Vegetables

GBNO
GBNO Posts: 15 Member
edited December 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Do you weigh/include your vegetables in daily diary? If not is it only spinach, broccoli & cauliflower that are omitted as they are low on carbs, whereas green beans are 4g per 100g for example.

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  • Cahgetsfit
    Cahgetsfit Posts: 1,912 Member
    yes. And even broccoli and cauliflower have calories. no such thing as negative calorie foods (eg celery and cucumber? huh?!)

    count them all.
  • earlnabby
    earlnabby Posts: 8,171 Member
    GBNO wrote: »
    Do you weigh/include your vegetables in daily diary? If not is it only spinach, broccoli & cauliflower that are omitted as they are low on carbs, whereas green beans are 4g per 100g for example.

    Yes. All food has calories and nutrients and should be logged.
  • lemurcat2
    lemurcat2 Posts: 7,887 Member
    When I'm logging I include all vegetables, since the point is to track and understand my diet and I also like to look at various nutrients and know really what my maintenance calories are (I eat quite a few cals just from veg).

    I might be more likely to estimate some things, like greens, although if I'm cooking with them I'll usually put them on the scale too, since it's easier.
  • MikePTY
    MikePTY Posts: 3,814 Member
    To be honest, I'm pretty loose with my vegetables that are low on calories. I have a 2350 a day calorie goal, so I am not overly concerned with how much lettuce I ate. But anything that has a reasonable amount of calories I will try some version of logging it, even if it is not meticulous weighing.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    Yes, I weigh all veggies. I weigh lettuce to encourage me to eat more of it - I probably used to only put 10 g on a sandwich and now I aim for 28 g. Similar for broccoli - weighing helps me eat more of it.
  • Katmary71
    Katmary71 Posts: 7,175 Member
    I weigh my veggies, even the low calorie ones add up! Plus they're good for checking your daily nutrients.
  • Panini911
    Panini911 Posts: 2,325 Member
    yes. i eat a ton so they account for a good chunk of my daily calories.
  • thanos5
    thanos5 Posts: 513 Member
    absolutely. when one eats an entire bag of frozen broccoli, it requires logging.
  • JohnnytotheB
    JohnnytotheB Posts: 361 Member
    I would count everything. Everything but water has calories.
  • JRsLateInLifeMom
    JRsLateInLifeMom Posts: 2,275 Member
    Log it be aware of them.I found my favorites are big calories sigh* but just lettuce no dressing y squash are low calories. I’m craving avocados to corn tho so it’s agony. If I eat canned no sodium
  • GBNO
    GBNO Posts: 15 Member
    Logging everything then. Thanks everyone.
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