Log fruits and vegetables

I log everything, including fruits and veggies, because a) I want an accurate calorie count, and b) I want to keep track of micronutrients and fiber, too. I replaced sodium and sugar on my diary with iron and fiber, because those matter to me a lot more (with my genes I would have to drown myself in salt for it to have a negative effect on my blood pressure). Fruits and vegetables are an excellent source of fiber and nutrients, and MFP doesn't differentiate between naturally-occuring sugars and added sugars, plus it sets your sugar goals very low - so low that you can easily go over eating healthful amounts of fruit and veggies. Log them, but don't fuss too much about your sugar if it's coming from otherwise nutrient-dense foods.

Everyone else has said it... log everything.

Aside from the fact that calories from fruit and veg add up over a day (I'm a vegetarian so they especially do for me) I was wondering whether to bother with them at first too, but I quickly found out that not all fruits/veg are created equally and while some might only work out as 1/2 calories a portion others might be a substantial amount more than you would guess. For me it came down to where do I draw the line for what to log and what not to? So I decided to put everything in to be on the safe/accurate side.

I don't disagree but ... I created a private entry in my foods for "Fruit Serving" with an estimated average of nutrients, and I log 3-5 servings every day without worrying about raspberries vs blueberries. (I only log bananas separately.) The weight movements are the ultimate measure of quality of logging, and this works for me just fine. Others may chose to log the individual fruits and it may work for them.

I'm a small woman,my TDEE -20% comes to 1225(according to iifym calculator),so yes, i log 16 cal worth of cucumbers too.

I agree with logging fruit and vegetables - but I do think you can be more flexible with them than with other foods - I call every banana a small banana, every mandarin a medium mandarine, half a carrot, half a cup of lettuce etc rather than scrupulously weighing each time.

Yes you have to be accurate with the system but it also has to be long term user friendly so finding the right balance is important.

I know that will be different for different people - some people log sugar free gum and spices, others like me do not.

I admit I do the same, I might track my cauli, broc and carrot for dinner, but the serving sizes are an estimate.

I'll log my fruit, no problem, but I don't tend to log vegetables for example, I have some salad witha meal. Fo me, it gets too bitty and provided I'm not adding a sauce, the calorie count is pretty insignifcant.

No..log everything

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I just looked at my fruits and vegetables for today. I haven't logged dinner yet and I've already eaten 495 calories of fruits and vegetables. Not logging them would blow my deficit.

I don't pay attention to sugar, since mfp treats sugars that naturally occur in foods and added sugar exactly the same. If there was a count that was just added sugars then I'd pay attention to it.

Why?

Diabetic family history. My brother - three years younger than me - is already pre-diabetic.

So, I'm not really concerned with, for example, the sugars that are naturally occurring in the milk in my morning cappuccino. But I were eating a bread or salad dressing or something that had a lot of added sugar, I'd be interested, and probably switch to something else. I don't really think this is a significant problem for me, since I don't eat that much prepared food and am a label-reader besides, but I can see where it could be useful to me.

But overall sugar? ... I go over mfp's suggested level before lunch.

You say they jack up your carbs and sugar and think that's a reason NOT to log them? Those carbs and sugar are in your body whether an internet site says you ate them or not.

HAHAHAHAHAHA - That's what I was thinking!

Log it. Fruits and vegetables have calories.

I log everything - because I'm looking at overall/total counts. And I don't have a huge deficit so don't want to void it by a 250 calories in fruit and 100 calories in veggies. Plus its a way to look back and see what variety I'm eating.

BUT if your only concern is the way logging them makes your sugar report look, perhaps reassess your thought process. A report means nothing unless you want it to.