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    log my lettuce??

    Posts: 53 Member
    edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
    Obviously the salad dressing is something I would definitely log but do u guys log the lettuce, tomatoe, celery etc that's in there as well? I get if it's a starchy veggie - it should be logged...

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    • Posts: 1,771 Member
      I do. I figure that since I'm logging everything else, I may as well.
    • Posts: 498 Member
      If you want to be accurate then YES. If someone were to only have 250 deficit, not logging veggies like that cuts into your actual deficit.
    • Posts: 1,392 Member
      I try to log my veggies to the exact amount
    • Posts: 579 Member
      If you're trying to lose weight, I would suggest yes. Every little matters, right?

      For example, 1 cup lettuce = 5cal (according to the first entry on MFP). If you eat it every day, don't log it and therefore under-report by 5cal every day (hypothetically speaking), that's 35cal per week, or 1820cal per year. That's a whole extra day's worth of food you've not taken account of.

      It all adds up!

    • Posts: 15,357 Member
      I track lots of things in addition to calories including fiber. It's important for me to log as accurately as I can.
    • Posts: 380 Member
      I do log lettuce. Heck, I even log cilantro. That's more so I remember my recipes than for the calorie count, though.

      Tomato and celery actually have calories worth logging (in the quantities I eat them!).
    • Posts: 9,487 Member
      Well you are counting calories and those things have calories, so absolutely.
    • Posts: 647 Member
      The only ingredient I don't log is water.
    • Posts: 1,657 Member
      I usually do 100g each of tomatoes, cucumber and bell pepper as my base for salads, and like 75g of spinach.. so yes I log it because I eat a LOT of vegetables
    • Posts: 406 Member
      I do for lettuce but for many other vegetables I use as a topping, like onions, I don't. Even the above example of 1 cup of lettuce being 5 calories--5 calories in a day is in the noise.

      Now if I wasn't losing weight I would tighten up my tracking and track everything.
    • Posts: 3,586 Member
      I rarely log lettuce, unless I'm trying to be exact. Even when I do I just guess at how much there was, same for tomato and zucchini, etc. I haven't had any problems losing weight by not logging those things accurately though. If you are not seeing results then you would probably want to be exact at least for a little while.
    • Posts: 9,603 Member
      I log everything. Every single thing.
    • Posts: 72 Member
      I do. It has calories and carbs. Even though it is an extremely small amount, I take insulin based on the carbs I eat. I need to be as accurate as possible.
    • Posts: 26,368 Member
      I log everything, although I might skip the 10g of lettuce I sometimes put in my tacos.
    • Posts: 1,249 Member
      I set me goal 50 under where is should be so I can skip lettuce, celery, onions etc. BUT I logged them for awhile until switching to this way.
    • Posts: 25,763 Member
      My body logs every calorie that I eat, so I count them all.
    • Posts: 786 Member
      I log lettuce, but am not that precise about it - sometimes I just say "1 leaf" in my sandwich or whatever. I would take the same approach with celery, if I ate it. Pretty much all other vegetables I would log accurately. Veggies can add up to a significant amount, so I definitely wouldn't ignore them entirely.
    • Posts: 294 Member
      I weigh and log all of the veggies I eat, even lettuce. My big meal salads have about 70 calories from greens, cucumber, pepper, and tomatoes alone, and if I'm eating one or two of those a day it adds up!
    • Posts: 15,573 Member
      I just ate 60 calories worth of lettuce and shredded carrots. So yes. Log your lettuce.
    • Posts: 136 Member
      If its going in your mouth, it goes in your food log
    • Posts: 389 Member
      I log lettuce. I log all vegetables as they all contain calories.
    • Posts: 229 Member
      I've been logging everything, ALL the veggies, especially since I've been eating a greater volume of veggies to make up some of the bulk I used to be eating that was bread/rice/potatoes/pasta. It's much lower calorie than what I used to be eating, but it's not NO-calorie.
    • Posts: 2,430 Member
      I log all my vegetables... but i rarely ever weigh them.... It's pointless when it's a 5 calorie difference.
    • Posts: 3,498 Member
      Heck no! No point in logging something with just a few calories. I don't log onion, peppers, cukes, ketchup, mustard , etc.
    • Posts: 63 Member
      I do sometimes and only if it forms the bulk of my meal but even then it's just guesses and just so I can look back and feel good about eating veggies. :-)
    • Posts: 2 Member
      Lettuce has negative calories so what exactly are you guys logging?
    • Posts: 35,719 Member
      AbuAlArab wrote: »
      Lettuce has negative calories so what exactly are you guys logging?

      :laugh:
    • Posts: 854 Member
      I log 45 calories for the lettuce in a big salad without bothering to weigh or measure. It's small, but not trivial. Besides, it would be weird to log a lunch that consisted of nothing but Salad dressing.
    • Posts: 563 Member
      I log for more than just calorie management - I am also keeping a record of when and why I eat certain foods and how my veggie and macro intake looks. If I left out veggies, I would skew the picture. I also log things like 1 x Nespresso Pod, even though that is also "nothing".
    • Posts: 406 Member
      7lenny7 wrote: »
      Heck no! No point in logging something with just a few calories. I don't log onion, peppers, cukes, ketchup, mustard , etc.

      I would suggest logging ketchup unless you are using it rather sparingly. 20 calories a tablespoon.
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