Do you track your veggies?

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  • lightenup2016
    lightenup2016 Posts: 1,055 Member
    I do log them, but for most I estimate, for instance, with frozen broccoli. Avocado I'm meticulous about weighing and logging. I do try to weigh potatoes, too.
  • Birder165
    Birder165 Posts: 484 Member
    I weigh and track them. All of them.
  • inertiastrength
    inertiastrength Posts: 2,343 Member
    FlyingMolly wrote: »
    I log them, but I almost always just eyeball the portions. I’m on the keto diet, so I have a failsafe: as long as I stay in ketosis I have confirmation that I haven’t been underestimating too badly. :)

    You are aware that people bulk while in ketosis also right? That has nothing to do with fat loss or a deficit; it has to do with very low carbohydrates lol That is NOT a failsafe
  • darrenbeckworth
    darrenbeckworth Posts: 64 Member
    No need to track my veggies. They are always exactly where I left them.
  • 1985mattie
    1985mattie Posts: 9 Member
    I log everything- I was very naive about how many calories are in certain fruits and vegetables, it’s been an eye opener in that sense. Like others I also track my fibre intake too
  • FlyingMolly
    FlyingMolly Posts: 490 Member
    mrsnattybulking wrote: »
    FlyingMolly wrote: »
    I log them, but I almost always just eyeball the portions. I’m on the keto diet, so I have a failsafe: as long as I stay in ketosis I have confirmation that I haven’t been underestimating too badly. :)

    You are aware that people bulk while in ketosis also right? That has nothing to do with fat loss or a deficit; it has to do with very low carbohydrates lol That is NOT a failsafe

    If I were eating significantly more calories’ worth of vegetables than I thought, I would also be eating significantly more carbs than I thought. That would throw my ratio out of whack, which would show up on my test strips.

    Thanks for your concern.
  • solieco1
    solieco1 Posts: 1,559 Member
    Yes. A calorie is a calorie.
  • inertiastrength
    inertiastrength Posts: 2,343 Member
    FlyingMolly wrote: »
    mrsnattybulking wrote: »
    FlyingMolly wrote: »
    I log them, but I almost always just eyeball the portions. I’m on the keto diet, so I have a failsafe: as long as I stay in ketosis I have confirmation that I haven’t been underestimating too badly. :)

    You are aware that people bulk while in ketosis also right? That has nothing to do with fat loss or a deficit; it has to do with very low carbohydrates lol That is NOT a failsafe

    If I were eating significantly more calories’ worth of vegetables than I thought, I would also be eating significantly more carbs than I thought. That would throw my ratio out of whack, which would show up on my test strips.

    Thanks for your concern.

    True, didn't think of that. I thought you meant ketosis meant you were in a deficit LOL
  • lucerorojo
    lucerorojo Posts: 790 Member
    Yes. I don't weigh them, but I do log them. So it's an estimate.
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 34,621 Member
    I track mine carefully for 2 reasons:

    1. It takes less thought. If I log everything I eat in grams (when I eat at home), it's easy and automatic: Weigh, log. If I need to think about what's calorie dense, that's more thinking, and I'm likely to screw up. ;)

    2. I eat 5-10 veggie/fruit servings every day. That's hundreds of calories!

    Different people, with different brains and different ways of eating, can rationally make different choices, but tracking veggies is right for me.
  • yweight2020
    yweight2020 Posts: 591 Member
    Yes weigh and measure it all because I'm still working on getting to goal and so far it's working.
  • mjffey
    mjffey Posts: 72 Member
    I weigh all my food.
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