Tracking veggies and fruits?

atozkennedy

I'm going to go against the grain here. I've stopped tracking snacks of fruits or veggies. Ever since Weight Watchers said you can eat however many you want in a day, I realized that ultimately filling myself with good stuff like fruits and veggies (which I don't have copious amount of anyway) will stave off the need to snack on other things like cookies and crackers, that have no real nutritional value.

I think if I was eating 5 apples, a pound of grapes and a bag of carrots a day I'd track it. But 80 calories here or there won't effect my overall weight and if I'm eating that apple I won't be eating another, less healthy snack.

I think it depends on your weight goal and your time line. I want to lose weight slowly and steadily, so those random calories won't mean anything over the long term. If I'm trying to drop 20 lbs in a month, that's another story.

CurlyClare78

I track them all - partly so people can see how many I'm getting and partly because my appetite is huge and a lot do have a decent amount of calories. If you get at least 5 portions it can add up. However I'm less careful on the scales with fruit and veggies - if something's over by a few grams I just record 100g or whatever or I'll just look up a banana and record that rather than weighing a banana but I'm much more careful when weighing something like pasta because those calories are crazy!!

minimommy1

I guess I have a different view than most people - so don't yell at me. I do track everything so that I am aware of what I am eating however, that being said I am not on a diet - I am on a healthy lifestyle journey and as such I have found that I need to have something that I can eat if I am hungry no matter what. Eating fruits and vegetables did not get me to being 125 lbs overweight - lets be real. It is the mentality of eating the other trash that got me here. So now instead of thinking about eating the other trash if I am hungry I allow myself as much fruits and veggies as I want whenever I want. If I do eat the trash - which is on very rare occasions then my other foods such as breads and meats are cut down to allow for it. I also do extra exercise. I seriously doubt anyone would gain weight from eating fruits and veggies because they are very filling and you can't eat that many before you are full unlike the trash like chips that you can gobble down 500 calories and hardly tell you have eaten anything.

bcattoes

I think if I didn't track veggies and fruit I'd be way under on calories every day.

dls06

Track everything that passes my lips!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! the truth is in the mirror.

jenfactor

...just one bite of cheesecake not tracked.

Oh, you just had to bring up cheesecake.

lol, sorry. It was the most caloric thing I could think of offhand.

FAVOLOSOMII

i track everrrrrything. even the cough drops ive been using the past couple days.
i use my food scale usually, especially for stuff like salads.

I tracked my cough drops too! And everything else... I feel like I can't eat it if I don't. Plus it keeps me honest.

doinme2011

i track everything but i do know that when i was going to WW fruits and veggies are zero points. I think it is all about knowing your body and what works for you. actually, i can go over calories due to veggies and fruits and still do fine. I am at the point that i do not lose weight due to my weightlifting but i don't gain either. just find what works best for you.

doinme2011

to me, it's not about the numbers on the scale anymore. it is about being and feeling healthy/good about yourself. I am not at my goal weight but i am able to get in those size 8 pants that i wanted to. now, on to size 6(i can get into them now but a little snug) soon i will be able to get in them comfortably even if the scale doesn't show what i would like for it to