It is not good idea to count calories in vegetables!!

dolfn1972

didnt the US government deem that pizza is a vegetable? In that case...its pizza all day every day. Yes.

I log everything I eat...even the peppermint hard candies that are all over the office.
If you are looking for reasons/ excuses to NOT log calories so you can also eat something else instead...you are only cheating yourself in the long run. IMO

onedayillbamilf

carrots and lettuce and peppers might not have alot of calories, but starchy veggies sure do. Beans and potatos and corn are loaded with calories. I count them all.

Beans?

Right...didn't you hear? Beans have been promoted to veg.

I wish someone would have told me, I didn't get them a gift! :sad:

10kaday

If you eat perfectly without any processed food then sure, you don't need to count anything. I can eat a plate of veggies for lunch and I'm stuffed at the end of the meal and I've only consumed 100 calories or so. And that's a big plate of veggies!!! But, if you eat other food along with it you could easily go over so you gotta be careful. Just use common sense!

EmCarroll1990

no its not.

I never said zero calories, i said negative which means they take more to digest than there content which is a fact

That is completely dependant on the vegetable you're talking about. Maybe with celery, but if you were to eat, say... zucchini, squash, I doubt this would prove true.

paigemarie93

no its not.

I never said zero calories, i said negative which means they take more to digest than there content which is a fact

I know what a negative calorie is, but a calorie is a calorie & it still counts.
If you eat a strawberry at 5 calories & you burn that with 10 calories, then it should be a zero calorie food right? Well it's not.
http://caloriecount.about.com/negative-calories-myth-explained-b349703

Sidesteal

no its not.

I never said zero calories, i said negative which means they take more to digest than there content which is a fact

If you believe this, do you also believe that the thermic effect of food for these particular vegetables is above 100%? To me these are equivalent statements.

runnerwithin

There is actually no such thing as 'negative calories' the amount of energy used to digest the food is already calculated into the nutrition information.

judgejava

no its not.

I never said zero calories, i said negative which means they take more to digest than there content which is a fact

I know what a negative calorie is, but a calorie is a calorie & it still counts.
If you eat a strawberry at 5 calories & you burn that with 10 calories, then it should be a zero calorie food right? Well it's not.
http://caloriecount.about.com/negative-calories-myth-explained-b349703

i never said it didnt count.

I said it will take more calories to burn then its content, thats all.

I never said not to count it.

In the same statement i said a calorie is a calorie

Shawna_831

BTW...elephants eat only fruit and veg...have you ever seen a skinny one?

I eat mostly only fruits and veggies. Have you seen me?

LOL ^^ :drinker:

onedayillbamilf

A bannana is 102 calories!!! :=( I keep track.......

Banana's are my favorite vegetable.

valeriebpdx

I can see the logic in this
The body burns calories digesting and extracting the energy from food, leaving vegetables relatively low in calories. Celery being (sometimes) 0 calories after digesting.

Myth.

EmCarroll1990

A bannana is 102 calories!!! :=( I keep track.......

Banana's are my favorite vegetable.

And "aranges" are my favourite fruit beginning with "a".

DesireeLovesOrganic

I am vegan and try to eat raw as much as possible. Yesterday 800 of my 1200 calories were vegetables or fruits. It would be a mistake for me to not count those calories. But I guess if someone is just sprinkling some lettuce or cilantro on something in small amounts then it's no big deal.....

AmberJslimsAWAY

potatos ARE a vegetable. Just because it's not a super healthy vegetable, doesn't mean it's not one. You can't pick and choose what are and aren't vegetables.

Shawna_831

carrots and lettuce and peppers might not have alot of calories, but starchy veggies sure do. Beans and potatos and corn are loaded with calories. I count them all.

Beans?

Technically beans are fruit.
Culinarily they are a veggie.


Same goes for bananas....They are a veggie but we all refer to them as a fruit.

Everyone knows when she is saying vegetables she is talking about the "culinary" veggies. Jeesh

LessMe2B

so does that mean I can eat all the potatos I want and still lose weight? yay!!!!!! *throws french fries in air like confetti*


potatos ARE a vegetable...

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Laner07

so does that mean I can eat all the potatos I want and still lose weight? yay!!!!!! *throws french fries in air like confetti*


potatos ARE a vegetable...

Isn't pizza also considered a vegetable?

paigemarie93

no its not.

I never said zero calories, i said negative which means they take more to digest than there content which is a fact

I know what a negative calorie is, but a calorie is a calorie & it still counts.
If you eat a strawberry at 5 calories & you burn that with 10 calories, then it should be a zero calorie food right? Well it's not.
http://caloriecount.about.com/negative-calories-myth-explained-b349703

i never said it didnt count.

I said it will take more calories to burn then its content, thats all.

I never said not to count it.

In the same statement i said a calorie is a calorie

You are making no sense! I know what you said because surprisingly I *can* read.
I never said you said they contained zero calories but with the "negative calorie" logic, they might aswell be zero calorie foods.
I never said that you said they didn't count...

staceyseeger

I weigh & count everything :happy: :happy:

judgejava

no its not.

I never said zero calories, i said negative which means they take more to digest than there content which is a fact

I know what a negative calorie is, but a calorie is a calorie & it still counts.
If you eat a strawberry at 5 calories & you burn that with 10 calories, then it should be a zero calorie food right? Well it's not.
http://caloriecount.about.com/negative-calories-myth-explained-b349703

i never said it didnt count.

I said it will take more calories to burn then its content, thats all.

I never said not to count it.

In the same statement i said a calorie is a calorie

You are making no sense! I know what you said because surprisingly I *can* read.
I never said you said they contained zero calories but with the "negative calorie" logic, they might aswell be zero calorie foods.
I never said that you said they didn't count...

your right, im wrong.

It doesnt burn calories digesting food or it only burns a lesser amount than its content.

I dont argue with women ;-)

Peace

ramsesmeza

Not counting vegetables is like not counting french fries, because they're vegetables, right?
Dear friend, I even count the pepper i put on my salad. Don't make that mistake of "this are just 4 calories, I won't put it on"
WORST. IDEA. EVER.

Good luck

MichaelaaJ

Good for you for finding what works for you! You know/are learning about you and your body.. and you'll know when/if you need to switch it up. :flowerforyou:

For me this is not a good train of thought, and I need to count EVERYTHING...

paigemarie93

no its not.

I never said zero calories, i said negative which means they take more to digest than there content which is a fact

I know what a negative calorie is, but a calorie is a calorie & it still counts.
If you eat a strawberry at 5 calories & you burn that with 10 calories, then it should be a zero calorie food right? Well it's not.
http://caloriecount.about.com/negative-calories-myth-explained-b349703

i never said it didnt count.

I said it will take more calories to burn then its content, thats all.

I never said not to count it.

In the same statement i said a calorie is a calorie

You are making no sense! I know what you said because surprisingly I *can* read.
I never said you said they contained zero calories but with the "negative calorie" logic, they might aswell be zero calorie foods.
I never said that you said they didn't count...

your right, im wrong.

It doesnt burn calories digesting food or it only burns a lesser amount than its content.

I dont argue with women ;-)

Peace

Wow, sexism..aren't you just lovely.

Also, I know that it takes more to burn the food than the food contains, but the whole negative calorie thing is a myth.

Wendi_S

I'm confused... is red a fruit or a vegetable??

Can someone point me in the direction of that 'nerdy girls with glasses' post? Please. :bigsmile:

morgthom75

rule of thumb.. "in your mouth .. on your log "

That's what she said.

judgejava

Wow, sexism..aren't you just lovely.

Also, I know that it takes more to burn the food than the food contains, but the whole negative calorie thing is a myth.

That was all i said, they are referred to as negative calorie foods, i never said i agreed with the misnomer.

I just said some foods contain a caloric content that is less than the energy required to digest them.

Its all i said 3 times

anchorageb2

OH MY so many people brainwashed to think calories actually matter. Someone do a research on bacteria, enzymes ,and stomach acids and you will find out that calories mean absolutely squat! The stuff we log is no where near accurate anyways. Just how things are packaged, shipped, cooked or grown change every single one of them.

You should log the vegetables though just to stay in habit of keeping track of what you ate. This way you can see why you were not hungry some days and then hungry others. You will also be able to see if you had allergic reactions or some other kind reaction after eating certain foods as well. Most body bloat is from eating foods your body is reacting to.

dawnagetsfit

A bannana is 102 calories!!! :=( I keep track.......

Banana's are my favorite vegetable.

lol....

CMmrsfloyd

When you still have a lot of weight to lose, it may not matter so much if you choose not to log your veg calories, but as you get closer to your goal you may possibly find that you need more accuracy in your logging as there is less room for error the closer you get to your goal.

brittanyjeanxo