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

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  • treetop57
    treetop57 Posts: 1,578 Member
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    I log my salad, but I don't sweat the details since the salad greens have so few calories per ounce. I use the same entry in the same amount for the greens and veggies, even though I use different amounts of lettuce, cabbage, carrots, garlic, cucumber, etc. High calorie, high fat items like croutons and dressing, I log separately. Now that I think about it, I've been adding a couple slices of pickled beet for the last few days, and I probable ought to log that as well since they're pretty calorie dense compared to lettuce.

    I just checked. My two slices of pickled beets are 10 calories. Probably down in the noise, but a 50% increase over the 20 calories or so in the rest of the salad.
  • Charliesuccess
    Charliesuccess Posts: 181 Member
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    If it goes in the mouth, through the stomach and to the comode...count it!
  • knjantz
    knjantz Posts: 40 Member
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    I personally add every little thing, including coffee creamer, drink mixes, veggies, fruit, even if I know it is a 0, I still log it. :)
  • getfitbesexy
    getfitbesexy Posts: 24
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    YES! Definitely add it!
  • WaterBunnie
    WaterBunnie Posts: 1,370 Member
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    I track everything!
  • Hoosiergal1964
    Hoosiergal1964 Posts: 18 Member
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    bump
  • sarahbear1981
    sarahbear1981 Posts: 610 Member
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    If it goes in my mouth and I chew and then swallow it, I log it. I also log things I drink and any gum I chew.
  • jfl613
    jfl613 Posts: 71
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    I record it all. The good, the bad, and the ugly.

    Me too!
  • joy31021
    joy31021 Posts: 216
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    If I bite it I write it
  • sobriquet84
    sobriquet84 Posts: 607 Member
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    I do but it's because I often eat several hundred or more calories of these foods a day!

    winner winner chicken dinner.

    me too.

    it all adds up.
  • myfitnessnmhoy
    myfitnessnmhoy Posts: 2,105 Member
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    I log it all, but mostly because I'm as interested in sodium, potassium, and other things as I am in calories.
  • sobriquet84
    sobriquet84 Posts: 607 Member
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    I do but it's because I often eat several hundred or more calories of these foods a day!

    winner winner chicken dinner.

    me too.

    it all adds up.
    however, let me amend my previous post..

    i'll usually just add 100 or 200 cals onto my daily total if i don't feel like looking up how many calories are in a zucchini or half a bunch of asparagus or in all the greens in my lunch salad. i have a general idea of the cal contents in vegs, and sometimes i log everything, sometimes i don't, and if i don't, then i'll just add 100 or 200 onto my total.
  • Francesca3162
    Francesca3162 Posts: 520 Member
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    If I eat it
    then I own it
    If I own it
    then I log it
  • Francesca3162
    Francesca3162 Posts: 520 Member
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    If I bite it I write it



    I LIKE THIS!!!
  • Babymomakell
    Babymomakell Posts: 257 Member
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    If I bite it I write it



    I LIKE THIS!!!

    Me too :)
    ...I also add in my drink mixes like crystal-light :)
  • fasmoodle
    fasmoodle Posts: 5
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    Everything counts...It's just cheating otherwise...Isn't It?
  • stormieweather
    stormieweather Posts: 2,549 Member
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    Yup. All of it. There is such a thing as a fat vegetarian, ya know? Ie; My mom...
  • MrsKosal
    MrsKosal Posts: 415 Member
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    Even WW has started counting them towards points too. For some. I quit WW a few months back.
  • susannamarie
    susannamarie Posts: 2,148 Member
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    I track them because I try to get enough fiber/potassium. I tend to run low on these things when not tracking them.
  • JennetteMac
    JennetteMac Posts: 763 Member
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    I do but it's because I often eat several hundred or more calories of these foods a day!

    Ditto
    If I didn't log them I would have about 500-600 calories left at the end of every day.
    Still not losing fast enough for my liking though.

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