Do you add salad and vegetables on your mfp food log??

soulynyc

for a few weeks i did not add veggies or fruits to my log.. I wasn't dropping weight. when i started adding them.. i started dropping. some people don't log them.. and lose.. i think it depends on the person and what other things you are eating.

sunshineshica

yes i put in everything cuz just about everything has calories. A publix salad bag with carrots,cabbage and lettuce is 15 calories a cup. the only thing thus far with no calories i noticed is mustard

redcut

If it goes into your mouth, track it. Period.

This

paeli

Definitely record it, 1) they are calories, the point of logging is to keep track and 2) keeps track of how many servings of vegetables you're getting on a regular basis. I like to know how I'm doing

Eeyore255

Meh. It all depends on how I'm feeling. If I'm eating an actual salad, I log everything. If I'm eating a veggie as a side dish, I log it. If I'm making eggs or a chicken salad and I use 1 Tablespoon of onions and 1 Tablespoon of bellpepper, I don't log the onions and bellpepper.

This works for me. Find out what works for you, and run with it (unless it's scissors...never run with scissors).

Dtho5159

I add it... As I said in another thread, I eat a bunch of carbs each day in produce and typically have a good sized salad so I need to count them all.

dalildevil

I log everything with very few exceptions.. I want an accurate view of what I put in my mouth everyday.

What I do not log is condiments (ketchup, mustard), and things like crystal light which is typically 5 calories, or if i eat like one smartie or something. But as a general rule I log everything, Fruits, vegies, salad even the one leaf of lettuce on my sammich.

EmCarroll1990

I track nearly everything. Everything but water has calories, and they will add up.

deadstarsunburn

Always. They have calories too.

JBott84

I track everything, except for my coffee(creamer,sugar) I don't know why...:huh:

kzivic

I track everything. I don't want to get in a habit of not tracking something because I think it's minimal calories. If I started a habit like that, next thing I know, I'm not tracking that spoonful of ice cream or that one bite of cake...

delilah47

I have done WW in the long ago past and yes, those are "free" vegetables. However, WW doesn't count calories. We are counting calories so, everything counts.

kym117

Everything I eat goes into my Journal, I don't understand the "these are free foods approach" I feel that you have to for nutritional purposes and also for looking back on your journal. I think someone said earlier they log the good the bad and the ugly, I think this is the best aproach.

niknak2308

Yep, I log it all I personally find the more accurate I am logging, the better my weightloss.

jatiger83

I log every single thing, no matter what.

sallywilson06

The only thing I usually forget to track is my water.. everything else I track. If I drink an Iced tea I don't track it because its 0 calories without any sweeteners. The vegetables really isn't taking away from your calories much I think a cup of shredded lettuce is only 5 cals.

mdmchoco

I log everything so I can also refer back to what I ate on good or bad days and to see which meals work and which do not. I am also following some of my nutrients.

AlsDonkBoxSquat

This is mfp, not weight watchers. Almost everything you put in your mouth has calories, and if it has calories it counts.

purpleipod

Yes. They aren't calorie free.

BPayton27

Absolutely.

_Elemenopee_

This is mfp, not weight watchers. Almost everything you put in your mouth has calories, and if it has calories it counts.

:drinker:

mamamc03

JPod279

I asked the same question, out of curiousity, I hadn't been logging any fruit and veggies....I decided I will log the fruits, but not the veggies from now on. It's working for me. That is all

I was going to disagree with you until I saw the pic of you holding that nice piece of weaponry. Then I decided you were right.

Val_from_OH

Generally yes, but if I make a salad that is mostly lettuce with a few tomatoes, cucumbers, broccoli, cauliflower, etc . thrown in, I do not kill myself trying to get an exact calorie count for a tablespoon of this, and a quarter cup of that. It would take me all day to log my food that way.

BAMFMeredith

A calorie is a calorie. If I eat it, I log it.

JamesonsMommy

I do but it's because I often eat several hundred or more calories of these foods a day!

This exactly!!

Edestiny7

Yes! Every single gram. :flowerforyou:

grex1949

Yes. I add everything to my food log. I like to keep track of nutrient levels. Besides, I can be obsessive-compulsive, and that might factor in as well.

Malgorzata79

I enter everything in. Water-fruits-veggies-meals-snacks - everything. In order for you to keep track of your calories - everything should be logged in.

ratherbeskiing

I record it all. The good, the bad, and the ugly.

ditto