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WHAT?! 2000 CALORIES IN A BANANA SMOOTHIE? WHAT HAVE I DONE?Newbie Advice (self.vegan)

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I'm slowly transitioning into a more plant-based lifestyle and basically I made this smoothie meal out of medium-large bananas. I used 10 bananas and looked it up and apparently THERE ARE 2000 CALORIES??

Am I not allowed to eat anything else for the entire day???

I don't even think i can... since ... since I'm kinda full. hahah.

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[–]Widowsfreak 24ポイント25ポイント  (11子コメント)

Dang even one banana and I feel kind of sick. Chill out freelee

[–]pompain[S] -1ポイント0ポイント  (10子コメント)

Omg, HAHAHA! I love this comment. Also, I am not vegan! Though I'd like to have a plant-based diet within 2 years.

[–]Questionmanman11 24ポイント25ポイント  (7子コメント)

Lol quite a transitional period

[–]pompain[S] -4ポイント-3ポイント  (6子コメント)

Yeah, I'm being honest with myself. Someone can't just entirely change their lifestyle within a short period of time and for me, it's even slower due to personal circumstances.

[–]GeorgeLaForgevegan police 9ポイント10ポイント  (0子コメント)

They can't? I did it overnight

[–]crazygamavegan 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

It took me two years, but it's not like I planned beforehand to take two years. Ideally I'd like to have done it much sooner. I think you're seeing yourself be downvoted on this supposidly accepting sub primarily because you're setting yourself up for failure if you're planning on dragging your transition out that long. The risk of prolonging the transition is a likelihood of relapsing every once in a while. Try your best, transition when you feel comfortable, but try to take conscious steps regularly whether it be metal awareness of your daily impact, or a small transition each day. That'll help you achieve your goals in a much more reasonable amount of time.

[–]dirakvegan skeleton 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

I did it overnight no problem.

[–]swiskowski 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Yeah that's just a story you are making up. The story could easily be one CAN just entirely change one's lifestyle within a short period of time.

Of course as long as you get there in the end that's all that counts. But don't limit yourself. I once ran a marathon after training for 2.5 months, never having been a runner before in my life. Incredible things are possible.

[–]Iwillnotusemyname -1ポイント0ポイント  (0子コメント)

I went from eating meat to none at all in two weeks. I stopped pork first (2010 man I really missed Bacon at first) In 2012 or 13 someone turned me on to forks over knives, earthlings, and other videos. Went home Monday and started with no meat spaghetti, wasn't too bad, so I tried the whole week, then a month, and before I knew it 2 years have passed.

[–]femme_kittenvegan -1ポイント0ポイント  (0子コメント)

I did it pretty quickly, to be honest

[–]EmergenL 1ポイント2ポイント  (1子コメント)

Why not start now?

[–]pompain[S] 4ポイント5ポイント  (0子コメント)

I have started with the plant-based transition (slowly!) but I am not going to be a vegan. Veganism, as I understand and as you probably know, isn't just a diet. It's an entire philosophy, lifestyle etc. I admire parts of it but my decision to consume a plant-based diet does not align with that of a vegan.

[–]Not_for_consumption 7ポイント8ポイント  (2子コメント)

10 bananas is a lot of bananas. I don't know how you had that many!

[–]pompain[S] 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

It was DELICIOUS! But man, I feel really full! Also, I hadn't eaten anything all day so I was hungry.

I have a litre of water next to me. I just craved a lot of water after having that much banana sugar.

[–]herrbz 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

I have 5-10 in every smoothie I make. Gives me a whole heap of energy for exercise.

[–]WV6l 5ポイント6ポイント  (1子コメント)

I think that may be closer to 1,000 Calories. Maybe 1,500. If you're aiming to limit caloric intake, you'll perceive the same food as more if you eat it in solid form.

[–]pompain[S] 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

STILL A LOT! I am not really looking to limit my calorie intake as my choice to move to a more plant-based diet is more health related than to slim down. I'm quite a slim individual anyway.

Thank you for the response!

[–]miket42 3ポイント4ポイント  (4子コメント)

What kind of a blender do you have? And/or how did you prepare a 10 banana plus other ingredient smoothie in your kitchen? Do you live in a Jamba Juice?

[–]Smokingingasstations 3ポイント4ポイント  (1子コメント)

Srsly. That's not one smoothie. That's a gallon.

[–]pompain[S] 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

Hahahaha. It was really nice. I need to watch what I do next time or else I am going to gain a few ££££ haha.

[–]pompain[S] 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

It's not very good. It's like a blender that's attached to a mixing machine.

I only put 10 bananas in and some water.

[–]herrbz 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

A basic 2L jug will easily fit 10 bananas and some juice/water.

[–]BostonCorgi 9ポイント10ポイント  (3子コメント)

Bananas are roughly 100 cal each, depending on size. Add in some milk, nut butter, avocado, or other fruits (especially dates which are incredibly calorically dense), etc...it's easy to see how it racks up. Vegan doesn't automatically equal low cal, and it's easy to overdo it even with plant based whole foods.

[–]pompain[S] 2ポイント3ポイント  (1子コメント)

Yeah, I knew that was the case but I never IMAGINED IT WOULD BE 2000! I love bananas anyway and the smoothie was so good. I'm not really looking to lose weight either - I was just taken aback from the amount of CALORIES there were haha!

[–]pompain[S] 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

Also thank you for the reply.

[–]nice_t_shirt 2ポイント3ポイント  (3子コメント)

Get a food scale if you want to know for sure, they're super handy. Put the blender jar on it, zero it out, then add bananas. 100g of bananas has 90kcal.

Whether or not you should eat anything else depends on your TDEE and weight goals.

It's also worth noting that bananas are relatively high calorie. 100g of strawberries, for example, has 30kcal. So by weight, bananas have 3x the calories. If you just want a fruit smoothie but don't want a ton of calories, strawberries, peaches, or blueberries might be a better option.

[–]pompain[S] 2ポイント3ポイント  (2子コメント)

Oh nice advice! Thank you for your time. I wanted to make a dense smoothie as I hadn't eaten all day but i was surprised that it added up to the 1000s!!

[–]nice_t_shirt 1ポイント2ポイント  (1子コメント)

np! Food scales are the bomb. Takes all the guesswork out of serving sizes, they're super easy to use, and are cheap. Mine was like $15 on amazon.

[–]pompain[S] 2ポイント3ポイント  (0子コメント)

Good idea! Will bear that in mind! Thank you again.

[–]disuberence 1ポイント2ポイント  (3子コメント)

10 bananas? How many ounces of smoothie are we talking?

[–]pompain[S] 2ポイント3ポイント  (2子コメント)

I think it came up to just a little over 1 litre. Bear in mind i put 2 small cups of water. So it was pretty dense as well. But that's how I like my smoothies.

[–]disuberence 0ポイント1ポイント  (1子コメント)

Sounds almost like a smoothie bowl. I think I'll make one for breakfast...

[–]pompain[S] 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

If you love banana's you will love it. It's so creamy and smooth. I know people like to mix their smoothies and combine fruits which is also fantastic - but it's also so amazing to just have one flavour of one fruit, it's like you can taste everything about it even though that sounds weird...

[–]femme_kittenvegan 1ポイント2ポイント  (0子コメント)

Based on your comments it seems like you will find /r/plantbaseddiet to be more helpful

[–]mothlin 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

what are these 200 calorie bananas you're eating? an average banana has 80-120 calories. if you had 10 with water, you had 800-1200 calories.

[–]BunnyBunsBunsvegan 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

You're gonna have some good poops!