Do you track non-starchy vegetables?
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JaydedMiss wrote: »amusedmonkey wrote: »amusedmonkey wrote: »amusedmonkey wrote: »I want to know how people can eat such a significant amount of calories in leafy greens and still have the ability to over eat other foods? Is the rest of your diet chugging olive oil and eating ice cream?
Not necessarily leafy greens, but I eat 1-3 kg of tomatoes daily not counting other vegetables. Some of us are just big eaters and like vegetables.
ETA: not to mention that cooking certain vegetables shrinks them considerably. A whole head of roasted cauliflower can fit into one bowl and a large bunch of spinach can fit into one cup (one cup of cooked spinach is roughly 40 calories while 1 cup of raw doesn't even make it to 10).
Seriously? 3 kg of tomatoes a day?
Most days it's about 1.5, but yes, I've had days where I ate 3. This has been my go-to grazing snack for as long as I can remember.
A quick internet search shows tomatoes at about 80 calories per pound. If you eat 3kgs of tomatoes, you're getting something on order of 500+ calories from grazing snacks!
Yep! This is especially the case during Lent when I can't have anything cooked or with oil, so tomatoes make a significant portion of my calories.
How do you keep the acid from effecting your teeth eating that many? I love tomatoes used to do the same but seems i have super *kitten* genetics when it comes to teeth had to cut out acidic stuff
SO heartbreaking
Not sure.. I've eaten them a lot since I was a baby. My teeth do have some wear because I've been a heavy vegetable eater my whole life, but you wouldn't notice unless you look really really closely.0 -
I want to know how people can eat such a significant amount of calories in leafy greens and still have the ability to over eat other foods? Is the rest of your diet chugging olive oil and eating ice cream?
I eat several hundred calories worth of vegetables every day. I am a volume eater. My meals almost always include a salad plus multiple vegetables and some protein.
It’s also important to remember that the % of one’s calorie allowance devoted to vegetables can make a difference in this as well. If I’m having 1300 calories today, and 600 of them are from vegetables (including salads and all other veggie sources-this really isn’t an unusual number for me), it’s really quite easy to go over 700 calories after adding in protein sources, any other meal elements and a snack. On a day where I consume 2000 (or more) total calories, I have a lot more leeway in my non-vegetable consumption to still make my calorie goal.
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I track everything that enters my mouth.1
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amusedmonkey wrote: »JaydedMiss wrote: »amusedmonkey wrote: »amusedmonkey wrote: »amusedmonkey wrote: »I want to know how people can eat such a significant amount of calories in leafy greens and still have the ability to over eat other foods? Is the rest of your diet chugging olive oil and eating ice cream?
Not necessarily leafy greens, but I eat 1-3 kg of tomatoes daily not counting other vegetables. Some of us are just big eaters and like vegetables.
ETA: not to mention that cooking certain vegetables shrinks them considerably. A whole head of roasted cauliflower can fit into one bowl and a large bunch of spinach can fit into one cup (one cup of cooked spinach is roughly 40 calories while 1 cup of raw doesn't even make it to 10).
Seriously? 3 kg of tomatoes a day?
Most days it's about 1.5, but yes, I've had days where I ate 3. This has been my go-to grazing snack for as long as I can remember.
A quick internet search shows tomatoes at about 80 calories per pound. If you eat 3kgs of tomatoes, you're getting something on order of 500+ calories from grazing snacks!
Yep! This is especially the case during Lent when I can't have anything cooked or with oil, so tomatoes make a significant portion of my calories.
How do you keep the acid from effecting your teeth eating that many? I love tomatoes used to do the same but seems i have super *kitten* genetics when it comes to teeth had to cut out acidic stuff SO heartbreaking
Not sure.. I've eaten them a lot since I was a baby. My teeth do have some wear because I've been a heavy vegetable eater my whole life, but you wouldn't notice unless you look really really closely.
I would like on cherry/grape tomatoes if i could lol.
Side note they are literally the only thing iv ever had an issue finding the proper calories on. Ill walk my butt 1.5 hours to the store for a pint of them though, So i never really have to bother caring xD Worth it. So happy i can make self walk so much and be happy with such a basic snack. Has made this so much easier
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I sort of half *kitten* track them. I've had no trouble losing the weight I've wanted to so far. The other side of this is that I haven't lost my weight as fast as I could have. But I'm ok with that.0
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I learned quickly at the beginning of this journey that, for me at least, I need to track every damn thing that goes in my mouth. Evverrryyythhiiinnggg.......3
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To answer the question though, I track everything. Even 0 calorie items and spices/seasonings. 0 calorie items aren’t always 0 for real (like my 0 calorie sweetener has 4 calories - 0 per nutrition label, 4 per tiny print on the box). So I may have 50 calories of 0 calories items logged. Plus some others have lots of sodium (which doesn’t affect weight loss but can affect water retention). And spices/seasonings-I use a lot of them and they can easily add over 100 calories to a recipe. Depending on what I’m making, how many servings, how tight my deficit is, etc. it can make a difference (especially when added to the 0 calorie items). I don’t think most people are quite that detailed (nor is it really necessary since it’s not a huge difference).0
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JaydedMiss wrote: »amusedmonkey wrote: »JaydedMiss wrote: »amusedmonkey wrote: »amusedmonkey wrote: »amusedmonkey wrote: »I want to know how people can eat such a significant amount of calories in leafy greens and still have the ability to over eat other foods? Is the rest of your diet chugging olive oil and eating ice cream?
Not necessarily leafy greens, but I eat 1-3 kg of tomatoes daily not counting other vegetables. Some of us are just big eaters and like vegetables.
ETA: not to mention that cooking certain vegetables shrinks them considerably. A whole head of roasted cauliflower can fit into one bowl and a large bunch of spinach can fit into one cup (one cup of cooked spinach is roughly 40 calories while 1 cup of raw doesn't even make it to 10).
Seriously? 3 kg of tomatoes a day?
Most days it's about 1.5, but yes, I've had days where I ate 3. This has been my go-to grazing snack for as long as I can remember.
A quick internet search shows tomatoes at about 80 calories per pound. If you eat 3kgs of tomatoes, you're getting something on order of 500+ calories from grazing snacks!
Yep! This is especially the case during Lent when I can't have anything cooked or with oil, so tomatoes make a significant portion of my calories.
How do you keep the acid from effecting your teeth eating that many? I love tomatoes used to do the same but seems i have super *kitten* genetics when it comes to teeth had to cut out acidic stuff SO heartbreaking
Not sure.. I've eaten them a lot since I was a baby. My teeth do have some wear because I've been a heavy vegetable eater my whole life, but you wouldn't notice unless you look really really closely.
I would like on cherry/grape tomatoes if i could lol.
Side note they are literally the only thing iv ever had an issue finding the proper calories on. Ill walk my butt 1.5 hours to the store for a pint of them though, So i never really have to bother caring xD Worth it. So happy i can make self walk so much and be happy with such a basic snack. Has made this so much easier
Oddly, I'm not as crazy about cherry tomatoes as much. They're practically everywhere, but are not as sweet as the larger meatier ones I like and don't give me the satisfaction of biting into them like an apple. I personally would take tomatoes over sweets most of the time, which is maybe why this dieting thing is a little bit easier for me than I expected. I did face an uphill battle with nuts, so there is that.
Well, enough derailing. OP, logging vegetables is a good thing if you can bring yourself to do it, and may be necessary for some.0 -
Sometimes I’ll have a salad with baby spinach, spring mix, cabbage, onion, and carrots as my lunch. I sprinkle craisins on top. It would be silly to only log the craisins. I track my macros and my calories. Everything I put in my body affects my progress2
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I track everything, but I tend to eyeball or use cups for low cal veggies.
I track other things than calories, so everything gets logged.
I think especially when you are first starting, and trying to create the habit of logging, it's important to log everything. If you log some stuff and not others, it may not become second nature. Also when you are first starting to figure out the right way for you to eat, having good data is important. Days where you eat more veggies or less veggies may affect energy, satiety, blood sugar, etc and having that data in your log can be helpful. :drinker:0 -
Of course I log it! Personally for me it isn't worth logging at all if I am only logging some of what I eat. That's just a bunch of useless data then.1
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I track everything I eat, including vegetables. I'm steadily losing weight. My sister-in-law has been using Weight Watchers for six months and swears she mostly eats those "no points" vegetables and fruits every day. She initially lost some weight but now can't understand why she's gained some back. I suspect it's because she's going over calories every day, even though she might be staying within her allotted points.1
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If I eat it, I track it.0
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yes, keeps me honest about everything I put in my mouth0
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I don't tend to count dark greens or celery for their calories, just for the nutrition. I count everything else.1
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Yes...its more about developing a habit and being honest with myself. Everything has caloric value to it including greenies!0
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DebLaBounty wrote: »I track everything I eat, including vegetables. I'm steadily losing weight. My sister-in-law has been using Weight Watchers for six months and swears she mostly eats those "no points" vegetables and fruits every day. She initially lost some weight but now can't understand why she's gained some back. I suspect it's because she's going over calories every day, even though she might be staying within her allotted points.
AMEN! Calories are important to track!0 -
I'm a volume eater who eats a lot of vegetables. Yup, I count them.0
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I eat at least a couple hundred calories worth of non-starchy veg a day. I'm also a diabetic and vegetables count toward my net carbs - I've seen a noticeable increase in blood glucose following a meal which included a really large salad, plus other carbs. Red cabbage in particular seems to sneak up on me if I combine with something like tortillas.0
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When you are beginner to tracking and weighing food, its good to get into a good habit of tracking ALL calories, it helps educate you on the different types of calories (nutritional values, etc) you are eating and yes how many are in each of the foods you eat, etc.
That said, If I am going to log food daily (which I have 3 years) and it has calories I log it.1 -
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I log everything. I pay attention to calories fiber and sodium. Everything else falls into place.0
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