Counting fruits and veggies?

Meelisv

Of course count them. There is no such thing as "free" vegetables or fruits. It is certainly personal how much one would eat them, but for me, if I would not count them an restrict myself, t would be very easy to eat 1000+ calories worth of grapes/bananas/oranges alone.

MommaGem2017

I ate 136 calories of fruits and veggies yesterday, and I ate less of them than usual, so I'd guess I normally average about 200 cals. If you are carefully trying to map a deficit, then logging everything that enters your mouth is important.

scarlett_k

If I'm making a big salad with a million different vegetables I don't count the ones I know are like 10 kcal a serving. I still weigh them out but I don't log them because logging all the ingredients is tedious and I would have to eat a lot for it to make a difference.

CTcutie

Count them all... (but I understand the logic WW uses, & was a member a long long time ago.)

trigden1991

If it has calories, you should count it.

bbell1985

If I had a 250 calorie deficit, and I ate up to that 1500 calories without logging my vegetables, I'd almost end up in maintenance for the day. I eat at least 200 calories in fruit and veg every day.

So like log your fruits and veg.

db121215

MommaGem2017 wrote: »

I ate 136 calories of fruits and veggies yesterday, and I ate less of them than usual, so I'd guess I normally average about 200 cals. If you are carefully trying to map a deficit, then logging everything that enters your mouth is important.

Agreed! Shortly after starting MPF, someone told me basically eat all the watermelon you want, because it's mostly water! I can literally eat a pound of watermelon. I learned that lb is 135 cals. Those cals count no matter how healthy they are.

monica_delarosa

I count fruit but not nonstarchy veggies.

cparsons_60

I remember at one point Weight Watchers started counting a point for some quantity of cooked carrots but the same quantity of raw ones was free. I assume this is because one can eat many more cooked carrots, and also the calories in them are more accessible in the digestive system.

PaulaWallaDingDong

OliveGirl128 wrote: »

Necro thread, but since I can hit 600 calorie or more a day in veg/fruit I definitely factor them in.

I'm actually surprised to see this necroed, since there's usually a fresh one on the first couple of pages. Always a WW refugee waiting in the wings.