damn! A banana has a lot of calories!

[yadrutas]

Sometimes it makes me wonder if a banana is worth 100 calories when your counting them. That's the same as a small piece of chicken that has protein, or a lot more other fruits... I guess potassium is really important?

[BLab5]

that's most fruits.

doesn't matter to me b/c they are damn good

[yadrutas]

that's most fruits.

doesn't matter to me b/c they are damn good

Yeah but lets say you are eating 10 strawberries, that's still about only 40 calories. Other fruits are lower in calories than bananas.

[dustyrising]

Sometimes it makes me wonder if a banana is worth 100 calories when your counting them. That's the same as a small piece of chicken that has protein, or a lot more other fruits... I guess potassium is really important?

and those strawberries will not fuel you near as long as a banana. Come on its 100 cals! I eat two bananas EVERY day.

[Stoicao]

Personally, I've been hooked on cantaloupe recently.

[rel83]

Oatmeal+Whey+Peanut Butter+Banana= Tasty way to start the day.

I always make sure to stock up on bananas because without them breakfast just isn't the same.

[MJFan1]

Bananas are high in calories but they taste great. I always get them.

[igoyee]

I eat two a day, one in my oats in the morning and one with my post workout shake. I ****ing love bananas!

[phal]

Nanners are delicious. Most berries (too lazy to actually look this up) take up quite a bit of volume for the same amount of calories.

[williammorgan]

Sometimes I find myself eating 4 a day!

[JLDesign]

Banana in shakes
Banana + whey + pb + oats
Banana + pb sandwich
Banana + whey + cereal
Banana split

mmmmm.

[duuuwork]

Banana in shakes
Banana + whey + pb + oats
Banana + pb sandwich
Banana + whey + cereal
Banana split

mmmmm.

^this....pb and banana sammich...sooo fkucin good...bananas with everything....100 cals is a lot? since when?

[dat]

100 calories is a lot? Maybe to a 5 year old child.

[FunkymonkAW]

100cals is so easy to fit in even on a sub2000cal cut it's rediculous. I'll go ahead and take the health benefits and deliciousness of bananas tyvm.

[Cheap5.0]

Oatmeal+Whey+Peanut Butter+Banana= Tasty way to start the day.

I always make sure to stock up on bananas because without them breakfast just isn't the same.

Im doing this tomorrow AM, thank you.

[colest]

Sometimes it makes me wonder if a banana is worth 100 calories when your counting them. That's the same as a small piece of chicken that has protein, or a lot more other fruits... I guess potassium is really important?

i actually agree with you - every time i have it after my workout im like DAM i could have had a cookie!!!! or 2 pieces of toast (low calorie ones) lol or yogurt with berries. 100 calories on a cut is a lot. 1 apple 50 calories. apples are way more filling too. i eat my banana in 5 seconds lol - but my diet says banana so i have to have it but it pisses me off i could have a cookie instead and at least a cookie has protein.

[JKnockawitz]

I eat two a day, one in my oats in the morning and one with my post workout shake. I ****ing love bananas!

This.

[bigw909]

i actually agree with you - every time i have it after my workout im like DAM i could have had a cookie!!!! or 2 pieces of toast (low calorie ones) lol or yogurt with berries. 100 calories on a cut is a lot. 1 apple 50 calories. apples are way more filling too. i eat my banana in 5 seconds lol - but my diet says banana so i have to have it but it pisses me off i could have a cookie instead and at least a cookie has protein.

I thought a regular apple was 150 calories?

[TH611]

I thought a regular apple was 150 calories?

You're correct. The average apple I buy is about 125-150 calories. A 50 calorie apple would be pretty damn small.

[-TC-]

I thought a regular apple was 150 calories?

closer to 80 i think, size dependant of course

[bigw909]

closer to 80 i think, size dependant of course

yeah mine are huge so they are probably closer to 150

[defury]

Since when was 100 calories a lot !?!?!?

[desslok]

Since when was 100 calories a lot !?!?!?

That's what I was wondering, that's why I gotts eat 10 a day, just to get an extra thousand calories or so.

[determined4000]

Sometimes it makes me wonder if a banana is worth 100 calories when your counting them. That's the same as a small piece of chicken that has protein, or a lot more other fruits... I guess potassium is really important?

tasty foods tend to have more calories than their less-tasty counterparts
From Peanut butter, steak and cheese to cake and ice cream

[snorkelman]

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...ht=bananas+day

[Jeclavad]

100 cals for a banana!!! Damn that's a lot of cals...


waitwut?

at least 3 bananas a day for me (more like 4 and even 5 on the good days).

[moojeni]

Sometimes it makes me wonder if a banana is worth 100 calories when your counting them. That's the same as a small piece of chicken that has protein, or a lot more other fruits... I guess potassium is really important?

So what? You don't want a 100% protein diet and 0% carbs. Bananas are great and those 100 cals will make no difference in your diet. I'm cutting at 1800 kcal and I eat oatmeal+milk+banana everyday at breakfast.
I wouldn't avoid eating my fruits for nothing in this world.

[Jayarbie]

I eat a banana with 2 tbsp pb almost every day. That's nearly a 300 calorie snack, but who cares, it's delicious.

[eLiTe_J_]

they used to make people eat bananas in order to gain weight so they could join the service back in the 1940's (srs)

my oatmeal wouldnt be the same without my banana, om nom nom nom nom

[krott5333]

Yeah but lets say you are eating 10 strawberries, that's still about only 40 calories. Other fruits are lower in calories than bananas.

Okay, so eating 10 strawberries gives you 2/5 the energy that a banana does.

Calories = Energy

literally. You can even convert calories to btu's. They are simply units of energy. Energy that must be utilized to lift weights, to pump amino acids to the muscles, to digest food, to urinate, to keep blood flowing, etc etc.

If it fits in your daily macronutrient needs, then eat a banana.