Logging fruits to your diary

raven56706
raven56706 Posts: 918 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Does anyone log the fruits you eat in the diary? I almost see it as not needed since its all natural and shouldnt be a factor into your sugar intake or carbs.


what say you?
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  • weaselle16
    weaselle16 Posts: 18 Member
    I say - there's calories there. Mind you, I usually don't both with my drink cals if it's only a few, like for a cup of tea or something... but different fruits have different amounts, so it's probably worth considering!
  • erickirb
    erickirb Posts: 12,294 Member
    fruit has quite a bit of calories, I saw you eat it you log it. And natural carbs are still carbs. Would you log meat? natural protein and fat, so using your logic if you don't log fruit, you shouldn't bother with meat either.
  • cmeiron
    cmeiron Posts: 1,599 Member
    I had an apple and a banana yesterday - ~150 calories. It's "natural", of course, but it's still food. Log it.
  • angieleighbyrd
    angieleighbyrd Posts: 989 Member
    a banana can have up to 150 cals and 40 carbs (depending on size of course) of course i log it.
  • nturner612
    nturner612 Posts: 710 Member
    log it. they shoulnt count becuase they are fruits BUT they do count. :explode: so if u eat em, log em
  • cjam134
    cjam134 Posts: 24 Member
    I log fruit because I like to ensure I'm getting enough fruit and veg everyday.
  • axialmeow
    axialmeow Posts: 382 Member
    I log everything.
  • jamers3111
    jamers3111 Posts: 495 Member
    I do... because of the calories. It still takes energy to burn those foods, natural or not.
  • trogalicious
    trogalicious Posts: 4,584 Member
    if it goes in my face-hole, it goes in my diary. Calories are calories.
  • TheVimFuego
    TheVimFuego Posts: 2,412 Member
    Er, yeh, I log fruit.

    Like I log tomatoes, potatoes and sherbet dib dabs.

    It's all fodder innit?
  • litatura
    litatura Posts: 569 Member
    I'm a firm believer that if you eat it or drink it, you log it.
  • EmilyOfTheSun
    EmilyOfTheSun Posts: 1,548 Member
    Do fruits have calories?
    Yes.
    Log them.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    Does anyone log the fruits you eat in the diary? I almost see it as not needed since its all natural and shouldnt be a factor into your sugar intake or carbs.


    what say you?

    so if i just ate 3000 calories of fruit i wont put on weight as its 'natural'?
  • mikejholmes
    mikejholmes Posts: 291 Member
    Fruits have a ton of cals and carbs, so of course I log them.

    If I have a half-dozen baby carrots, I usually don't bother. Veggies are one thing, fruits are quite another.
  • AlsDonkBoxSquat
    AlsDonkBoxSquat Posts: 6,128 Member
    Does anyone log the fruits you eat in the diary? I almost see it as not needed since its all natural and shouldnt be a factor into your sugar intake or carbs.


    what say you?

    Does it have calories? Yes

    If you eat a suplus of calories every day but it's only fruits and veggies will you lose weight? No

    This is not weight watchers

    the first other things that are natural that come to mind:
    Beef
    Chicken
    Eggs
    Nuts
    Beans
    Rice
    Oats
    Lamb
    Pork
    Turkey
    cucumber

    Does this mean that you shouldn't log them either?
  • Camille0502
    Camille0502 Posts: 311 Member
    I log fruit. I log vegetables. That was one thing that bugged me when I was doing WW - you don't log fruits and veggies! It's still calories and I like to know how much fiber and other nutrients I am getting.
  • TheKeithEllis
    TheKeithEllis Posts: 155 Member
    Anything that goes in, goes in... Simples.
  • DonnaLeeCattes
    DonnaLeeCattes Posts: 492 Member
    yes, you should log your fruit, some care a lot of calories and lets be for real here, (Sugar is Sugar)
  • PrinnyBomb
    PrinnyBomb Posts: 196 Member
    If it goes in my mouth, it goes in the diary :smile:
  • lynn1982
    lynn1982 Posts: 1,439 Member
    Definitely. I used to have the same mindset as you. I was eating frozen grapes in the evening and not logging the calories. They were a treat for when I was feeling peckish after dinner and I figured it was only a few grapes so why log it? Well, my weight loss stalled because I was eating over my calories with those extra grapes. So yes, log it. I even log celery now.
  • Chuki5
    Chuki5 Posts: 73 Member
    I think you have to......I may eat 200+ calories a day alone in frozen fruit....that's 25% of my allowance!! jeez, just a small banana is 90 cals
  • cals83
    cals83 Posts: 131
    For the most part, I log fruits. If I don't think it will make much of a difference though, I don't worry too much about it. For example, sometimes if I have a few cucumber slices I won't bother because it isn't worth the hassle to measure out to figure out I am eating 10 calories when I probably burn those 10 calories just from washing and slicing the cucumber.

    Things that are more calorie dense though, i.e. bananas, apples, strawberries, I do measure those and log those because they do make a difference in my diary.
  • daj150
    daj150 Posts: 815 Member
    Calories are calories and sugars are sugars. Log it. Despite them being natural, if you are eating too much fruit, you are getting too much sugar...too much of almost anything is bad...yes, there are a small amount of exceptions. On the flip side, many people choose not to eat fruits because the sugars are carbs and fruits can have a high amount of calories for the serving size. Unless they are replacing those lost vitamins another way, that isn't good either.
  • Jenny775
    Jenny775 Posts: 108 Member
    Ditto to what's already been said...log 'em
  • _funrungirl
    _funrungirl Posts: 145 Member
    I log it, but I don't always "count it". Not all calories are created equal, but natural fruit still has a lot of sugar, so I limit my fruit intake to 1-2 servings a day and try to eat/juice the rest in vegetables.
  • mcouturezz
    mcouturezz Posts: 145
    fruits have natural sugar/carbs in them.. so does maple sypup :) Lots of carbs.. I say you need to log everything.
  • BeachGingerOnTheRocks
    BeachGingerOnTheRocks Posts: 3,927 Member
    100 calories here and there add up to huge numbers over a day. If I eat 500 calories in fruit, then I'm going to have to work in what I can eat in other foods. Being off by a couple hundred calories everyday can derail my fitness goals, so I log it.

    Plus, how else do you keep track of your micronutrients? If I don't have to take vitamins and get it all from food sources, that's awesome. If I don't count those foods, I won't know how much in need to meet my vitamin requirements.
  • scs143
    scs143 Posts: 2,190 Member
    Calories in. Calories logged. Some people can eat 200 calories worth of fruit in a day, that's a significant amount to be over because you didn't log it.
  • TheDarlingOne
    TheDarlingOne Posts: 255 Member
    if it goes in my face-hole, it goes in my diary. Calories are calories.

    ^right on the money! lol
  • MG_Fit
    MG_Fit Posts: 1,143 Member
    Log, definitely.

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