Count ALL vegetable calories?

loulamb7

seska422 wrote: »

It all depends upon which works best for you.

If you want to track your exercise, you can put sedentary or lightly active and then eat back 50% or so of those exercise calories.

If you don't want to track your exercise but you exercise nearly every day, then there's nothing wrong with setting it to "active" with the knowledge that those 220 extra calories take into account that you'll be exercising. If you get hurt or stop exercising for some reason, you can always reduce the activity level at that point.

It doesn't really matter how you arrive at the number of calories as long as you eat enough and still hit your deficit.

Agreed. You can always manipulate the calculator through activity settings or custom settings. You can use TDEE, which includes your expected exercise, if you prefer.

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ASKyle

Count them, preferably with a food scale.

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE- I just got one, and turns out I can eat WAY MORE veggies than I thought for the same amount of calories. I thought my Greek salads were about 350 cals, was only 198 when I weighed it all out. Awesome.

Queenmunchy

I don't count my sugar free mints or weigh vegetables like spinach and lettuce, but I still log them in at least eyeballed cups. My goal is slightly lower (200 calories or so) so I can account for those variables.

TeaBea

ds6099 wrote: »

Sounds good but I will use veggies towards exercise calories so I should have enough to eat.
Am I considered active or lightly active if I run 4.5-6 miles 6 days a week?

MFP does NOT include running as part of your activity level. Activity level is based upon your job. Exercise gets added (by you) when the task is completed. This is great for people who are inconsistent at exercise.

If you know your exercise will be consistent, look up your TDEE (total daily energy expenditure). Include jogging up front. Then take a number / percentage of calories away. Say 500 calories for 1 pound weight loss per week.

http://scoobysworkshop.com/calorie-calculator/

arditarose

I weigh my dang spinach. I eat so many things that are 10-20 calories, at the end of the day they can add up to 100 calories. For a 5'4" woman trying to lose .5 lbs a week, that's a big deal.

2wise4u

I count everything and that consistency keeps me honest.

PumpJockeyy

I just don't count green veggies like spinach,broccoli,cucumber, etc. If you're gaining weight/staying the same weight while dieting, it's not because you ate 200g of cucumber (for example)

azulvioleta6

Count all the veggies!

I will admit that I am not super-precise about things that are know are very low calorie and low carb, such as spinach and kale. I just use measuring cups for those because I know they are not problematic enough for me to require weighing.