worldtraveller

Just to ask you all. I am still a big fan of peanut butter and banana sandwiches.

I often do my long rides in morning so when i get home its around lunch time.

I like to eat peanut butter and banana sandwiches.

For good after the ride lunch.

Should i cut out the peanut butter? is this too much fat?
Should i figure out a new lunch menu?
thanks

hyegeek

Contrary to what we hear from the nutrition industry, fat is good for you and quite necessary. It has the advantage of being quite satisfying and sticking with you. As far as I can tell, the only time eating a lot of fat is bad is if you combine it with lots of carbs. If you are exercising and note eating several fast food meals a day, you're probably fine with the peanut butter.

CbadRider

Most of the organized century rides I've done have served pb&j sandwiches at the rest stops. That should tell you something.

You only need to figure out a new lunch menu if you get tired of the peanut butter.

1nterceptor

The only thing I would change is to use whole grain bread,
unless you are already

HokuLoa

Not a huge concern in my book (or body) but if you want you can go with almond butter instead.

BigAura

One Peanut butter & banana on whole wheat sandwich is VERY CLOSE nutritionally to two Cliff bars.

beezaur

Depends on what you mean by "nutrition industry." If you mean manufacturers and marketers of engineered sports foods, then yes, they are more or less selling you a load of crap to get you to buy their products.

Often times those companies will promote themselves by giving short "training" courses and certifying people. Generally what this entails is some indoctrination and teaching them how to sound like they know what they are talking about. They do learn things in the training, but mostly it is how to use supplements sold in their stores.

But if you are talking about people like registered dietitians, who have degrees and clinical experience in the subject, then no, they will tell you that you need some fat. Generally they will tell you to eat real food too.

Bananas and peanut butter and (whole grain) bread sounds like a really good combination to me: maybe 400 or so calories of a mixture of carbs and (good) fat with some protein in there too. Add a glass of milk and you have a great meal.

The dirty little secret of the engineered foods industry is that real food works. Special supplements offer virtually no benefit over real food. The thing that makes the difference is knowledge.

dolanp

As long as the peanut butter is natural and the fats are coming from the nuts and not some kind of weird oil then go for it. It's a healthy choice.

poxpower

How can you eat just ONE of those? haha Peanut butter is like crack : D

DataJunkie

I love PBJs with natural peanut butter and homemade jam. Peanut butter and bananas tend to make me nauseated for some reason.

Chris516

It doesn't necessarily matter about how much you eat, as it matters what you do with it.

By not eating(or skipping meals), you would be doing the same by eating but not exercising. Because both will slow down your metabolic rate you will gain weight. But if you exercise on a consistent basis, your metabolic rate will pickup. That doesn't mean you can go eat a roast beef sub for lunch and four course steak dinner in the evening. You still have to eat within reason.

So don't cut out the PBB(Peanut Butter n' Banana) sandwiches. Just don't eat them on a daily basis and put some variety in what you eat during the week, all the while still exercising.

HazeT

but.. but.. but... it's so delicious... I use my weber like 5 times a week since I bought it May be that's why I ride 5 times a week and didn't loose a pound.
I eat peanut/almont/walnut/hazelnut with half banana in 1 whole grain bread slice for breakfast every day. A different butter each day. Then I commute 15 miles to work, I figure that by the time I get there I've burned enough calories to make up for this. PBB in a whole grain is very nutritious. Carb, Protein, Dietary Fiber and good fat.