Why have I imposed this ridiculous rule on myself?

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I seem to have developed a rule whereby I can only have one banana a day.. I’m not sure when it started but it’s been many years.

My husband has just brought me one for breakfast and I’m in a state of mild panic because I know I’ve packed one for my lunch!

I don’t have any such control or habits with any other food stuffs-yesterday I ate 2 hot cross buns, the day before I had 2 packets of crisps so it’s not like it’s doing me many favours on the calories front.

i love bananas and they are a lot healthier than crisps etc so why do I feel like this?!

I once had a phase of eating quite a lot of bananas and they gave me really bad stomachache. Maybe you are subconsciously protecting yourself from discomfort, bananas are hard to digest I believe.

I'm the same too

I think it's something like 16 bananas in one sitting before you are anywhere near potassium poisoning territory 😂

I have the same rule I have no idea why I think its one of them random things past down the generations 🤣

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I limit my toddler to 1 a day or she becomes constipated.

What's the problem though? Just don't have the one you were going to have after lunch?

The rule is sound. Anything else would just be bananas 😀

I don't really like bananas, OP; you can have my banana allowance for a whole week if you like!

"And that is why SW is such a fucking awful cult in terms of physical and mental health."

Oh come on. Not SW's fault that woman had no common sense.

Bananas are expensive!

OP has not been back since. I hope no terrible banana-related fate has befallen you, OP.

Lethal injection is a potassium injection... very high or very low potassium can cause heart arrhythmia as can Magnesium. Potassium and Magnesium deficiencies are quite common. Thr argiculture soils have around 40% less Magnesium now than in the 50s.

How do you ‘pack’ bananas for a packed lunch without them being ruined?

I think the ‘no more than one’ could be a bit like things like bobbles, biros and socks going missingp. Bananas are psychologically more calorific than other fruits and less appealing than hyper-palatable foods like biscuits, crisps and cake. So it’s easier to keep a vague ‘rule’ for bananas than the other foods.

I love this thread. I wouldn't have more than one banana a day, but I am currently 37 weeks pregnant and have developed a serious citrus addiction - am on 3-4 easy peelers a day and that's me rationing my consumption!

I am the same

1 banana per day is the rule in this house too, and the reason is constipation.

My personal rule is no bananas ever, unless they're in banana cake/loaf/bread. Foul revolting things. Banoffee pie is also revolting.

My kids laugh at me because I won’t eat the same thing twice in one day! I find it weird that ds can eg eat pasta salad for lunch and spaghetti bolognaise for dinner. I wouldn’t eat two wrapped biscuits like Kit Kats, but I’d eat a kit Kat mid morning and a digestive in the afternoon so 🤷‍♀️ I guess it is kind of arbitrary! Especially as I’d eat the two buns in one serving if I was hungry, but not at two separate times..

I have nothing helpful to say OP but thanks for yhe giggle 🤣

I had no idea it was 5 Different fruit and veg a day I have been doing it all wrong. I also feel I am over doing it by eating more than 1 banana a day.

I haven’t eaten banana since a choking incident in the early ‘80s 😱

LETHAL INJECTION BY BANANA

This-bananas are full of carbs and have the equivalent of 5.7 teaspoons in them.

6 bananas a day?! That's hilarious.

7 bananas a week is a lot. Any more than that and I'd be in overdose territory.

i wouldnt have more than one banana or more than one apple or satsuma

Oh dear, I read this as " ... or more than one apple or sultana" @MrsLargeEmbodied . That really is taking fruit-restriction to extremes.

OP - & all the other nutters interesting & quirky posters - your foible is sweet, & hilarious.