How many people log every fruit and vegetable they eat?

Does it contain calories? If yes then weigh it/measure it if its a fluid and log it

You can certainly eat your way to maintenance or a surplus by not bothering to count the calories

price101110 wrote: »

Is it worth the stress or time? I mean in a way you should probably eat those fruits and veggies even if you don't have the cals left for the day.. right?

When I am trying to be as accurate as possible (ie cutting/losing weight), I count every vegetable and fruit. Since calories are king, it is beneficial for me to know where I'm at. Whether you should or shouldn't eat the fruit/vegetables is a whole other question. To answer, if I am out of calories for the day, no, I won't eat them. Although, normally, I would be choosing a cupcake or something if still have calories for the day. Definitely not fruit or vegetables... I try to get those in before I am "deciding" on whether to eat something or not.

I log all food regardless of type. No stress involved. MFP makes it as simple as it possibly could get.

My wife and I go back and forth over this. She says, as you did, they are good for you. I agree and point out that good or not they still have calories. For the most part I find it pretty easy to log the food and I personally prefer building the good habit of "Before it goes in my mouth it goes in MFP".

As others have noted, I am sloppier with my weights and measures on food I know to be low cal (lettuce).

price101110 wrote: »

Is it worth the stress or time? I mean in a way you should probably eat those fruits and veggies even if you don't have the cals left for the day.. right?

I log everything. But you should eat the fruit and vegies before filling your cals up with other things, not the other way around.

price101110 wrote: »

Is it worth the stress or time?

Yes, but I don't think it adds to the stress or time, and if you are finding it stressful that's something to think about.

I don't always log (I just started again after a long maintenance break and I mostly did not log at maintenance), and when I log vegetables and (to some extent) fruit I am looser than with some other things. When cooking I find it much easier to weigh everything than estimate some, but if I'm out I estimate veg without a problem, use "medium" apple or some such, and it we are talking some tiny amount (shredded carrot in a salad) I might forget about it.

However, for the most part I WANT to log vegetables and fruit because I want the log to be an accurate reflection of my calories and the diet I eat and I want to be able to look over it and say "hmm, not enough vegetables the past few days" or "hmm, you seem to be in a rut with the broccoli -- maybe expand into more options" or "oh, that's why I was so hungry after lunch, not enough veg!"

I absolutely would agree that you should eat the vegetables anyway, and adjust the diet in some other way if vegetables are putting you over, but I think it's more helpful if the diary is a reflection of reality and not being stressed about going over is a good thing to work on. I also like to see things like fiber or protein (which veg can contribute to) add up, and enjoy seeing how much sugar I can get from vegetables sometimes, stuff like that. This was easier on Chronometer which is more nutrition focused, granted.