Vegetables

innamalul · April 2016

Hey guys do you count calories for your vegetables? I don't unless they are things like a sweet potatoe. Should I tho?

evildeadedd · April 2016

They have calories so you should track them. I can munch 200 calories of veggies throughout a day.

RaeBeeBaby · April 2016

When I'm logging consistently and accurately (which is most of the time), I count everything. Even low-cal vegetables add up and can put you above a calorie deficit if you're not paying attention.

Tricia7188 · April 2016

Yep pretty much everything by grams. the only thing I don't track by grams is lettuce/salad, I just use an estimate in number of cups (like 3 or 4 cups for a large salad) and still log it even if it is an estimate.
I munch on baby carrots and cherry tomatoes and those are sometimes a few hundred calories at the end of the day.

diannethegeek · April 2016

I track mine. But I try to keep my log as accurate as I can manage because I'm also tracking things like fiber, iron, and other micros. Plus I like to be able to go back through it and see what I was doing differently when things get hard.

nutmegoreo · April 2016

diannethegeek wrote: »

I track mine. But I try to keep my log as accurate as I can manage because I'm also tracking things like fiber, iron, and other micros. Plus I like to be able to go back through it and see what I was doing differently when things get hard.

This is why I track mine as well. I like accurate data!

CoffeeNCardio · April 2016

I track mine too. If it has calories, and you don't track it, and you have even the slightest fondness for eating food, you want to know you're not actually going over your count when you're assuming you still have 100 calories to go but you didn't because green beans and carrots.

Holy run on sentence batman.

jennypapage · April 2016

yes.unless it's one leaf of lettuce ,or one slice of cucumber or something of that kind.everything else i log.

Whitezombiegirl · April 2016

Yes- the majority of my calorie consumption is from vegetables. I even weight my salad individually.

Its just as easy to go over calories on veg as it is with cookies- if you aren't counting them- how do you know you are on track.

Christine_72 · April 2016

Yes, I count everything.

What if you've hit your calorie limit for the day, but you've left 250 calories of veggies unaccounted for. Say goodbye to your deficit if you're aiming to lose .5lbs a week.

Lounmoun · April 2016

Yes. They have calories so I log them.

pcpop7 · April 2016

I am not so strict with veg - if I have pre-logged 200g of broccoli then I am not going to start cutting pieces apart because it comes to 210g or worry about adding another piece if it comes to 190g when I get round to cooking it. But veg is the only thing I am like this with.

melonaulait · April 2016

I have recently been gaining on excess vegetables and fruit... So I'd say the calories from both are pretty crucial.

katiebean · April 2016

Yes I weigh everything

Seffell · April 2016

jennypapaje wrote: »

yes.unless it's one leaf of lettuce ,or one slice of cucumber or something of that kind.everything else i log.

This. OP - Why wouldn't you want to know exactly how many calories you're eating if you are already logging fo this purpose?

MorganMoreaux · April 2016

I track my fruits and vegetables. I use a scale and weigh them in grams. The are some items that are super low in calories, and some that are much higher. I like to know exactly where I stand.