Banana!

[lolitaleekun]

Well I fit banana into my nutrition for the day and expected it to give me cravings, but it didn't. I think it's because I combined it with protein instead of eating it alone. I had a half of one, smashed, in yogurt that I doctored with sugar-free vanilla syrup, peanut butter, and cocoa powder. And a mini bran muffin. I'm so full. And happy.

And for the skeptics, my carbs for the dish are
6 net for the banana (30 g)
1 net for cocoa powder (1 Tbs of Hershey's Special Dark)
2 net for peanut butter (1 Tbs)
1.75 net for the yogurt (1/4 cup Fage)
Total =10.75

And my carbs for OWL are 40 net.
So from vegetables, I ate ~30 carbs.

Oh and the bran muffin I made with flax and eggs, with a total of 2 carbs. And I make them very tiny, about the size of half a cupcake so I can enjoy them as an accompaniment to my veggie meals since they have plenty of fat, fiber, and protein.

Ahhh I am so happy I can eat "normal" fruits on this WOE. I feel invincible.

[Elizellen]

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What a great positive post

[liv]

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Glad it worked for you. It is good that you found a way to bring back a food you really want. That is what it is all about

[dyjack]

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Congrats! I just tried a bit of banana for the first time today. We'll see how this works out. I was amazed that I didn't want to eat the entire thing. I stuck with the right portion... I hope I have favorable results just as you have.

Congrats again.

[lannerjarv]

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mmmm bananas.
i'm looking forward to trying one of those in a few weeks!
nice post!

[liv]

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mmmm bananas.
i'm looking forward to trying one of those in a few weeks!
nice post!

Before you do make sure you look up the carb count of banana (it is sky hight) and portion it out. With my CCLL Banana is not something I eat. Just too carby.
But a tiny bit in yogurt or a smoothy sounds feasible.

[not2late]

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Well I fit banana into my nutrition for the day and expected it to give me cravings, but it didn't. I think it's because I combined it with protein instead of eating it alone. I had a half of one, smashed, in yogurt that I doctored with sugar-free vanilla syrup, peanut butter, and cocoa powder. And a mini bran muffin. I'm so full. And happy.

And for the skeptics, my carbs for the dish are
6 net for the banana (30 g)
1 net for cocoa powder (1 Tbs of Hershey's Special Dark)
2 net for peanut butter (1 Tbs)
1.75 net for the yogurt (1/4 cup Fage)
Total =10.75

And my carbs for OWL are 40 net.
So from vegetables, I ate ~30 carbs.

Oh and the bran muffin I made with flax and eggs, with a total of 2 carbs. And I make them very tiny, about the size of half a cupcake so I can enjoy them as an accompaniment to my veggie meals since they have plenty of fat, fiber, and protein.

Ahhh I am so happy I can eat "normal" fruits on this WOE. I feel invincible.

Good for you!

I toss banana slices into my food dehydrator and make banana chips---they are candy-like in sweetness, so I use them sparingly. It also solves the problem of storing the rest of that banana.

[kjel]

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Curious...how much is 5 carb grams of banana? 1/2 a small one or less than that?

[Elizellen]

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According to the USDA database

http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/search/

1/4 of a small (6.5"-7") banana has about 5 net carbs

[mission to lose]

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Curious...how much is 5 carb grams of banana? 1/2 a small one or less than that?

I put 1 oz of raw banana into fitday.com
and got 6.5 carbs - .7 fiber = 5.8 carbs...

So less than 1 oz per Fitday.

[kjel]

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I put 1 oz of raw banana into fitday.com
and got 6.5 carbs - .7 fiber = 5.8 carbs...

So less than 1 oz per Fitday.

Not sure what an oz of banana looks like. But a 1/4 of a small banana...so little. I will just make sure I only buy one banana for the week I try adding bananas.

[mission to lose]

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Not sure what an oz of banana looks like. But a 1/4 of a small banana...so little. I will just make sure I only buy one banana for the week I try adding bananas.

Hi Kjel-
Yeah, the carbs in a banana are pretty high.
That banana could last a week like you said!

You can go into Fitday and play with the amounts, they have a lot of measuring choices, they also have a choice of linear inch. Probably the easier way to go.
One ounce would be on a food scale, and probably not very much.