Counting raw fruits and vegetables?

Chadillac8884
Chadillac8884 Posts: 24 Member
edited November 14 in Food and Nutrition
Just want to see how many of you count fruits and vegetables in your diary. I count oranges, sweet potatoes and bananas. But not foods like lettuce, salad etc.
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  • honkytonks85
    honkytonks85 Posts: 669 Member
    I add them. I don't count them though.
  • debubbie
    debubbie Posts: 767 Member
    If I eat it, I count it because it still has calories. Salad veggies doesn't have a lot of calories, but they can add up if you eat a lot of those veggies. For people that have a little bit of weight to lose have to be more accurate in logging their food than someone with 100 pounds or more to lose to get the results they want. The 100 unlogged calories in a veggie salad every day can mean a big deal for them to lose that last bit of weight.
  • yarwell
    yarwell Posts: 10,477 Member
    Into mouth = Into log when logging accurately.
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    My goal is to create a calorie deficit. If I don't log foods with calories, I have no idea how I am doing.
  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
    I log them when I'm logging. Because I'm also tracking things like macros and vitamin totals, which would be thrown off if I skipped the veggies.
  • emilyrigh
    emilyrigh Posts: 55 Member
    I eat a lot of raw veggies and fruit. I log everything to see my fiber and vitamin intake.
  • BrianHageman
    BrianHageman Posts: 15 Member
    I log them, but I don't stress if I go over my daily number because I had an apple after dinner (because I didn't have the cookie!).
  • Chadillac8884
    Chadillac8884 Posts: 24 Member
    Thanks. Just curious. I have family members that used Weight Watchers and they don't have to count fruits and veggies. I still stay in a deficit daily, so I don't think it makes too much of a difference for me. This is my second go round with MFP.
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    Like the others have said, they may not add up too much in calories but I like to watch my macros/micros and some fruit and veggies pack a big punch in that area.
  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
    Chadillac8884 wrote: »
    Thanks. Just curious. I have family members that used Weight Watchers and they don't have to count fruits and veggies. I still stay in a deficit daily, so I don't think it makes too much of a difference for me. This is my second go round with MFP.

    Weight Watchers generally gets away with it by setting slightly lower goals so that fruits and veggies won't derail your progress. Not tracking them works fine for some people, so if you're losing at the pace you want then great!
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    My deficit is small enough and I eat enough vegetables, that I could nearly wipe it out if I didn't weigh and log all my veggies. I don't really eat fruit, but when I do it's definitely weighed and logged.
  • TaylerM20
    TaylerM20 Posts: 1
    Yep, I add mine. Tracking macros, I want to be as accurate as possible!
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    I've lost count of how many times I've heard people say "But you can't gain weight eating fruit and vegetables"...
  • _Terrapin_
    _Terrapin_ Posts: 4,301 Member
    diannethegeek wrote: »
    I log them when I'm logging. Because I'm also tracking things like macros and vitamin totals, which would be thrown off if I skipped the veggies.

    Yes, but do you log pizza? hehehhehehehehe

  • snowflake930
    snowflake930 Posts: 2,188 Member
    Everything has calories and they add up, so I log everything I eat or drink.
  • callsitlikeiseeit
    callsitlikeiseeit Posts: 8,626 Member
    if it has calories, it gets counted
  • Ang108
    Ang108 Posts: 1,708 Member
    I log everything I eat under normal circumstances. This means I log everything or nothing, like today, because I have the flu and have not yet eaten anything so far.
    I don't eat a lot of fruit, because I don't care too much for anything sweet. I eat a lot of vegetables ( anywhere from 5-11 servings a day ) and at an average of 40 calories a serving I cannot just leave 200-400 calories a day by the wayside. This is especially true because I eat due to age and size ( under 5 feet ) a 1200 calorie diet.
    I am always surprised when people mention that the amount of vegetables they eat is not worthwhile logging. Even the recommended minimum amount adds up every day.
  • kommodevaran
    kommodevaran Posts: 17,890 Member
    I weigh and log.
  • GrammyPeachy
    GrammyPeachy Posts: 1,723 Member
    I log it all. Some fruits have quite a few calories, especially if you eat loads of them just because they're considered "free" foods.
  • jenglish712
    jenglish712 Posts: 497 Member
    I log them but am much more cavalier about estimating romaine lettuce than I am say cream cheese or butter. 50% under guess on romaine will have a minimal impact. But if I don't log at all it's easy to let things get out of hand.
  • rawhidenadz
    rawhidenadz Posts: 254 Member
    I weigh and count my fruits and veggies
  • UnicornAmanda
    UnicornAmanda Posts: 294 Member
    I log all fruits and veggies!
  • Asher_Ethan
    Asher_Ethan Posts: 2,430 Member
    I tried not logging fruits and vegetables and I gained weight. I log everything now. Even when I take a bite of my kids food.
  • littlebee55
    littlebee55 Posts: 71 Member
    The majority of the time my husband and I go by "If you bite it, write it. If you drink it, ink it." I'm not sure exactly where that came from, but I want to say Weight Watchers. However, I must confess, if we go out and I eat a big, honking dinner, I don't usually bother unless I can find it in MFP. I figure I blew it to smithereens and I don't really want to know. Denial, I guess :-)
  • hstull82
    hstull82 Posts: 116 Member
    I weigh & log everything too!! Making sure I get enough fiber, vit d, calcium, potassium, etc is fascinating to me!
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    hstull82 wrote: »
    I weigh & log everything too!! Making sure I get enough fiber, vit d, calcium, potassium, etc is fascinating to me!

    :bigsmile: same here. I check my macro page multiple times a day :+1:

  • Lois_1989
    Lois_1989 Posts: 6,410 Member
    BrianHageman wrote: »
    I log them, but I don't stress if I go over my daily number because I had an apple after dinner (because I didn't have the cookie!).

    This! The alternative could be SO much worse!
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,263 Member
    I don't count, so I don't count them.

    I also don't limit green vegetables. I aim for as much as I want.
    More is better, in my world.
  • earlnabby
    earlnabby Posts: 8,171 Member
    I count them all, but I eyeball leafy greens rather than weigh them.
  • 7lenny7
    7lenny7 Posts: 3,498 Member
    There have been many days when my deficit is substantially more than my goal of 500 cals. When that's the case (and I won't know until towards bedtime, unless I'm planning out my meals), I won't sweat the low-cal stuff. If it's getting close, everything gets logged.
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