counting veg and fruit

gillie80

Hi everyone. my friend and i both use MFP. she doesn't track veg and i do. who tracks veg and who doesn't? just curious as some veg and fruit do have a caloric count.

evivahealth

Hiya

All fruits and vegetables have calories, some just have less/more than others.

I always log both fruit and vegetables. If I'm being strict and focused on a goal then I will weigh both fruit and vegetables. If I am happily pottering along losing about a kilo a month then I will weigh fruit and starchy vegetables and just eyeball my other veggies. If I'm maintaining I just guess the weight... but I always put them in the diary! Hope this helps

kommodevaran

All fruit and vegetables have calories. If you are using a system with "free foods", you just aren't supposed to count them, because they are a part of your recommended everyday intake, but if you are calorie counting, all calories count equally.

malibu927

I track all food. It has calories and eating enough of it without counting, especially fruits, can hurt your deficit.

gillie80

thanks guys. i was just curious really. i'll stick with counting them, as i'm trying to be quite strict with myself (1st goal of 1 stone approaching).

mjwarbeck

Everything is counted for me....or st least estimated.

bebeisfit

I count because I track both calories and fiber. And sometimes I count colors as a full rainbow of colors in fruits and vegetables means I'm getting a wide range of nutrients. If I don't log fruits and vegetables, it means I'm not eating them.

kommodevaran

bebeisfit wrote: »

I count because I track both calories and fiber. And sometimes I count colors as a full rainbow of colors in fruits and vegetables means I'm getting a wide range of nutrients. If I don't log fruits and vegetables, it means I'm not eating them.

I do this mentally

MrsKila

I count Everything