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VEGETABLE CALORIE HELP???
ltbl1988
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so vegetables are really good for you. And its like the one thing that you can eat as much as you want and not kill your body in the process....their generally very low in calories...except for avocados i found out!! So in your calculations do you put all the vegetables you eat too? i cant see veggies hindering weight loss?!! ive been putting everything i eat in the salad in my diary, but is veggies really worth calculating? input? advice? just curious
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It's about calories and not veggies. If you go over your calories maintenance level with veggies then you will gain weight. You have to reduce the amount of calories your body needs to maintain your current weight in order to lose weight.3
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I include all of my fruits and veggies. But I'm also tracking macros and my micronutrients, so I'd be missing information if I skipped my veggies.1
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It's about calories and not veggies. If you go over your calories maintenance level with veggies then you will gain weight. You have to reduce the amount of calories your body needs to maintain your current weight in order to lose weight.
And yes, track every single thing that goes into your mouth.
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Log everything. Vegetables absolutely will hinder weight loss if you are eating a surplus of calories.1
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Yup, calories in calories out BUT you gotta remember, an entire head of romain lettuce only has 100 calories. In one salad I usualy only use 1/3 or a half of a head at the most. My point is, its really hard to go over with calories if your loading up on veggies ( with the exception of Avocado's and such)
I say load up on all the veggies you can eat, because of the fiber in them they will fill you up, AKA you wont have room for desert0 -
I track them, for the calorie count but mostly for the macros, specifically fibre. I could probably eat 100 lebanese cucumbers and still be under my tdee.0
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If you're using dip and stuff I'd track. You might as well track everything but if you forget it's no big deal. Your body usually burns more calories digesting vegetables then you get from consuming them.9
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thanks
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I log everything, including vegetables. However, with most vegetables (non-starchy non-avocado ones) I might allow myself to eyeball the portion rather than weighing them. But they still get logged. I typically eat maybe 60-70 calories in non-starchy veggies per day, plus another 100 or so in fruit, so that adds up.0
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so vegetables are really good for you. And its like the one thing that you can eat as much as you want and not kill your body in the process....their generally very low in calories...except for avocados i found out!! So in your calculations do you put all the vegetables you eat too? i cant see veggies hindering weight loss?!! ive been putting everything i eat in the salad in my diary, but is veggies really worth calculating? input? advice? just curious
Salads can be tough! I try to estimate the things I get in my work salads. The main calorific items are chunks of meat, boiled egg, any cheeses, and of course the dressing. I've thought about better accuracy on the salad calories and decided that my assortment of vegetables, extra colorful plate and abundance of micronutrients was more important than that. So I have a day where I've tried to break it down (try to over estimate a bit) and just copy it whenever I have the salad. The only thing I might do is buy my own mayonaise so I can add and weigh it at my desk
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I log them. While they generally aren't high in calories, some are a bit higher than others and everything adds up. Not to mention it's nice to see the fiber and look back at how many vegetables you've been consuming0
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I eat a lot of veggies to fill me up. I'm a bit slack logging leafy veg, but cauliflower, roots etc you'd probably want to log.0
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You can definitely wipe out your calorie deficit, and thus stall your weight loss, and even gain, with vegetables. It wouldn't be easy, but it can be done.
On the other hand, I figure that with logging most veggies, it's OK to be in the ballpark. If I log 3 medium carrots (75 calories), and the carrots actually have 80 calories, I'm not too worried about the difference. I figure that, at best, my logging is only 90% accurate.0 -
so vegetables are really good for you. And its like the one thing that you can eat as much as you want and not kill your body in the process....their generally very low in calories...except for avocados i found out!! So in your calculations do you put all the vegetables you eat too? i cant see veggies hindering weight loss?!! ive been putting everything i eat in the salad in my diary, but is veggies really worth calculating? input? advice? just curious
Avocado is a fruit, not a vegetable. It's full of healthy fats, and smooth, creamy texture, and lots of delicious flavor. Well worth making room in your calories.
But as far as the rest of the veggie world, definitely weigh and log your veggies. Starchy veggies like potatoes can pack a lot of calories. Sweet veggies like carrots and winter squash are fairly low in calories per serving, but if you eat a plateful, that's more than a serving. You can end up with an extra hundred or two of calories by the end of the day, and if you have a small deficit, you could wipe it out. If you add butter or oil to your veggies, or cheese, or any seasoning with extra calories, then you've compounded the problem and can end up overeating.
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I do add everything including vegetables, though lately I have been estimating. The calories are so low for raw lettuce, cabbage, etc. that it probably doesn't make a huge difference. I definitely weigh avocado. I used to eat a whole avocado but now I am okay eating just part of one and saving the rest for later.
The one thing about veggies though, is how you prepare them, raw is best, or steamed for the least calories; if you're adding oil or butter as PP stated, your calories will add up. I do like roasting some vegetables in olive oil, but then you want to measure how much oil you use.0 -
Don't think of this as logging foods that are bad for you or bad for weight loss. That's not a good way to think of food or this process. Think of it as trying to understand your diet, the calories you are eating, and the calories you need to eat to maintain. Further, it's a diary to see what things make you feel better and worse and what you are doing well and can improve. Given all that, include everything.
I love logging veggies, because I can see I'm getting an adequate number of servings and variety and it makes me feel like I understand my overall diet. I also like logging chocolate or whatever else I eat--it's knowledge.1 -
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If you bite it, you write it.5
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Log ALL your veggies.
Also, avocado is technically a fruit. Log your fruits too.
Just log everything. Calories are calories, regardless of whether you get them from fruits, veggies, meats or sweets. Log them all, track them all, stay under your goal and you'll do fine.0 -
I do log my veggies, even though most tend to be low in calories. Especially mine since I don't dip them in anything and eat them raw (maybe just boiled in plain water). I understand, they are low in calories so why log, but on the other hand, which I tend to look at it, is why NOT log them. The downside is only that it takes a bit more time.
Caution with fruit, it can be much higher in calories.
I log both but fruit to me is especially important.0
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