calories from fruit

OK I get the message some people have gone way over the top. I posted this for support but a lot of you have actually just made me feel crap.

I went back to the beginning to see if I could figure out what was said that could make you feel bad, and for real there was the ONE pizza and burgers comment, and the point they were trying to make is "food is food". It was meant to get you to think. None of the other answers were even slightly antagonistic or mean.

If you are that sensitive (and some people are, that's ok) then you may want to stay off the forums (not just MFP, but Internet forums in general). You got caught up in the emotion of being disagreed with by the majority, and as a result, interpreted the responses as mean just because you weren't handled with kid gloves. If you want to continue using the forums, realize that people will often disagree with you, and some people won't give a crap about their tone when they tell you so...but the majority of the time, even those people, are trying to help you.

Also, yeah, I could totally get fat eating too much fruit. Most apples are over 100 calories. Berries and melon and grapefruit are low in calorie per ounce but, if they didn't "count" and I ate as much as I wanted, yeah that would send me over for the day. It's not the fruit that would be putting me over, it's the total calories for the day, and fruit does contribute to that.

I suggest you log everything in although it does not always have to be accurate. Fruits are good carbs and high in sugar but still that counts and too much of anything good or bad is simply not good lol ... I was wondering about fruits though. They are high in sugar and I often go over my sugar intake but I do not even eat as much. I usually eat SO MUCH fruit and if I log it in my sugar intake is over by 30 to 60 sometimes. Is that not good ? What do you all think?

OK I get the message some people have gone way over the top. I posted this for support but a lot of you have actually just made me feel crap.

How much fruit do you eat each day. I used to do Scottish Slimmers and you were allowed 2 servings of fruit each day anything over you had to count.

I don't really count veg apart from Potaotes/Parsnips/Sweet Potatoes as these are the only ones on SS plan you had to count.

And yes people are very quick to judge, just a little advice on your question would have been suffice

Thank you.

I eat about 3-5 portions of fruit.

And a smoothie a day which is 112 calories. ( I now know to count this !)

You were just validated negatively. In order for any diet, lifestyle whatever you want to call it to work you have to create a caloric deficit, this means logging every last bite of what you eat. But first take a look at this link, I think you will find it most helpful.

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1175494-a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants?hl=path+to+sexy+pants&page=1#posts-18362157

Blimey, this has gotten out of hand! Feel free to ask questions in the future, but try not to take offense of if some answers are ruder than others.

Fruit is unfortunately classed as carbs / sugar. Depending what are you aiming for, it is wrong of you not to log it. The calories will mount up very quickly.

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OK I get the message some people have gone way over the top. I posted this for support but a lot of you have actually just made me feel crap.

And this

My thought is that no one gets fat from eating too many fruits and veggies. It's all the other processed foods and fatty oils that cause you to gain weight and be unhealthy. Fruits and veggies are like cheat items in the way that it doesn't matter how much you eat.

THANK GOD !!! some one who thinks the same way as me !!!!

: )

…are exactly *why* MFP vets get riled up. Someone get the popcorn...

I prefer to log everything. I sometimes eat up to 500 calories a day in fruit, so not logging it would be a mistake for me.

That being said, it is possible that you could lose weight by not logging fruit. If you have MFP set up to lose 2 pound a week you are basically at a 1,000 calorie a day deficit. If you did this then ate to that calorie limit, and didn’t log your fruit, you would probably still lose weight – just not the 2 pounds a week you may be expecting. This is because it is unlikely (yet not impossible) that you eat over 1,000 calories a day in fruit.

I don’t know much about Weight Watchers but I am guessing that since they allow you to eat as much fruit as you want, without counting it, that the amount of points (calories) they allow you is a large enough deficit that most people won’t cover that gap by eating fruit. If that is the case I am sure there are people out there eating a lot of fruit who don’t understand why they aren’t losing weight on Weight Watchers.

* Edit to add that I am not saying you should or should not do this, just that I could see it as an alternative way to use MFP and still be successful at losing weight. I still recommend logging everything.

You guys need to calm down.
The answer is log your fruit.
So we're all happy.
No need to be rude or feel attacked.

truth.

however when people are being rude it is hard not to feel attacked. : )

see now this might be mean but I am so out of this pity party. No one was mean, they told you the truth and you took it as mean, that's on you.

Welcome to the internet where not everyone will agree with you and there is not specific font for sarcasm, rudeness, or being mean it's all on you and how you interpret it.

thanks.

The person who made one of the comments sent me a message and said sorry for being a di** - so clearly I am not just over reacting.

I am new to forums so I had no idea people where so harsh.

go and join the mean bus, if being horrible to people brings you so much joy I feel very sorry for you and the people around you.

In my life I fill it with joy and happiness and nice people.

you haven't seen harsh...

and don't feel sorry for me I have more joy in my life than you know and if you think I am mean hold onto your hat, cause if you stay on the forums and react like this everytime people don't agree with you or sugar coat their responses you are gonna get flayed a lot...

<<<<trounces off to join the rest of the mean people aka those who don't sugar coat stuff....much more informative place to be anyway.

I am not going to stay on them

because of people like you.

you do realize that this post could be reported as a personal attack on me...that is against the ToS...

If I were so inclinded that is...

OK I get the message some people have gone way over the top. I posted this for support but a lot of you have actually just made me feel crap.

How much fruit do you eat each day. I used to do Scottish Slimmers and you were allowed 2 servings of fruit each day anything over you had to count.

I don't really count veg apart from Potaotes/Parsnips/Sweet Potatoes as these are the only ones on SS plan you had to count.

And yes people are very quick to judge, just a little advice on your question would have been suffice

Thank you.

I eat about 3-5 portions of fruit.

And a smoothie a day which is 112 calories. ( I now know to count this !)

Depending on the fruit, 3-5 medium apples would be 215 - 360. Berries would obviously be less. Pineapple is a lot more - you could be eating 300-500+ calories of "free food" a day with the 100 calorie smoothie included. 2100 - 3500+ a week, which could be an additional pound of weight loss. It may work for you now but there could be a point where the weight loss stalls and you might need to consider readjusting this theory.

I am not posting this to attack you or make you feel stupid. I understand that you can count calories. But according to your first post, you choose not to and this is my way of backing up my opinion with facts (the numbers, calorie counts). Some people on here are rude but most aren't. It is hard to understand tone in text most of the time but most people here are just trying to help answer your question.

I prefer to log everything. I sometimes eat up to 500 calories a day in fruit, so not logging it would be a mistake for me.

That being said, it is possible that you could lose weight by not logging fruit. If you have MFP set up to lose 2 pound a week you are basically at a 1,000 calorie a day deficit. If you did this then ate to that calorie limit, and didn’t log your fruit, you would probably still lose weight – just not the 2 pounds a week you may be expecting. This is because it is unlikely (yet not impossible) that you eat over 1,000 calories a day in fruit.

I don’t much about Weight Watchers but I am guessing that since they allow you to eat as much fruit as you want, without counting it, that the amount of points (calories) they allow you is a large enough deficit that most people won’t cover that gap by eating fruit. If that is the case I am sure there are people out there eating a lot of fruit who don’t understand why they aren’t losing weight on Weight Watchers.

Yep. All of this. Including the "eating a lot of fruit and not losing weight" -- some people use the "fruit is free" to just gorge on bananas or something similar. Well, if you're eating 1200 calories worth of random weight watchers food and 1800 calories of bananas, yeah, I would not be surprised that you're not losing weight.

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A friend of mine did the green smoothie challenge and gained 5 unwanted pounds by drinking a lot more fruit than she needed. She even had her smoothies as meal replacements. Of course she said she also put avocado in there! Yum though. Enjoy your fruit but weigh and log it to get an idea of how many calories you are consuming.

Log everything you eat. I will even log an atomic fireball, which I am addicted to!

Posting on the community page invites all members to comment and some of the members won't be as nice as others. Maybe posting on your own page is a better option.


I do believe that there is no such thing as a stupid question, but it's clear you haven't done any research on the specific subject.

You received many good and factual answers.

COUNT THE FRUIT.