Do you log fresh fruit and non cooked veggies?

I log everything that I consume period.

Yes I generally log everything partly because I want to be sure I dont exceed my calories and partly so I can keep an eye on my fibre, vitamin c and iron. But... if I have done exercise I am less concerned about weighing my veg (as long as they aren't starchy). I do always weigh and add fruit though.

Absolutely. Log everything that goes into this mouth!

Yes, of course. Those foods have calories, so they count toward your calorie total (and for me, if I didn't count fruits/veg I'd be waaaaaaaay under my calorie target, since that is mostly what I eat in a day). Weight watchers doesn't count (most) raw veg and fruit, but they take that into account (one assumes) with the points target that they give their participants. In my opinion, you can't really mix plans and expect to get good results.

i do cause i log EVERYTHING!!!
but i understand your point...when i eat a lot of fruits...it always puts me over my sugar intake!!!
but its ok, cause like you said...its good sugar!

I log everything the goes into my mouth.. Even if its a piece of gum or a breath mint.. The other week when I was sick I even logged cough drops cuz they have 15 calories each..

Yes I log them. There are still calories in raw veg & fruit...

same here calories are calories

Yes I do.. if you count calories you should be logging it. Fruits and veggies are healthy but you can't eat unlimited amounts and stay within a calorie limit. An average apple has 60-70 calories - now if you eat 10 of them that's 6-700 calories! Veggies are lower in calories but I log them anyways just for accuracy's sake.

I log everything also, even if no cal, like my green tea that I have started having at night before bed. :bigsmile:

I log it anyways, just to keep track of what I'm eating and when I'm eating it. Your body doesn't recognize WHAT calories your eating, just that you ARE eating...True that caloires and sugars from fruit and vegetables are used more efficently, and are more healthful for you (not to mention the fibre), but I"m just talking the calorie count here. Also, logging it helps YOU to keep track of how many you've eaten. I like this site because it helps me to stay honest, and logging it keeps a few things like candy to nibble on out of my mouth~ I hate to try to figure out HOW to log those so I just don't eat it...seems to help me.

I log it all. WW moved to not counting fruit and veggies to encourage people to make better food choices. But they still have calories! I eat at least 5 f/v a day at about 300 calories total. If I didn't log them I would be eating too much!

I can understand this in a way as these are good foods and the type of weight they are going to add is very much different than other foods that have sugar in them.

You're right in one sense - the sugars from fruits is broken down differently than the simple sugars in donuts/candies. BUT if you're not burning off those calories from fruit and your glycogen stores are full (so they won't be stored there), they'll turn into the same fat that the donut turns into. By no means am I saying they're unhealthy or anything, but you can't eat unlimited amounts of fruit on top of your regular calorie intake and expect to lose weight.

I log everything with the exception of spices, only because it's too hard to weigh a "dash" of this, a "dash" of that.

Weight Watchers changed their points system so fruits are now zero points. They did this so people will make healthier choices. In the past, two cookies and an apple were both counted as 2 points. Guess which one most people selected?

Definitely.

Bananas can easily be over 100 calories. A handful of baby carrots can be around 50. I can understand WW is trying to encourage people to make better choices, but this can easily lead to people over eating without really thinking of it.

Also, if you're tracking any of the other nutrients in your diary, you need to keep in mind, fruit adds carbs, or like my spinach in my morning omelet contained protein, fiber, and believe it or not, all foods have sodium levels, even raw fruit and veg. So if that is an issue for you you'll want to be sure to log.

So far I've logged about 50 calories worth of vegetables today. And that doesn't include the amounts that are in the recipes that I've calculated in the recipe section and then logged.

Edited to add:

Logging them also helps me keep track of how much I'm including them in my diet, which is a goal I have for every day.

I have recently heard that other popular weight loss plans are not doing this anymore

Maybe that's why some of us are having such a good success rate with the approach taken here at MFP and haven't had success with "other popular weight loss plans".