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Counting Fruit and Veggies

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  • Emmapatterson1729
    Emmapatterson1729 Posts: 1,295 Member
    I track my fruits and veggies. In the calorie world, they can add up quicker than one might believe and to a significant calorie amount. Certain chicken and egg preparations are zero points on WW now too .. But they definitely have calories.



  • paperpudding
    paperpudding Posts: 9,362 Member
    glovepuppet wrote: »
    If you eat 5000 cals of veg a day, you're still going to get fat.

    Well, yes, that is true.

    However people can use their common sense about what level of accuracy is neccesary for them.

    Me personally - I don't bother logging a leaf of lettuce or a cherry tomato or one grape,or a slice of onion.

    Pretty obvious I am omitting 20 ish calories per day, if that.

    Not 5000.
  • Emmapatterson1729
    Emmapatterson1729 Posts: 1,295 Member
    wilson10102018 wrote: »
    Its the process that matters, not the calorie value of the omitted items that matters to me. I log a cough drop or a cherry tomato, not because it affects the total but because the process keeps sensible food choices on my mind all the time.

    I have a similar mindset. I also track veggies and fruits, because I like to see my nutrients go up. Sounds crazy probably... But it's like a food for fuel mentality.

    I broke my compulsive over-eating with this kind of mentality.
  • paperpudding
    paperpudding Posts: 9,362 Member
    Its not crazy Emma - if that works for you, that's fine.
    Same with Wilson who likes to log everything because the process matters.

    I am a lazy logger, have said that many times - because it is the results that matter to me, not the process.

    But everyone has to find the approach that works fro them. :)
  • mk123456001
    mk123456001 Posts: 10 Member
    depends how hardcore you are. i've had success the past 3 months estimating almost everything. i'm not so precise that i will bother looking up (or weighing) a slice of onion or any other veggies that i put in (for example) a homemade burger. i know the bulk of the calories are in the bread, meat, cheese and a heavier sauce like mayo so i only calculate those. if i know i'm eating that same meal once a week and i feel it's taking up too many of my allocated calories i'll cut out the cheese and sauce....not the veggies.

    i will calculate the veggies/fruit if they're the bulk ingredient in my meal/snack....like a spinach salad or a banana.
  • missysippy930
    missysippy930 Posts: 2,577 Member
    mkez00 wrote: »
    depends how hardcore you are.

    And depends on whether you’re losing. If you’re not, every calorie counts.
  • ceiswyn
    ceiswyn Posts: 2,256 Member
    Yesterday I ate 697 kcal of fruit and veg. If I didn't count that, I'd be gaining weight.
  • wilson10102018
    wilson10102018 Posts: 1,306 Member
    Yesterday I had strawberries, half banana, raw sweet corn, a few grapes, 1 cup watermelon, tomato, cup of blackberries, and a large peach. Total around 300 cal. Like a whole additional meal if not logged.
  • paperpudding
    paperpudding Posts: 9,362 Member
    wilson10102018 wrote: »
    paperpudding wrote: »
    Its not crazy Emma - if that works for you, that's fine.
    Same with Wilson who likes to log everything because the process matters.

    I am a lazy logger, have said that many times - because it is the results that matter to me, not the process.

    But everyone has to find the approach that works fro them. :)

    I always think back to the time I watched a bricklayer build a wall around my neighbor's parking court. One brick at a time; he seemed to never look up. His hod carrier brought him the mortar and the pallet of bricks just disappeared. Wall ended up perfect, straight and true.

    I try to do that in every aspect of my life. That's why I put the photo of me flying in the Golden Eagle. I never one time set a goal for how much money to make, only how to do it. Work the process and the results follow.


    Well, like I said, if that approach works for you, that's fine.

    I don't aim for perfectionism in any aspect of my life - but reality is I have achieved the weight loss results I want without 'working the process' the same way you do.

    Lazy logging has been followed by long term results for me.
  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 10,109 Member
    I never cook for just one day, and I might whack 1kg of veggies into a dish. Of course I log that, even though it might just be 100kcal of veggies in a portion, because it tells me how much of other ingredients I can add to this dish to stay within my calories. Thus I'd likely not log 1 slice of onion, but I never have just one slice. More likely it's two good-sized onions, a big pile of garlic (fairly high in calories), and other veggies.
  • ldaratha
    ldaratha Posts: 29 Member
    This is helpful to me. I’m new here!! I was considering not counting apples but now I will, as that sounds right - a calorie is a calorie, whether it be fruit or junk food. I’ve been exercising to “earn” more food as I find it sometimes hard to stay in the calories recommended to me (1360).
  • paperpudding
    paperpudding Posts: 9,362 Member
    matter of degree too Idaratha - even as a lazy logger, if I ate a whole apple I would definitely log that.

    being me, I wouldnt do the weigh the core and subtract afterwards or bother differentiating between, say, a pink lady and a jonathon - but I definitely would log it, at least as one medium apple, even if not weighed exactly.

    But if I ate, say, just a dice sized cube of apple from a fruit platter, I wouldnt bother logging that.

  • thewife22
    thewife22 Posts: 9 Member
    My strategy is everything has calories therefore if I eat it or drink it I log it
  • Katmary71
    Katmary71 Posts: 7,278 Member
    ldaratha wrote: »
    This is helpful to me. I’m new here!! I was considering not counting apples but now I will, as that sounds right - a calorie is a calorie, whether it be fruit or junk food. I’ve been exercising to “earn” more food as I find it sometimes hard to stay in the calories recommended to me (1360).

    Definitely count apples, I was estimating mine as small until I weighed it and it was almost double the calories!

    Between fruits and veggies I had about 500 calories in produce. If i didn't log that I'd never lose weight!
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