Calories in Cantelope Melons?

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Permalink Reply by DURIANRIDER on October 6, 2010 at 9:23am

I dont advise people count calories from melons as they are so light. Its a bit like counting calories from tomatoes etc. Nobody gets enough calories from eating a lot of melons, so just start counting when you start eating bananas/dates etc.

Also another factor is that most melons are not as sweet as they should be so they are even more calorie negative. Counting calories from melons is a great way to ensure we stay in a undercarbed state, which is great if we want to continue chronic fatigue etc.

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Permalink Reply by Dr Gosia O'Reilly on October 6, 2010 at 10:30am

Hi Audrey,

According to caloriecount, 150kcal for small, 188kcal for medium and 277kcal for large. But this is very inaccurate (error roughly at least 20%), because as you can see there is a significant difference between these numbers and also the likelihood of any cantelope fitting any of the three numbers is zero.

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Permalink Reply by Audrey Walker on October 7, 2010 at 2:09am

Thanks Gosia, yeah, thats what I figured. I see a lot of variable numbers for cantelopes.

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Permalink Reply by Lucas on October 7, 2010 at 2:23am

It is 34 calories from 100g of edible portion. Very low calorie. I really enjoy them but do not try to make a meal of it.

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Permalink Reply by Noa on October 7, 2010 at 2:24am

There are plenty of days during cantaloupe season that I mono these melons. I use fitday @277kcal each for the large, but I don't worry about going over what I would normally eat in a day. When I mono them I usually eat 4 for breakfast, 4-5 for lunch and then maybe a couple as snacks before sitting down for a dinner of about three of them.

In all of fruitland this is my favorite food. Local and super ripe just off the vine is unbeatable. If you mono them you get a feel for what is satiating for you. When I get in at least 10-11 cantaloupe daily I am not undercarbed and therefore have no issues with cravings of hunger or desire cooked foods.

Kind Regards, Noa

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Permalink Reply by Cosmic Carrie on July 21, 2012 at 4:39am

amazing!  I am on my second melon of the day.  I was wondering how many people could eat in one day..

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Permalink Reply by Fruity Jules on October 7, 2010 at 2:54am

I love you girls! ♥ Girl Power!!!

As far as my body goes, it says that cantaloupe counts for something wonderful! ; )

Noa, loved reading about you eating 10-11 cantaloupes a day. YUM. I've done that before myself. HEAVEN.

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