Do you log vegetables?

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  • ibleedunionblue
    ibleedunionblue Posts: 324 Member
    I easily eat over 400 calories of veggies (mostly raw) a day. I have had 200 calories worth of broccoli, broccoli slaw, and cauliflower so far today. So I absolutely log vegetables.
  • ibleedunionblue
    ibleedunionblue Posts: 324 Member

    B. I want to see all the vitamins and nutrients I had that day.

    OK, I'm stupid about this - where do I find vitamins consumed today? I can see calories, carbs, fat , proteins, but I dont see other stuff.
  • wonderwoman234
    wonderwoman234 Posts: 551 Member
    Yes, I log them because they do add up.
  • judy49650
    judy49650 Posts: 19 Member
    Me too!
  • Fuamami
    Fuamami Posts: 38 Member
    "Vegetable" is a culinary term, only. Many foods we consider vegetables are actually the fruit or root of the plant, as you probably know:)
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    Well, I guess that depends...if you have a rather large deficit, it probably doesn't matter....or if you don't eat that many vegetables. I have a roughly 300ish calorie deficit and today alone I am eating around 200 grams of mixed veg (cauliflower, broccoli, carrots, grape tomatoes) that totals right around 100 calories. If I also count my veg juice, that's another 70 calories. So if I didn't log them or account for them, all of a sudden my 300 calorie deficit becomes 130 calories and I'm probably not going to see much in the way of progress.

    Vegetables have calories...they are not free. Also, I log them because I track my macros as well as certain micro-nutrients like fiber and my vitamins and minerals.
  • amblight
    amblight Posts: 350 Member

    B. I want to see all the vitamins and nutrients I had that day.

    OK, I'm stupid about this - where do I find vitamins consumed today? I can see calories, carbs, fat , proteins, but I dont see other stuff.

    In the 'reports' tab - but it's not very reliable, as you may notice that a lot of entries only have macronutrients listed - before I payed attention to how thorough an entry was, it kept having me extremely low on all micronutrients, as well as saturated fat and fiber. Now that I pay attention to always select the most filled out version of an item, my 'reports' look way more realistic.
  • _Resolve_
    _Resolve_ Posts: 735 Member
    yup, I weigh it and log it.
  • brynnsmom
    brynnsmom Posts: 945 Member
    I guess it depends on how many vegetables you're eating - if I stopped logging vegetables, half my calories for the day would be gone!

    ^^This for me, too - gotta keep logging them because I eat a ton of 'em!
  • machadomichael
    machadomichael Posts: 1
    You should definately log it. Don't cut corners. Tracking calories is just one function that this great app tracks. But there are loads of other things that it tracks like vitamins, colesterol, sodium, fat, protein, fibre, etc... Granted you don't need to worry about that much with vegetables but part of loosing weight is about keeping a proper food balance. Taking 1 second to check off a vegetable will help you keep track of those things. We're all here for the same reason - to lose weight. MyFitnessPal is a great tool designed to help us do so if we follow it properly. hang in there and I know you'll do great!

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