Logging fruits & veggies

EEpling89
EEpling89 Posts: 152
edited January 15 in Food and Nutrition
Do you log your calories from fruits and veggies? I usually do but I know on Weight Watchers, fruits and veggies are "free".

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  • watchhillgirl
    watchhillgirl Posts: 597 Member
    I log everything I eat! There is nothing to me that is actually free.
  • lamby284
    lamby284 Posts: 167 Member
    I log everything that has caloric value or macronutrients. So that's all fruits and veggies. Something I don't log is tea or coffee (so long as nothing is added to them)
  • LFlower1981
    LFlower1981 Posts: 14 Member
    Sometimes yes-sometimes no. Depends on how much I have. If I'm having a sandwich with lettuce and tomato, I don't. If I'm having a salad as a meal, I do.
  • JenMc14
    JenMc14 Posts: 2,389 Member
    I log everything. I've always thought it was odd to call fruits and veggies free. I've seen/heard of people who will eat tons of fruit all day long. Those calories will start to add up. Especially if you're eating a banana or two or a bigger apple or two a day.
  • now_or_never13
    now_or_never13 Posts: 1,575 Member
    I do. I can easily consume a few hundred calories of fruits and veggies in a day. If they weren't tracked it could stop me from losing as I would be consuming a few hundred calories more.

    I never really understood or agreed with WW saying fruits and veggies are free foods that you don't track. The way I look at it is that you should track every little thing you eat or drink if you truly want to be successful. I also like seeing if I reach my vitamin and mineral goals each day which I couldn't see if I didn't log fruits and veggies. Being able to track those helps me because I only take a vitamin if I am low on something.
  • megsmom2
    megsmom2 Posts: 2,362 Member
    this isn't Weight Watchers. I log my food...everything. Weight Watchers' system works fine for some folks, but this is working for me.
  • rbl1225
    rbl1225 Posts: 235 Member
    Yea I always log mine. I mean yes they are good for you in moderation like everything else. I did weight watchers before this and I ate a ton of fruit. So much sugar! I still eat them but cut down and found other snacks.

    For me I think it was best to log. I have lost more with this site then I ever did with weight watchers.
  • LittleMissDover
    LittleMissDover Posts: 820 Member
    2 large bananas and 2 large pink lady apples will 'cost' me over 300 calories so yes, I log.
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