The other day someone asked in the comments how many calories and grams of sugar are in a serving of watermelon. Off the top of my head I knew it was about 50 calories per cup, but wasn’t sure about the sugar.
According to Calorie King there are 9.4g of sugar in 1 cup of watermelon:
For reference, 1 cup of apple has 57 calories and 11.3 grams of sugar.
But, what’s more relevant to my situation is –
How many calories are in a Whole Watermelon?
Again thanks to Calorie King, we can estimate there are 1355 calories in one 9 pound watermelon*.
Good.
So, I can burn off one of these suckers with 2 six mile runs and a walk. Totally worth it.
Actually CK has a feature that tells you what activity you’d have to do and for how long to burn off the food you’re looking up:
*Although, I try to buy the BIGGEST watermelon I can find from Costco so the ones I get are probably bigger.
It’s my FAVORITE food in the world and I don’t care if I turn into a watermelon!
The moral of the story is…
Eating a whole watermelon is unnecessary a lot of calories in one go so you should probably leave it to the experts like me and this guy…
A reader sent me this video today. I know I’ve seen it before though… Like when I look in a mirror.
Want more Watermelon? You came to the right place!
How to Cut a Watermelon – fast and easy!
I’m trying to lose a stone on a diet which allows me to have any fruit in any quantity. I’ve been tucking into the water melon every day and am horrified at the amount of calories in it! However, I bought another one today at a local market. Will try not to cut into it till tomorrow and save some calories today. Oh dear!!
Do you want to burn calories by getting up to go to the bathroom several times during the night? If you don’t, then don’t eat your watermelon too late or too close to bedtime. Containing 90% water, if you consume a lot of it late at night, that water needs to go somewhere… Just sayin… ; ) Favorite dessert though. Eat it early…
I probably drink over a gallon of water a day, plus iced coffee and watermelon – that’s not an issue over here 🙂
I’m sure it actually depends mainly on how sweet the melon is. I have had watermelons that have very little sugar content and others that are quite sweet. My guess is that there is a range that AVERAGES about 50 cal. per cup. A really sweet one might be 90 (?) but who eats just a cup? Let’s say you have a slice that is 4 cups of really sweet delicious melon. I bet it is more like 400 cal. Brian
I’m keeping summer alive even now!!! Ate a whole watermellon throughout today and my daughter just had a small bowl of it. I did let my dogs have small pieces. LOL!!!
Hahaha! LMAO! Tha’s awesome! Thanks for answering my question…you went ALL out!!! That’s great!! You made my day. 🙂 I swim about three days a week for 90 minutes. I’ll call those my watermelon days….
Ha! Watermelon days 🙂
Wow, I have been know to eat an entire watermelon!! Yikes, this was eye opening!! Well, they will be ou of season soon!!!
I’m obsessed with watermelon too. The BEST post workout food!
I miss watermelon, it’s totally worth the calories and sugar. It’s a freaking watermelon, people. Just wish my system wasn’t so damn sensitive about everything.
I will use the excuse that I am kenyan…not that I just really enjoy eating entire melons in one sitting…
The video…it’s crazy. I can’t see it without laughing. Since I’m at work laughing at the screen, I might need to shut it down.
Thanks for sharing!! You watermelon yourself enjoy every slurpy bite and have a great Watermelon Wednesday!
That video is just…wow. LOL
Love that video!!! That’s a surprising number of calories in the whole watermelon! It is just so light and refreshing!!
i am an entire watermelon eater too. 1355 calories – yikes! that video was awesome, thanks for sharing!
Thanks for this post! I was wondering too since I’ve been eating a ton of watermelon lately, and ate a whole one in one day last week.
hahaha once I start with watermelon I can’t stop… just like grapes for me– I can down an entire bag on my own
Watermelon is a way better snack to binge eat than my cereal obsession. Just don’t eat the seeds…they grow in your belly! Duh!
i am 67 years and DO eat the seeds!!
I once ate so much watermelon as a kid that I threw up. Great story, huh? 🙂
Still love it, though.
ahhhh but we do love it huh?
all things in moderation.
Do you and SR coordinate posts????!!!! Coz she just put up something on fruits – what’s good/better and what’s not-so-good (not that the fruit is “bad”…if you’ve a choice, pick something else or have less of it).
I once read that Kenyan runners use watermelon to rehydrate, and some studies say it’s even better than water.
“Water-rich fruit and vegetables act like a two-in-one meal and drink, providing the mineral salts, natural sugars, amino acids and vitamins that are lost in exercise. The research, carried out at the University of Aberdeen Medical School, found this combination helped hydrate people more effectively than water or even sports drinks.Top of the list are watermelons, which are 92 per cent water, eight per cent sugar and contain essential rehydration salts calcium, magnesium, potassium and sodium.”
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1200531/The-vegetables-hydrate-glass-water.html#ixzz23aYQXdxg
Well I still want to eat to the whole thing … is that bad?
So do I.
I love watermelon! I used the technique from your video to carve one this evening. I can’t believe how much easier and quicker your technique is than my old one. Thank you for posting it!
I’m going to play devil’s advocate for a second 🙂 Don’t kill me for saying this (although I am allergic to watermelon so maybe it’s because I just can’t fathom the magic), but I think if I were going to eat that many calories I’d want something with less sugar and more nutrients. I know it’s not like you eat one a day every day and there are FAR FAR worse things people could consume, but that much sugar just makes me nervous. What are your thoughts on the natural sugar angle?
I do think sugar is sugar is sugar. But, I don’t eat watermelon because it’s a “fruit” or supposed to be healthy or something, I really just love it.
I feel like I’m missing out. I don’t even remember how it tastes in it’s natural form.
I was more surprised by the number of carbs in watermelon…I am it is mainly water right???
Meant to say “I mean it is mainly water right?” 😉
I think there are many other foods that are so much worse to each too much of! You could start a new fad diet where you eat one large watermelon per day, nothing else!
I can deal with the calories. I mean, it’s the taste of summer! You can’t put a (calorie) price on that! Ok, you can. But still.
Ha! Hopefully my blog never gets as popular as yours, because if someone asked me that I’d rudely say, “Google it.” But seriously, um…Google it.
Haha! Totally worth eating the entire thing!
Ohhhh my fish thank you do much for doing this research! I have always wondered but aired on the side of blissful ignorance when It comes to watermelon, I probably go through one every 4 days, bc I assumed it was nothing but water! Good to know 😉 great meme
Loving you hair!
…AND I’m sure you’re taking into account (as I do) all that beneficial, hydrating water you’re consuming as you enjoy that watermelon! It’s good for you! (<—-what I tell myself as I eat half of one in a sitting.)