The banana diet, the enigmatic fruit

In my quest to reach the next level in moderate eating, including more weight loss, I craved bananas. So I put extra bananas on the grocery list, and ate a couple over the weekend. Then it seemed like a good idea to eat one with breakfast, and the next thing you know, I’m eating 2 bananas a day.

Jokingly I told DH about my new banana diet, but it turns out there is one. Milk and bananas are apparently a good way to move from a weight loss diet to a normal diet. That’s not me, since I’m on a normal diet anyway, just trying to eat enough less to lose weight, but I found it interesting.

Turns out that there are more benefits to bananas than I thought. This includes (and read more about it here):

• Constipation and diarrhea (what an enigmatic fruit!)
• Dysentery (not exactly something I’m worried about at the moment)
• Kidney (I NEVER want another kidney stone)
• Menstrual disorders (ok, this requires banana flowers, which I’ve never seen, much less mixed it in cottage cheese)

In any case, I’m eating about 2 small bananas a day, and they’re delicious. They also help me get through my many late teleconferences, which means I don’t overeat at dinner time. Last night, for the first time, I realized that I could eat as little at dinner (one slice of bread with stuff on it) as I do for breakfast. With the help of a banana at 3 p.m.