Not sure how to log this?

DJ2120
DJ2120 Posts: 407 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I usually have around a cup of grilled vegetables for my side dish with dinner. It consists of onions, cauliflower, zucchini & mushrooms tossed with a little olive oil & garlic powder & I either grill or roast them. I have no idea how many calories is in this & how to track it properly. Any ideas?

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  • Koldnomore
    Koldnomore Posts: 1,613 Member
    Use the recipe tool :)
  • DJ2120
    DJ2120 Posts: 407 Member
    Use the recipe tool :)
    I tried & before I knew it I was adding in veggies & it was up to 285 calories lol! I don't think it was right.
  • lizard053
    lizard053 Posts: 2,344 Member
    Cooked veggies run ~100 calories per 1/2 cup on average. So 285 is a little high, but not too much considering the olive oil.
  • melaniecheeks
    melaniecheeks Posts: 6,349 Member
    The veggies wouldnt add up to a lot - but the oil will.
  • kikicooks
    kikicooks Posts: 1,079 Member
    Use the recipe tool :)
    I tried & before I knew it I was adding in veggies & it was up to 285 calories lol! I don't think it was right.

    It could be right, it depends on how much of each veggie you were eating and olive oil is 120 cals a tablespoon.
    You can do in recipe or just add each vegetable to your meal. Only difference in making it in recipe is that you can save it to add next time if you eat exactly the same thing.
  • EmilyJaneRigali
    EmilyJaneRigali Posts: 59
    just add everything in individually and save it as a meal. then you can just go to my meals every night and add it in.
  • lporter229
    lporter229 Posts: 4,907 Member
    Use the recipe tool :)
    I tried & before I knew it I was adding in veggies & it was up to 285 calories lol! I don't think it was right.

    Did you put in the number of servings per recipe? It will give you a value for total calories and per serving.
  • DJ2120
    DJ2120 Posts: 407 Member
    Oh, let me try it that way. Thanks!
  • claritarejoice
    claritarejoice Posts: 461 Member
    I think it would be safe to only count the olive oil. Veggies are zero points in weight watchers, so should they count for anything? What do others think? For myself, when I make a salad sometimes I don't enter the greens because it's zero calories.
  • wolfchild59
    wolfchild59 Posts: 2,608 Member
    I think it would be safe to only count the olive oil. Veggies are zero points in weight watchers, so should they count for anything? What do others think? For myself, when I make a salad sometimes I don't enter the greens because it's zero calories.

    You're only cheating yourself. All veggies have calories so if you're counting them as zero you're not logging what you're actually eating. WW made veggies zero points to encourage people to eat more of them but they still have calories, carbs, sodium, vitamins, etc. that you should be logging and tracking.

    I weigh all of my veggies in grams and then use entries I've made into My Foods from the info from nutritiondata.self to enter all of my fresh veggies (and occasional fruit) each day (that way I can make sure it's got the potassium included).

    It doesn't seem like a lot when you look at each individual item, but for the amount of veggies that I eat between lunch, snacks and dinner, I'd be skipping logging about 300, or more, calories everyday if I pretended that veggies didn't have calories.
  • DJ2120
    DJ2120 Posts: 407 Member
    I think it would be safe to only count the olive oil. Veggies are zero points in weight watchers, so should they count for anything? What do others think? For myself, when I make a salad sometimes I don't enter the greens because it's zero calories.

    You're only cheating yourself. All veggies have calories so if you're counting them as zero you're not logging what you're actually eating. WW made veggies zero points to encourage people to eat more of them but they still have calories, carbs, sodium, vitamins, etc. that you should be logging and tracking.

    I weigh all of my veggies in grams and then use entries I've made into My Foods from the info from nutritiondata.self to enter all of my fresh veggies (and occasional fruit) each day (that way I can make sure it's got the potassium included).

    It doesn't seem like a lot when you look at each individual item, but for the amount of veggies that I eat between lunch, snacks and dinner, I'd be skipping logging about 300, or more, calories everyday if I pretended that veggies didn't have calories.

    I think I need to invest in a food scale!
  • palmerig88
    palmerig88 Posts: 623 Member
    Search two or three together like zuchunni mushroom onion there is probably a similar food type in the database. I would guess 150 cals. Sort of like a buttered ear of corn?
  • DJ2120
    DJ2120 Posts: 407 Member
    Search two or three together like zuchunni mushroom onion there is probably a similar food type in the database. I would guess 150 cals. Sort of like a buttered ear of corn?


    Thank you :smile:
  • kikicooks
    kikicooks Posts: 1,079 Member
    I think it would be safe to only count the olive oil. Veggies are zero points in weight watchers, so should they count for anything? What do others think? For myself, when I make a salad sometimes I don't enter the greens because it's zero calories.

    Weight watchers might not count points for greens but they do have calories. Not many, but not zero.
  • wickedboots
    wickedboots Posts: 31
    I was shocked when I started logging on MFP. WW gives you zero for a bunch of foods...that I eat quite a bit of. Those babies have calories and add up. A different and better ball game here.
  • SusanLovesToEat
    SusanLovesToEat Posts: 213 Member
    This is a great thread!

    I prefer to log frequently used recipes as a meal- I put in the entire recipe and then save as a meal. Then I delete the food and add it back as the meal I just saved--but as a percentage of the entire recipe. i.e. sauted vegetables recipe which is 4 cups-I eat 1 cup and add it as .25 instead of 1.

    The reason I do this is a meal adds in as separate ingredients and I can change it if I adjust the recipe.
    A recipe only adds in the calories and nutritional information.
  • SusanLovesToEat
    SusanLovesToEat Posts: 213 Member
    Oh forgot to mention this.

    As you are small and don't have a great deal of weight to lose I recommend you do invest in a scale and be sure to measure all of the oil you use as it is calorie dense. Cups of vegetables are a subjective measure and can be off as much as 50 percent.

    Also, I recommend you don't entirely trust the calorie database as many of the calories entered are incorrect and this can really undermine you. Make sure there are many confirmations.

    Good luck!

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