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Should I count veggies and fruits in my daily calorie goal?
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I trt to track what I eat including fruits and vegetables. I like to have a record.
I don't stress if I don't log a tiny bit of spinach accurately but vegetables and fruits might add up to quite a few calories.
It is up to you what you want to do. If you are not losing at the rate you expect start logging everything though.1 -
nickssweetheart wrote: »Obviously your body will count the calories even if you don't. But I also find value in being able to look back through my diary and see what I ate on certain days. Without fruits and veg, that would be a very incomplete picture.
100% this.
I also found logging useful because I was able to see my diet overall, and I liked thinking of it as a way to make sure I was eating well, getting enough nutrients and a variety of foods, maybe comparing days regarding things like fiber, fat, protein to see what made a difference (and fruits and veg not only supply fiber, but some non starchy veg really add to the protein content). Thinking of logging as just about calories wouldn't have worked as well for me, and I'm another who eats a lot of cals in veg and fruit.0 -
I usually eat my set calorie goal for the day but dont count the calories of fruits or veggies (unless its something like a potato or avocado). Is this what most people do?
I can't understand why anyone on a calorie counting diet or eating plan wouldn't count calories in certain foods.5 -
When I tracked, I logged my veg and fruit but I wasn't as precise as I was with other, more calorie dense foods. I typically get 8-10 servings of veg and fruit per day...that's hundreds of calories in produce.
I never bothered logging a bit of lettuce or something on a sandwich, but I logged my big *kitten* salads and such. If I don't have a big salad at lunch, I typically have a 200g serving of broccoli or some other veg...same at dinner. 200 grams of broccoli is around 70 calories...twice per day, that's 140 calories right there not accounted for.2 -
When I first started this MFP thing, I was estimating my morning smoothies, which were 100% fruit and vegetables plus water, and a spoonful of greek yogurt sometimes. Obviously that couldn't be too bad, right? I mean how many calories could a big cup of squishy, natural goodness be?
When I got my scale, it turned out it was more than 500 calories, BEFORE adding in the yogurt!6 -
I have to, I eat l lot of fruits and veggies.0
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I wish there was a way to query all the data I have in mfp to find out things like % of my total calories that was fruit (I eat a lot of fruit) and/or highest total fruit calories in a day (probably under 1000, but not way under).1
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CarvedTones wrote: »I wish there was a way to query all the data I have in mfp to find out things like % of my total calories that was fruit (I eat a lot of fruit) and/or highest total fruit calories in a day (probably under 1000, but not way under).
You can do something similar if you have premium. You can find where most of your calories come from in reports. Most of my calories, interestingly, come from tomatoes. Here is my top entry for the past 90 days:
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I took a quick look at my diary, and just yesterday my fruits and vegetables added up to 320 kcal.
Just because they’re good for you doesn’t mean they don’t contain calories!1 -
Personally I only track my fruits but not my greens0
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Yes, do! They have calories.0
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Yes.....track everything even bites! Or you will be one of those posting "why am I not losing weight???"3
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100_PROOF_ wrote: »My body counts it even if I don't. Lol
Just because it's a fruit or vegetable doesn't mean that the calories don't count.
Well-said! However, I don't count lettuce and other foods with trace amounts of calorie.0 -
serindipte wrote: »I don't always track all of my veggies. It depends. If I add lettuce and pickles to a sandwich, sometimes I log, sometimes not. Same for cucumbers, celery, and other super low-cal veggies in a small quantity. I know, from having logged every single bite, which ones I can afford to ignore and how much of them. I'm also in a fairly large deficit. As that shrinks and I get closer to goal weight, I'll be less likely to skip any of them.
ETA: I weigh and log all fruit.
This. A serving of baby carrots, all fruits, sweet onions, I absolutely track. But a few pickles, a stick of celery, or a teaspoon of garlic added to a recipe, I usually don't bother. I'm starting in the obese category and I have a lot of more problematic habits to fix before getting down to that level of detail is worth it.1 -
Absolutely. I get about 600-800 calories in fruits and veggies a day. That’s enough to gain a lb a week if I didn’t count it.0
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cwolfman13 wrote: »When I tracked, I logged my veg and fruit but I wasn't as precise as I was with other, more calorie dense foods. I typically get 8-10 servings of veg and fruit per day...that's hundreds of calories in produce.
I never bothered logging a bit of lettuce or something on a sandwich, but I logged my big *kitten* salads and such. If I don't have a big salad at lunch, I typically have a 200g serving of broccoli or some other veg...same at dinner. 200 grams of broccoli is around 70 calories...twice per day, that's 140 calories right there not accounted for.
thats what I do0 -
I usually eat my set calorie goal for the day but dont count the calories of fruits or veggies (unless its something like a potato or avocado). Is this what most people do?
Definitely count vegetables & fruits, because the foods still have calories & you can weight by overeating anything regardless of how 'healthy', 'organic', or 'low calorie' it is. Just remember it's calories in vs. calories out & you want to be as accurate as possible to make sure you're consistently working your way to your goal. Some people have it set to gaining weight & maintaining & it's just as crucial for them to make sure they're hitting their goals.
I especially weigh my salad dressings since it's so easy to accidentally pour out way too much.0
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