What are you made of? (What do you eat?)

The other day as I was (mindlessly) eating a banana, it occurred to me that I’ve eaten a lot of bananas. The thought occurred to me that I might have eaten enough bananas to account for all of my (remaining) weight.

I’d guess I’ve eaten 9,000 bananas in my life – about 50 years, one banana every other day. Average banana – 200 calories. That works out to 1,800,000 calories. I think 1,800 3,500 calories works out to be about a pound of human flesh. So if I had never eaten any of those bananas I’d weigh about 1,000 pounds less.

Hm. Well, so no, I’m not made of bananas. I need something I’ve eaten less of than bananas to balance my weight. But there must be some food I’ve just eaten my weight in so to speak. I’m still working on it.

What food do you think you’ve eaten enough of to just make up your current weight?

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For the mathematically declined:

Years * servings per week * 52 * calories per serving / 1,800 3,500 = current weight

So for example if you have a serving (4 squares) of a Ghiradelli intense dark chocolate bar three times a week for 30 years…
30 * 3 * 52 * 220 / 1800 3500 = 572 294 pounds.