Counting fruits and veggies?

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  • Meelisv
    Meelisv Posts: 235 Member
    Of course count them. There is no such thing as "free" vegetables or fruits. It is certainly personal how much one would eat them, but for me, if I would not count them an restrict myself, t would be very easy to eat 1000+ calories worth of grapes/bananas/oranges alone.
  • MommaGem2017
    MommaGem2017 Posts: 405 Member
    I ate 136 calories of fruits and veggies yesterday, and I ate less of them than usual, so I'd guess I normally average about 200 cals. If you are carefully trying to map a deficit, then logging everything that enters your mouth is important.
  • scarlett_k
    scarlett_k Posts: 812 Member
    If I'm making a big salad with a million different vegetables I don't count the ones I know are like 10 kcal a serving. I still weigh them out but I don't log them because logging all the ingredients is tedious and I would have to eat a lot for it to make a difference.
  • CTcutie
    CTcutie Posts: 649 Member
    Count them all... (but I understand the logic WW uses, & was a member a long long time ago.)
  • trigden1991
    trigden1991 Posts: 4,658 Member
    If it has calories, you should count it.
  • bbell1985
    bbell1985 Posts: 4,571 Member
    If I had a 250 calorie deficit, and I ate up to that 1500 calories without logging my vegetables, I'd almost end up in maintenance for the day. I eat at least 200 calories in fruit and veg every day.

    So like log your fruits and veg.
  • db121215
    db121215 Posts: 60 Member
    MommaGem2017 wrote: »
    I ate 136 calories of fruits and veggies yesterday, and I ate less of them than usual, so I'd guess I normally average about 200 cals. If you are carefully trying to map a deficit, then logging everything that enters your mouth is important.

    Agreed! Shortly after starting MPF, someone told me basically eat all the watermelon you want, because it's mostly water! I can literally eat a pound of watermelon. I learned that lb is 135 cals. Those cals count no matter how healthy they are.
  • monica_delarosa
    monica_delarosa Posts: 22 Member
    I count fruit but not nonstarchy veggies.
  • cparsons_60
    cparsons_60 Posts: 95 Member
    I remember at one point Weight Watchers started counting a point for some quantity of cooked carrots but the same quantity of raw ones was free. I assume this is because one can eat many more cooked carrots, and also the calories in them are more accessible in the digestive system.
  • PaulaWallaDingDong
    PaulaWallaDingDong Posts: 4,645 Member
    OliveGirl128 wrote: »
    Necro thread, but since I can hit 600 calorie or more a day in veg/fruit I definitely factor them in.

    I'm actually surprised to see this necroed, since there's usually a fresh one on the first couple of pages. Always a WW refugee waiting in the wings.
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