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Something other than bananas?

ajadorsey
ajadorsey Posts: 78 Member
edited March 6 in Food and Nutrition
Hi Everyone,

I just started with the 4-week fitness blender meal plan which seems easy to follow except a lot of their meals and snacks include bananas, sometimes multiple times per day. I hate bananas and have been trying to find an alternative to them that is nutritionally similar. Does anyone have suggestions on something similar? The only one I've seen is a potato, but a potato isn't a very realistic substitution for a snack.

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  • DavePFJ
    DavePFJ Posts: 212 Member
    Pancake
  • eldamiano
    eldamiano Posts: 2,667 Member
    Banana milkshake?
  • scraver2003
    scraver2003 Posts: 526 Member
    Why bananas? Does the meal plan say why? Is it the potassium? Or the consistancy? I found a big bag of frozen, pre cut mangos at BJ's Wholesale and I toss them into my smoothies in the morning to switch things up. They seem to give my smoothies a thicker consistancy like bananas do. To beef up the potassium content, there is coconut water.
  • kommodevaran
    kommodevaran Posts: 17,890 Member
    Then what DO you like? Fit it into your calorie and macro goals and eat that.
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    scraver2003 wrote: »
    Why bananas? Does the meal plan say why? Is it the potassium? Or the consistancy? I found a big bag of frozen, pre cut mangos at BJ's Wholesale and I toss them into my smoothies in the morning to switch things up. They seem to give my smoothies a thicker consistancy like bananas do. To beef up the potassium content, there is coconut water.

    This--you need to understand why they are included. If it's nutritional, than you'd look for something with similar macros, but if it's just because they are a fruit and serve as a good base for a smoothie, you'd be find with melon and/or berries plus maybe some extra milk (or coconut milk/almond milk).

    Mangoes is a great idea if that's the deal too.
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