Fruits and veggies

danarobertson343
danarobertson343 Posts: 1 Member
edited December 1 in Food and Nutrition
I'm curious if anyone counts the calories in fruits and vegetables as part of their daily caloric intake? More specifically veggies such as carrots, broccoli, tomatoes, cucumbers etc. Does anyone think this is necessary?
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  • martyqueen52
    martyqueen52 Posts: 1,120 Member
    I don't eat fruit, but, I track carrots since they are a little more calorie dense than broccoli, etc. I don't track any other veggies.
  • mjwarbeck
    mjwarbeck Posts: 699 Member
    I track them all..,,
  • susanmc31
    susanmc31 Posts: 287 Member
    Yes, I count them all.
  • saragd012
    saragd012 Posts: 693 Member
    I eat massive amounts of fruits and veggies, I absolutely track them all. It all adds up with weight loss, and its also a great way to track your nutrients.
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    They have calories (and fruits can easily have 100+ calories), so I track them
  • kuftae
    kuftae Posts: 299 Member
    I am tracking them right now.

    When I am trying to eat clean I do not count green vegetables and allow myself an unlimited amount. It helps curb snacking as I know I can eat veggies for free instead of feeling guilty about going over my caloric limit with anything else.
  • helenrosec1
    helenrosec1 Posts: 82 Member
    I track everything I eat.
  • pinggolfer96
    pinggolfer96 Posts: 2,248 Member
    Fruit salad: 100-350 calories....it can add up quick!

    Sweet potatoes, corn (more of a grain), Brussels, squash....etc all still has a significant amount of calories
  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    edited April 2016
    Of course! Why track if you're only tracking some items? My body tracks the calories even if I don't. If there's anything I want to pretend I didn't eat it sure isn't fruits and veggies! :p
  • peaceout_aly
    peaceout_aly Posts: 2,018 Member
    danarobertson343 wrote: »
    I'm curious if anyone counts the calories in fruits and vegetables as part of their daily caloric intake? More specifically veggies such as carrots, broccoli, tomatoes, cucumbers etc. Does anyone think this is necessary?

    Calories count regardless of where they come from
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    edited April 2016
    Let's say you have a calorie goal of 1,300 calories...and you eat and log those 1,300 calories except for the veggies and fruit...but you've also eaten 200 calories worth of veggies and fruit...guess what...you didn't eat 1300 calories, you ate 1500 calories. Your body counts them regardless...a calorie is just a unit of energy...your body counts all calories.

    I usually eat around 4-6 servings of veg per day and 2-3 servings of fruit...those calories add up regardless of whether you're counting them in your little diary or not.

    That said, I never worried about being "exact" on my salad or whatever or logging a couple slices of cucumber or something...I was always a little more loosey goosy with vegetable logging, but I still logged.
  • OyGeeBiv
    OyGeeBiv Posts: 733 Member
    Your body doesn't care if you log everything or nothing. Logging has nothing to do with actual weight loss. Logging is a tool for gathering information. Whether to log something or not depends on how accurate you want your information to be.
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    Yes, of course. I don't limit vegetables at all, but I log what I eat when I'm logging.
  • EddieP50
    EddieP50 Posts: 192 Member
    Yes, I count everything, even condiments.
  • mistikal13
    mistikal13 Posts: 1,457 Member
    I count them all
  • besaro
    besaro Posts: 1,858 Member
    yes. its mostly what i eat.
  • MsBuzzkillington
    MsBuzzkillington Posts: 171 Member
    I count them, but I don't really weigh them. Things like cucumbers, bell peppers, broccoli, celery, carrots, and so on, I don't really care about weighing. I just guess. While the calories in those things do matter, I feel like they are small enough and I am active enough where it's not worth the stress.

    Fruits are a little different because they have a higher calorie count and can make more of a different if I eat too many without caring.
  • FitPhillygirl
    FitPhillygirl Posts: 7,124 Member
    I don't track my food now, but when I did, yes, I counted all foods.
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    I count them all. If I didn't my macros would be all screwed up as well as my calories, especially fibre which I keep a close eye on.

    The other day I had 2 bananas and 300g of broccoli, just these 2 little things add up to 260 calories.
  • TerriK14
    TerriK14 Posts: 75 Member
    Track everything.

  • kirstenb13
    kirstenb13 Posts: 181 Member
    Some veggies are fine to guesstimate in my opinion (lettuce, cucumbers, tomatoes, they have so few calories, being 100 g off makes no difference to me), fruit I always count or at least try to guess closer to the real weight (still have never gotten around to weighing a kiwi so no idea if those entries are remotely close).
  • nutmegoreo
    nutmegoreo Posts: 15,532 Member
    I track them because they add to the macro counts.
  • milmil89
    milmil89 Posts: 43 Member
    I count everything!
  • ReaderGirl3
    ReaderGirl3 Posts: 868 Member
    janejellyroll wrote: »
    My body counts the calories in fruits and vegetables, so I count them too.

    This. I've eaten 50 calories worth of veggies today and I'm having more tonight. I count everything that has calories.
  • ObsidianMist
    ObsidianMist Posts: 519 Member
    they have calories, so yes, of course
  • JustAnotherOneOfThoseGirls
    JustAnotherOneOfThoseGirls Posts: 165 Member
    yes, count the calories, but don't pay too much attention to their sugar content as it's natural sugars, and you can kinda consume as much natural sugar as you want, it's the added sugar that'll do the damage
  • helenrosec1
    helenrosec1 Posts: 82 Member
    JustAnotherOneOfThoseGirls wrote: »
    yes, count the calories, but don't pay too much attention to their sugar content as it's natural sugars, and you can kinda consume as much natural sugar as you want, it's the added sugar that'll do the damage

    It's not just added sugar that does damage. You can't eat as much natural sugar as you want, sugar is still sugar. Excessive amounts of sugar could lead to tooth decay, weight gain, and increased triglyceride levels (which may contribute to heart disease and high cholesterol) even from fruits.
  • kuftae
    kuftae Posts: 299 Member
    helenrosec1 wrote: »
    JustAnotherOneOfThoseGirls wrote: »
    yes, count the calories, but don't pay too much attention to their sugar content as it's natural sugars, and you can kinda consume as much natural sugar as you want, it's the added sugar that'll do the damage

    It's not just added sugar that does damage. You can't eat as much natural sugar as you want, sugar is still sugar. Excessive amounts of sugar could lead to tooth decay, weight gain, and increased triglyceride levels (which may contribute to heart disease and high cholesterol) even from fruits.

    Sugar also messes with your testosterone levels. A lot of young healthy guys get TRT drugs by eating a ton of sugar and staying up all night before going to get their test levels taken at the doctor. The lack of sleep and the sugar decreases the 20-something year old guys levels on the test to the levels of a 90 year old man. Doctor says omg and gives him steroids.
  • ReaderGirl3
    ReaderGirl3 Posts: 868 Member
    edited April 2016
    helenrosec1 wrote: »
    JustAnotherOneOfThoseGirls wrote: »
    yes, count the calories, but don't pay too much attention to their sugar content as it's natural sugars, and you can kinda consume as much natural sugar as you want, it's the added sugar that'll do the damage

    It's not just added sugar that does damage. You can't eat as much natural sugar as you want, sugar is still sugar. Excessive amounts of sugar could lead to tooth decay, weight gain, and increased triglyceride levels (which may contribute to heart disease and high cholesterol) even from fruits.

    What are you considering 'excessive'? Weight gain is caused by eating over your maintenance level calories, not because you eat a certain type of food. Unless you mean eating a high amount of calories in the form of sugary foods, which is pushing you over your calorie goals? But, the same would happen if you ate over in calories from broccoli, eggs, chicken, whole grains etc etc.

    I've never tracked sugar intake, but I do eat it every day (mostly in 'added' form since I'm not a fan of fruit). As long as I stay within my allotted calories I'm good to go (my cholesterol numbers are excellent, maintaining my weight loss etc).

    Could you clarify what you mean by excessive? Thanks!
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