Veggies??

sadiemae123

I know that veggies have calories but after being on weight watchers for years it is so hard for me to count them,however, I want to make sure I do this right. Do you all count your veggies?

cecsav1

Yep. Weigh and track EVERYTHING!

janejellyroll

Your body counts all the calories in vegetables. If you're deciding to count calories, then accurate logging is the best path to success.

Maxematics

Of course I do; the vegetables I ate just now were 78 calories. I plan on eating lots more veggies today, too. If I didn't count them, I'd be off by 200+ calories per day.

SingRunTing

Anything that has calories gets tracked. Your body counts them, why wouldn't you?

cwolfman13

WW inflates the points for other food items in order to make veggies and fruit "free"...there are no free foods when you're talking about actual calories. I eat around 6 servings of veg daily and a couple servings of fruit...that alone comes out to around 200-250 calories.

So let's say you eat up to your calorie target, but you haven't accounted for fruit and veg because...hey...healthy right? Well, if you don't count them, in my case I would be 200 - 250 calories over my target...and thus I would lose weight at a slower rate than I anticipated...because I'm overeating my target.

alyssa_rest

yeah, I do. I could easily eat 100 cals of veggies but without tracking, I'd go over my calorie goal.

abatonfan

Yes. I easily can get 300-400+ calories in fruits and vegetables (I got about 600 calories from fruits and vegetables yesterday). If I didn't count them, I would be gaining weight instead of maintaining.

shinycrazy

I can see how it would be a tough transition. I do count them. I try to always use the USDA entries and I believe they are generally more accurate, until you have a frozen package or something to use. Don't forget your cooking oils too, those can really add up. I often use the recipe builder for veggies we cook regularly and include the oils, so I just have one entry to make. Best of luck!

dlkfox

I haven't done WW in more than a decade and I still have this feeling that veggies are "free". But I log it all.

Ready2Rock206

Of course! Your body counts them even if you don't. If you're counting calories you count them all. WW has a much lower base calorie goal to account for those "free" veggies. If you're eating your MFP goal and then adding on a bunch of fruits and veggies you will be over your goal and could completely wipe out your deficit.

queenofpuppies

if it goes in my mouth I count it, even if its just a single altoid

melonaulait

I even count my lettuce and celery by grams. But I don't like to limit how much I eat them.

redraidergirl2009

Yes they have calories.

sadiemae123

Thanks all of you!!! I am going to do this!!

OhMsDiva

I have had this dilemma myself. On my program, I can eat unlimited veggies and I was not required to add them in my calorie allotment. However, I do log my veggies now, but I do not measure them. I eat the same amount daily, so I can pretty much eyeball the amount

dragon_girl26

Someone asked a similar question one day, and it made me go back and add up my fruits and vegetables intake. In that instance, if I hadn't counted them, I would have been missing about 400 calories from my diary. Currently my deficit is only 250 each day for .5 loss, so if I didn't count them, I'd be in trouble!

Seffell

Alot of my calories come from veg and fruit. I weigh everything except for a lettuce leaf in a sandwich.

RainaProske

I count all my vegies and fruit. I admit, however, that I don't count cocoa powder, xylitol or other sweeteners that are not sugar-based, any flavoring powders I may add to my water, spices, or herbs.

Christine_72

It's not just the calories in fruit and veg that matter, and they do, it's the fibre and micros i also like to track.

As someone else mentioned, WW keep their calories on the lower side to account for the free fruit and veg, so they're really not free at all.

JeromeBarry1

I log everything and weigh most things. The spray of olive oil in the skillet was weighed by me once at 1 gram, and that's what I log. I put my scale on the counter and put a small plate on it and 'tare' it. "Tare" is a new word I learned when I got this scale. Then I chop my veg and put each chopped piece on the plate. When the weight accumulates to my target, I stop chopping and put the partial veg back in the fridge. I then put the chopped and weighed portion in the skillet and proceed to the next item.