Not counting vegetables

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  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
    If you want to do that, I would suggest logging them for a few weeks and then taking an average of your daily non-starchy veggie calories and then subtract that number from your daily goal.

    I count all of mine but when we're talking about sandwich toppings, I tend to estimate. If I'm eating a full pepper or something like that, I try to be more exact.
  • twhaley1990
    twhaley1990 Posts: 140 Member
    It doesn't work for me personally. Back when I didn't count fruits and veggies, I had lots of calories "leftover" that I would use on cookies and whatnot. I was losing 2 lbs a month eating on a 2 lb a week deficit. Once I counted the produce in and eating actually at my deficit, the pounds came off the way they were supposed to.
  • ruggedshutter
    ruggedshutter Posts: 389 Member
    I typically don't weigh out greens. I might if I'm having a large portion but if it's a couple of tablespoons worth then I don't bother. I'm including lettuce, green beans, collard greens, carrots, tomatoes, bell peppers...etc.
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    Everything counts.
  • orlandodenise
    orlandodenise Posts: 54 Member
    I thinks its surprising just how many calories are in even " innocent veg " like a pack of stir fry veggies. Ive worked out how many calories in say a portion of mushrooms or courgette etc and dish up the same general amount each time and log but I dont weigh every time. I dont eat starchy veg - only low carb - so the margin for error is lower. I have most days 1000 left over work out calories I never eat so have a big buffer.
  • alicaramik2
    alicaramik2 Posts: 71 Member
    Yes, I log them. As long as I'm logging, why leave the veggies out? It doesn't take that much more time or effort to put everything in.
  • Seahawks_Lover
    Seahawks_Lover Posts: 16 Member
    I log everything I eat, including gum, vitamins, cough drops, etc. I guess I'm over obsessive that way, but then when I see a weird fluctuation in my weight I can review and see what happened. Calorie is a calorie, right :-)
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