Avocados
suzannecandace
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Hello Peeps, I have been eating avocados as I read in an article they are excellent for you and one of the most eaten foods on this app. But...I am trying to stay within my targets and avocados add fats I am not to eat. Do you not eat them or splurge and eat them once in a while?
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Who says you are not to eat them? Avocados contain monounsaturated fats, which are very good for you. Everything about an avocado is nutritious. I eat them almost every day. They are calorie dense, so you do need to be congnizant of that and fitting them in your calorie goal. But as long as you can fit them in your calorie goal, you should not worry about eating them.9
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If you mean mono and polyunsaturated fats, no, you should eat them. MFP has no goal or limit for them, since none has been set by any authority, but that doesn't mean avoid them. It shows up as a 0 on either the app or the site, I forget, but it's supposed to be NA, ignore it.
Also, this is a good time to point out that a goal does NOT always mean "stay under it." Quite often, as with protein and fiber and most micros, it means "meet or exceed it."5 -
I love them! I usually try to eat at least half an avocado every day. They are really good for you and yummy too!
I love 'em layered on a chicken salad open-faced sandwich. I also love guacamole but could eat the whole bowl and a bag of bagel crisps all by myself. Your body still needs healthy fats and this is a great way to get them.3 -
I love them and do eat avocado occasionally, but wish I could eat them more frequently precisely for the good fat component!
For me though, being very petite and older it doesn’t work so well, calorie wise, for my goals. It tends to crowd out other essential nutrients which I need to get in balance too.
So if you like them and they don’t upset your calorie goal, have at it! Eat extra for me too! 😂4 -
Who says you are not to eat them? Avocados contain monounsaturated fats, which are very good for you. Everything about an avocado is nutritious. I eat them almost every day. They are calorie dense, so you do need to be congnizant of that and fitting them in your calorie goal. But as long as you can fit them in your calorie goal, you should not worry about eating them.
Well. actually they are more "moderate" calorie dense about 1.6 cals a gram vs butter at 9 cals or so, but yes they can add up sir. If you are going to add avocado to your "diet", then look at possibly lowering fats from somewhere else. If you are not counting macros, then from carbs or fats.0 -
I weigh by the gram and fit them in my meals daily.5
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I'll fight you for an avocado7
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These are the type of avocadoes we get by me. Bigger than your hand!
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Ohmygosh thanks for all the input everyone! I have a better understanding of my goals now! Thanks. PS those are wicked avocados, our are nothing like that!0
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I would highly recommend weighing (edible parts only) by the gram. I see lots of my MFP friends just select "medium avocado" but when I weigh the "mediums" sold at my store, they are significantly smaller.
What I put on a sandwich, fajita, etc is generally only 30-50 grams which isn't a big calorie hit.2 -
I check out of curiosity, and the USDA "one fruit" entry for CA avocados (not the giant one pictured above, which looks like the Florida type) is 136 g. I tend to have half of one every morning and they vary between 63 and 72 g, so that seems pretty accurate for me, although I always use grams.1
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I check out of curiosity, and the USDA "one fruit" entry for CA avocados (not the giant one pictured above, which looks like the Florida type) is 136 g. I tend to have half of one every morning and they vary between 63 and 72 g, so that seems pretty accurate for me, although I always use grams.
Mine range from 130 to 150 grams before I take them out of the skin. So actually pretty close imho.2 -
suzannecandace wrote: »Hello Peeps, I have been eating avocados as I read in an article they are excellent for you and one of the most eaten foods on this app. But...I am trying to stay within my targets and avocados add fats I am not to eat. Do you not eat them or splurge and eat them once in a while?
Avocados are actually fats you should be eating...they are healthy fats. If you are referring to the "0" and going into the red, that "0" should actually just be N/A because there is no official recommendation for mono and poly fats...but those are the one's you should be eating the most of.
I eat avocados frequently...they are more or less a staple of New Mexican cuisine.1 -
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I eat avocado for breakfast 2-3x a week id eat them more but they are pricy0
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avocado on whole grain toast with egg on top is perfect breakfast or snack for me.
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nighthawk584 wrote: »avocado on whole grain toast with egg on top is perfect breakfast or snack for me.
That just might be tomorrow's breakfast for. Yum!!1 -
thenewkayla wrote: »
We used to have them. Then the much tastier Haas/California avocados (bumpy, darker skin, smaller) mostly pushed the Florida avocados out of the market. People preferred the Haas avocados, so that's what the grocery stores stocked. Once in a while I see some Floridas, but it's usually a small amount, tucked in a corner, like it's something exotic. Meanwhile the Haas are front and center, often among the leading sale items intended to lure you into the store. They had them for 88 cents at my regular grocery story last weekend, probably in response to Whole Foods advertising them for a dollar ("normal" sale price around here is $1.67, and normal non-sale price is $1.99).0 -
For those of you that eat the Florida Avocados, how do you know that they are ripe? Is it the same as the Haas and just the feel? My grocery store does carry the Florida ones but I've always been nervous to buy them for some reason. I love avocados and always have them on hand, and was even inspired by this post and had Avocado Toast for breakfast yesterday
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I was inspired and just had sliced turkey and avocado open face sandwich. LOVE my avocado. Funny how our tastes can change because a few years ago, I tried them and did NOT like them at all. 1
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WholeFoods4Lyfe wrote: »For those of you that eat the Florida Avocados, how do you know that they are ripe? Is it the same as the Haas and just the feel? My grocery store does carry the Florida ones but I've always been nervous to buy them for some reason. I love avocados and always have them on hand, and was even inspired by this post and had Avocado Toast for breakfast yesterday
The Florida ones get soft just like the Haas ones.
I grew up in Florida and I prefer the Haas ones, too. The Florida ones don't have as intense of flavor, and the flesh is a bit pithier. Blander and not as creamy.1 -
cmriverside wrote: »WholeFoods4Lyfe wrote: »For those of you that eat the Florida Avocados, how do you know that they are ripe? Is it the same as the Haas and just the feel? My grocery store does carry the Florida ones but I've always been nervous to buy them for some reason. I love avocados and always have them on hand, and was even inspired by this post and had Avocado Toast for breakfast yesterday
The Florida ones get soft just like the Haas ones.
I grew up in Florida and I prefer the Haas ones, too. The Florida ones don't have as intense of flavor, and the flesh is a bit pithier. Blander and not as creamy.
Agreed, though the Florida are less calorie dense and when they are in season here, I get them super cheap!0 -
WholeFoods4Lyfe wrote: »For those of you that eat the Florida Avocados, how do you know that they are ripe? Is it the same as the Haas and just the feel? My grocery store does carry the Florida ones but I've always been nervous to buy them for some reason. I love avocados and always have them on hand, and was even inspired by this post and had Avocado Toast for breakfast yesterday
Yes it's mostly the feel. They tend to have the same 15 minute ripe period between unripe and overripe that the Hass ones do 😂.
Ours technically aren't "Florida" avocados as they are grown here locally in Panama, although I think they mostly share characteristics with the Florida one vs. The Hass. We have so many different breeds of non Hass ones that are different sizes, colors, and flavor profiles. Some turn purple. I've even had one weird breed that turns a shade of red. Some of the creamy Hass type flavor, others are a bit more dry.
We do get Hass here too (imported and super pricey), and to me a good local one stacks up pretty well in the flavor department. The local ones that compare best are called avocados de mantequilla (butter avocados).
I'm always at a loss of what to log them though. Nobody here has any idea. I don't know if they have FL calorie levels or Hass calorie levels. I go back and forth a lot based on how I feel like the specific avocado tastes (whether it tastes like a creamier breed or not), which is not exactly scientific.0 -
psychod787 wrote: »cmriverside wrote: »WholeFoods4Lyfe wrote: »For those of you that eat the Florida Avocados, how do you know that they are ripe? Is it the same as the Haas and just the feel? My grocery store does carry the Florida ones but I've always been nervous to buy them for some reason. I love avocados and always have them on hand, and was even inspired by this post and had Avocado Toast for breakfast yesterday
The Florida ones get soft just like the Haas ones.
I grew up in Florida and I prefer the Haas ones, too. The Florida ones don't have as intense of flavor, and the flesh is a bit pithier. Blander and not as creamy.
Agreed, though the Florida are less calorie dense and when they are in season here, I get them super cheap!
We had both kinds of trees in my yard.
I remember a large limb breaking off either due to heavy fruit or some other reason, but I put two large boxes of Florida avocados out by the road with FREE! signs. I don't think we got rid of them, and that was just one limb.1 -
I have an avocado almost everyday at lunch, I just make it fit my macros for the day 0
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I eat them a couple times a week, 1/4 of an avocado is considered a serving, so if you are eating the whole thing at once, you can cut it down. Also avocados have good fats in them, so are good to eat, and are a great alternative to things such as mayo because its gives you the creaminess but without the bad fat or calories1
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Priasmama416 wrote: »I eat them a couple times a week, 1/4 of an avocado is considered a serving, so if you are eating the whole thing at once, you can cut it down. Also avocados have good fats in them, so are good to eat, and are a great alternative to things such as mayo because its gives you the creaminess but without the bad fat or calories
What someone else "considers a serving" is not a reason to limit oneself to that amount.3 -
Haas avocados are on sale this next week for .79 each!! How can I keep them longer without going bad?
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