Do you count lettuce?

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  • sunnybeaches105
    sunnybeaches105 Posts: 2,831 Member
    I tend to estimate lettuce and record it primarily for vitamin A content. That said, if you're new to calorie counting then weigh it. It's way too easy to not count this or not count that in the beginning, and these run the gamut from lettuce and vegetables to "just a little" coffee creamer or "eyeballing" peanut butter. Don't start by skipping your entries.
  • KarenMoeller2
    KarenMoeller2 Posts: 25 Member
    I weigh or measure everything I eat. Lettuce included.
  • Wynterbourne
    Wynterbourne Posts: 2,225 Member
    Unless it's toothpaste or mouth wash, if it goes in my mouth, it's weighed and logged.
  • RoxieDawn
    RoxieDawn Posts: 15,488 Member
    edited July 2016
    I count it all.. I am even stupid enough to log vitamins..

    But I am a data person. I need to see what I am eating, what I am taking so if I need to look back and see the picture of the past it is there. .

    So I log it all, even the 14 calories of lettuce. Plus I copy meals between other user profiles. Got to see it all..
  • Purplebunnysarah
    Purplebunnysarah Posts: 3,252 Member
    Nope. One handful of lettuce (or spinach) gets logged as 85g. Two handfuls is 170g. The few times I've checked, I've drastically overestimated. Its not going to hinder my loss, and I eat enough that it's not going to put me in danger of undereating.
  • BeYouTiful94
    BeYouTiful94 Posts: 289 Member
    I eat salads made out of baby spinach, but same different I guess. I weigh it, but I'm not as nit-picky about it as other stuff. 40 grams vs 42 grams of some spinach isn't going to make or break my whole day
  • Alluminati
    Alluminati Posts: 6,208 Member
    Yes
  • MarkusDarwath
    MarkusDarwath Posts: 393 Member
    I weigh/log lettuce and spinach primarily because I'm interested in tracking my fiber.
  • dlkfox
    dlkfox Posts: 463 Member
    Absolutely! I'm weighing everything else, why not?

    Besides calories, I'm tracking for fiber, sodium, and vitamins, too.
  • TonyB0588
    TonyB0588 Posts: 9,520 Member
    CupcakesMom2 wrote: »
    I will eat a head of lettuce at a time. While I don't weight it, I count it as 53 calories. However I'm lazy and I should weight it.

    I would only use 2 to 3 leaves. Tonight I logged my lettuce and it showed as 6 calories, 1 carb, and 3 sodium.
  • hekla90
    hekla90 Posts: 595 Member
    The only time I weigh greens is it I want to make sure I'm eating enough of them for a nutrient. I way over estimate how much I serve myself...
  • SCoil123
    SCoil123 Posts: 2,111 Member
    I log it but don't weigh it. My partner is a chef who creates prepackaged fitness meals for a living making him pretty good at estimating... Better than me.
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    I've weighed spinach and lettuce enough times that i guesstimate these days. I log it because i watch my macros/micros, vitA and fibre particularly for me.
  • jennifer_417
    jennifer_417 Posts: 12,344 Member
    If I just have a couple of pieces on a burger or sandwich, sometimes I'll skip it. But normally, yes.
  • Shana67
    Shana67 Posts: 680 Member
    ItsyBitsy246 wrote: »
    If I eat a bunch in a salad, yes I log it. A few leaves on a sandwich, no.

    ^^^ This.
  • ogtmama
    ogtmama Posts: 1,403 Member
    I estimate everything.
  • Seffell
    Seffell Posts: 2,244 Member
    Depends on the amount. Usually no.
  • foiensoi
    foiensoi Posts: 49 Member
    I log it approximately, not necessarily for the calories but so I can keep an eye on things like fibre at the end of the day.
  • AlyssaTompsett
    AlyssaTompsett Posts: 4 Member
    I log everything, even lettuce.
  • Fursian
    Fursian Posts: 551 Member
    "Do you count lettuce?"

    I log my cod liver oil capsules, so yes I would.
  • gonetothedogs19
    gonetothedogs19 Posts: 325 Member
    Hard to believe that people actually log lettuce (and I assume celery). But if it works for you, it works for you.
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  • BurnWithBarn2015
    BurnWithBarn2015 Posts: 1,026 Member
    edited July 2016
    arditarose wrote: »
    A salad will easily have 35 calories of lettuce. (Mine have more but I'm a volume eater). A slice of Laughing Cow cheese has 35 calories. Would you not log that? Calories are calories.

    Right on!!!!

    I also eat a lot of vegetables and fruits ( about 500 gram daily in veggies and lots is lettuce....each)

    When you work with a very small deficit like me ( about 100-150 calories daily so i can eat a bit more in the weekends) than those "only couple calories for lettuce" wipe out that small deficit.

    I drink a lot of coffee good for about 60 calories a day, which a lot of people dont count either....add the only 35 calories ( for example because i eat more than that) for lettuce and bamm deficit is gone.
    Add my spices ( good on a daily base for 30 to 80 calories...think of fresh cilantro/parsley garlic etc) and i am even surplus.

    It is indeed what works for you.

    I like to count and know what i get. Potassium is very important for me ( some medical issues). So when i count it all i also know that i get my needed nutrition like potassium ( spices veggies and coffee have a lot of it)

    But it is whatever works for you. I only explain this to let you understand that there can be more reasons to log everything besides losing weight.
  • guinevere96
    guinevere96 Posts: 1,445 Member
    I log is exclusively because im trying to track my nutrients along with my calories right now :) not that lettuce has a ton of those either, spinach is more nutrient dense, but all the same I log it.
  • tlflag1620
    tlflag1620 Posts: 1,358 Member
    I've never weighed anything, just eyeballed it. I do log lettuce (on the rare occasion that I log which isn't very often these days), but mostly for tracking macros. Never paid much attention to calories.
  • JenD1066
    JenD1066 Posts: 298 Member
    I log everything. Rubbed some coconut oil on my face & hands earlier. Thought about logging THAT. (I didn't. But I thought about it.)
  • michelleepotter
    michelleepotter Posts: 800 Member
    edited July 2016
    I don't, but that's because I hate lettuce and don't eat it.

    Yesterday my husband asked me to stop by Jimmy John's and bring an unwich to him at work for his lunch. I thought, "I'll try that," and got myself one. One bite and I realized I needed to take most of the lettuce off before I could eat it. :s It's like it's so bland that it actively sucks the taste out of other foods!

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