Going Banana's!??

Calorie_Counting_K
Calorie_Counting_K Posts: 48 Member
edited November 18 in Health and Weight Loss
Hi guys, im a little confused. Ive been on MFP for a week now and was slightly confused about how to track a banana i just had. There are sooooo many choices for e.g. 'supermarket', 'generic (raw no skin), large banana, medium banana. How the hell do I know which to select to ensure the right calories have been taken off?
Thanks :)

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  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1234699/logging-accurately-step-by-step-guide#latest

    Along with several other threads around, this will help you understand what to do.
  • DemoraFairy
    DemoraFairy Posts: 1,806 Member
    If the bananas you've got come in a packet with calories on, go by that. If not, I usually go by 'Banana - Large', just because it's the first one.

    Whatever you go for just make sure to weigh it to get the calories accurate.
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    Peel it, weigh it on a food scale. Look for an entry without an asterisk, enter how many grams.
  • MelodyandBarbells
    MelodyandBarbells Posts: 7,724 Member
    There's an issue where the "Bananas - raw" official entry can't be found in the database. If you want, you can copy it from my diary today
  • shadowfax_c11
    shadowfax_c11 Posts: 1,942 Member
    I use the Bananas raw and peel and weigh my banana in grams if I am eating it at home. Otherwise I use one of the others. It can be a pain to scroll through to find the entry with no" *". It would be nice if MFP would put those at the top of the lists. I will also look for an entry that has several member confirmations and avoid the ones that have none.
  • Calorie_Counting_K
    Calorie_Counting_K Posts: 48 Member
    arditarose wrote: »
    Peel it, weigh it on a food scale. Look for an entry without an asterisk, enter how many grams.

    Ive tried to look for a banana so i can manually change the grams but cannot find it :neutral: the banana weighed was 112g
  • DemoraFairy
    DemoraFairy Posts: 1,806 Member
    edited May 2015
    kajalpoit wrote: »
    arditarose wrote: »
    Peel it, weigh it on a food scale. Look for an entry without an asterisk, enter how many grams.

    Ive tried to look for a banana so i can manually change the grams but cannot find it :neutral: the banana weighed was 112g

    What do you mean you can't find it? When I search for 'banana' the first 5 results can all be changed to a serving size of 1g then you enter 112 servings of that.
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