you're not already weighing them, you should, because you might be eating less banana than you think you are. Or more, but I like to be positive. :drinker:
  • michellemybelll
    michellemybelll Posts: 2,228 Member
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    Bananas get the blame because they're the most "extra" in my day. I'm probably fine with just yogurt for breakfast. But if I don't eat some kind of rice/carb with lunch, I get light-headed in the afternoon, and it affects my workout.

    Tortillas usually get added to dinner to make my calorie goal.

    I guess I could swap the tortilla for banana....but they just don't wrap around my veggies in the same way.

    I would spread peanut butter on that tortilla and wrap it around my banana.
    that sounds so damn yummy!
  • KareninCanada
    KareninCanada Posts: 795 Member
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    I would spread peanut butter on that tortilla and wrap it around my banana.

    + Nutella :happy:
  • rachaelbarton
    rachaelbarton Posts: 57 Member
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    Fructose is a great source of energy! Don't give up natural sugars providing you with healthy energy because your percentages are slightly off. You know your body, and you know what makes you feel great during a workout. My only advice would be to perhaps try eating half a banana instead and leave the rest in the peel for the next morning if this is a major concern for you. I never think it's healthy to give up a fruit/veggie to meet macronutrients.
  • CallMeCupcakeDammit
    CallMeCupcakeDammit Posts: 9,377 Member
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    Bananas get the blame because they're the most "extra" in my day. I'm probably fine with just yogurt for breakfast. But if I don't eat some kind of rice/carb with lunch, I get light-headed in the afternoon, and it affects my workout.

    Tortillas usually get added to dinner to make my calorie goal.

    I guess I could swap the tortilla for banana....but they just don't wrap around my veggies in the same way.

    I would spread peanut butter on that tortilla and wrap it around my banana.
    that sounds so damn yummy!

    You would be correct! :bigsmile:
  • bajoyba
    bajoyba Posts: 1,153 Member
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    If you love bananas, don't give them up.
    I rarely eat bananas because most of the time I'm indifferent about them, but I definitely agree that they're very filling. If I have to get up early in the morning and do something active but don't want to eat a lot of food, I go for a banana.

    I always buy low-carb, high fiber wheat tortillas from La Tortilla Factory, not really because they're low-carb but because they have a lot of protein and a crap ton of fiber. So that may be something to look into.
    And I actually have eaten a low-carb tortilla for breakfast and for dessert, rolled up with a banana, some peanut butter, and some nutella. It is delicious. :smile:
  • ShinyFuture
    ShinyFuture Posts: 314 Member
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    Love bananas. Used to be scared of eating them because it would "throw off my carbs" or calories for the day. Then I realized how stupid I sounded saying I was scared to eat a banana. I love fruit. Don't care how many carbs.

    :flowerforyou: :happy:
  • Rachaelluvszipped
    Rachaelluvszipped Posts: 768 Member
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    As long as I have bananas at home...it goes in my smoothie each and every time...one of my first breakfasts of the day ;-) great on potassium! !
  • npra026
    npra026 Posts: 6
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    Dealing with the banana issue. For now, I eat a half one morning and put the other half up for the next day. I am dealing with the fruits also. Right now, I am looking at the sugars at that I take while eating the fruit to avoid too many sugars at one time. I am want to space the fruits high in sugars not avoid them bc some are needed. I am open to suggestions to deal with the fruits. They are needed
  • Timshel_
    Timshel_ Posts: 22,834 Member
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    Really? Sheesh.

    Eat the banana and walk another 15 minutes.
  • db34fit69
    db34fit69 Posts: 189 Member
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    Go for the bananas! In East Germany, they were almost impossible to get, so don't take them for granted!

    my_first_banana.jpg
  • allaboutthecake
    allaboutthecake Posts: 1,533 Member
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  • AJ_G
    AJ_G Posts: 4,158 Member
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    Go for the bananas! In East Germany, they were almost impossible to get, so don't take them for granted!

    my_first_banana.jpg

    What a weird thing to say. This isn't a socialist country, and it's not the 80s...

    Along the same lines, don't take your car for granted because they didn't have cars in 1850...
  • Kitteneyes01
    Kitteneyes01 Posts: 125
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    I need to eat more bananas...and bread...I always struggle to meet my carb macro...
  • AJ_G
    AJ_G Posts: 4,158 Member
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    I need to eat more bananas...and bread...I always struggle to meet my carb macro...

    You struggle to reach your carb macro? Never heard that one before...
  • jessilee119
    jessilee119 Posts: 444 Member
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    Go for the bananas! In East Germany, they were almost impossible to get, so don't take them for granted!

    my_first_banana.jpg

    What a weird thing to say. This isn't a socialist country, and it's not the 80s...

    Along the same lines, don't take your car for granted because they didn't have cars in 1850...

    I don't know about anybody else, but my bananas don't look like that when I peel them. Looks more like a cucumber trying to pass itself as a banana...

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