Do you record fruits & vegetables in your diary?

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  • norcal_yogi
    norcal_yogi Posts: 675 Member
    YES!
  • kdeaux1959
    kdeaux1959 Posts: 2,675 Member
    I personally try to count everything. However, looking at your weight tracker, it appears that what you are doing is working for you so unless you stop making progress, I would continue doing what I was doing. As for me, I am a bit OCD so I try to count everything... within reason.
  • spanner112
    spanner112 Posts: 2
    You should record it all, not just to check on the calories you are eating but to check on the sugar as well - some fruit can be very high in sugars so whilst you think you are being healthy by eating your 5 a day, you may be eating a lot more sugar than you think. For instance a pack of grapes contains 61 grams of sugar.
  • traumaticthrash
    traumaticthrash Posts: 103
    everything is tracked. even my black coffee.
  • Shelgirl001
    Shelgirl001 Posts: 477 Member
    Yuppers!
  • stonel94
    stonel94 Posts: 550 Member
    I record fruits because they're actually quite high in calories and sugar a lot of the time, veggies it depends. if it's things like carrot sticks, celery, cucumbers, lettuce, etc. I usually don't add it because the 10 or so calories is just whatever, if I have like a salad for lunch I try to add all the veggies and toppings and dressing because like large amounts of veggies can add up in calories and carbs.
  • Morninglory81
    Morninglory81 Posts: 1,190 Member
    Only if I eat them. Using them as beauty products I feel doesn't count.
  • eileen0515
    eileen0515 Posts: 408 Member
    I track everything, except herbs and spices. It keeps me mindful.
  • Warchortle
    Warchortle Posts: 2,197 Member
    I guess vegetarians eat 0 calories if you didn't log any of it.
  • JisatsuHoshi
    JisatsuHoshi Posts: 421 Member
    The berries arent leveled in the measuring cup ... *Eats one* ok now I can estimate calories based off this line.... wait something is not right...
  • Mseleanor1
    Mseleanor1 Posts: 20 Member
    I record everything that goes in my mouth!
  • AlteredSkates
    AlteredSkates Posts: 123 Member
    So far today i've consumed 245 cals in fruit and i haven't had dinner yet so...yeah, I count it!
  • AlteredSkates
    AlteredSkates Posts: 123 Member
    I guess vegetarians eat 0 calories if you didn't log any of it.
    I'm vegan and eat only plant based foods. I really think it's a bit silly to think that I don't eat anything not worth logging! :P
  • allisonmrn
    allisonmrn Posts: 721 Member
    YESSSSSSS!!!! of course
  • janimei
    janimei Posts: 105 Member
    Three cups of broccoli: 93 calories, 6 g of sugar, & 9 g of protein. That's worth recording.
  • morticia16
    morticia16 Posts: 230 Member
    That really depends on your goals for calorie counting in the first place. If you monitor your calories intake to lose weight, I think you better enter vegetables and fruit as well, some of them can be quite rich in calories alongside other goodies for your body. If, on the other hand, you monitor your intake to make sure you get enough protein or not overdo in fats then I suppose you really don't need to. I monitor my calories because alongside my fitness goals I also want to lose weight, so I count just about everything I put in my mouth with a grand exception of water :)
  • photosarah
    photosarah Posts: 32 Member
    I don't record water-based veggies (lettuce, carrots, celery, etc.). Jillian Michaels sees these as "free" foods, and I trust her. :-)
  • abikinibyjuly
    abikinibyjuly Posts: 330 Member
    Everything.
  • potatocar
    potatocar Posts: 250 Member
    Yep, definitely. I was always told "watermelon's just water, it doesn't have ANY calories". 3 cups of watermelon (not all that much) have 137 calories! About 25 cherries also have over a hundred calories. So yes. They're obviously "good" calories, but they still count.
  • siany01
    siany01 Posts: 319 Member
    I log everything I eat, even down to my 9 calorie fish oil supplement but thats more so I can track how often I forget to take the flipping things lol
  • maryhannold
    maryhannold Posts: 37 Member
    I count everything...especially since I am counting nutrients and not just calories. If I go over calories and it is because of veggies and/or fruits I do not worry much about it, as long as it was not because of "junk".
  • ilovelucy727
    ilovelucy727 Posts: 5
    I personally don't count them. I lowered my daily calorie goal by 300 calories (the avg for my fruit and veggie calorie intake) to allot for them and then let myself eat fresh fruits and veggies whenever I please. This way when I need a snack I go to these "freebies" instead of junk. Also, II found that when I was tracking vegetables I ate way less of them- I'd rather spend my calories on a cookie than a salad. The way that I do it now makes me eat way healthier than I did when I was tracking my fruits and veggies. I understand what people say about tracking everything- I just find that this works better for me.
  • Pearsquared
    Pearsquared Posts: 1,656 Member
    I'm a big banana and onion (but not together!) eater, so I definitely count fruits and vegetables. Those two can really add up calorie-wise.
  • paulperryman
    paulperryman Posts: 839 Member
    Ignoring the calories which is bugger all to start with, atleast in Veggies, Fruits contain more calories but it's good calories not "bad" calories the fruits with lots of fat etc. and veggies also have salts/sugars and other macro nutrients, why wouldn't you log them?

    now lettuce/celery types i wouldn't bother cause they contain nothing other then vitamins.

    All of them you could be tallying and logging water tho. There is a considerable amount of water in fruits and veggies comparitvely to size so one "standard" serve of veggies is probably 1 cup of water.
  • hardlygraceful
    hardlygraceful Posts: 30
    I record everything. Fruits and vegetables have calories, too!

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