Is it ok if I don’t count the calories of super low cal veggies,leafy greens etc?

mirrormirror77
mirrormirror77 Posts: 47 Member
edited December 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I made celery juice and it tastes great with stevia!i also want to try cucumber juice but is it ok to enjoy them without worrying about the calories?

I don’t want to get fat!

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  • sefajane1
    sefajane1 Posts: 322 Member
    Are you drinking these juices or just looking at them? 😅 If you do drink them then I'd log them. Yesterday I at 2 cucumbers as a snack and they totalled 50 calories. I know that 50 calories here or there doesn't seem much but, maybe in the evening I'd eaten a couple more cucumbers, that'd be 100 extra calories. It all adds up.
  • sefajane1
    sefajane1 Posts: 322 Member
    *ate, not at.
  • texasredreb
    texasredreb Posts: 548 Member
    I log everything.
  • LyndaBSS
    LyndaBSS Posts: 6,964 Member
    Log everything. How else will you know what to look for if you hit a speedbump?
  • whmscll
    whmscll Posts: 2,255 Member
    When I have a large salad it can equal almost 90 calories with JUST the veggies (baby spinach, mushrooms, carrots, bell pepper, broccoli, grape tomatoes). So yes, I usually count my veggies unless I’m just having 1 stalk of celery or something.
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 38,040 Community Helper
    mirrormirror77 wrote: »
    I made celery juice and it tastes great with stevia!i also want to try cucumber juice but is it ok to enjoy them without worrying about the calories?

    I don’t want to get fat!

    As long as the scale does what you're looking for (lose/maintain/gain) over the long haul (multi-month), loose logging or no logging is not a problem. Logging is a tool, not a moral obligation.

    Nutritionally, it would potentially have more nutritional benefits to eat the celery or cucumber rather than juicing it, but the calories are negligible in those specific vegetables, juiced or whole, so if you find they make a refreshing beverage, there's no reason not to enjoy them.

    Personally, I log all of my veggies, even celery and cucumber, because (1) I'm a data geek; and (2) I eat literally hundreds of calories of veggies most days, so it makes sense for me to log them. But I don't think it's essential for others to follow the same route as I do.
  • sefajane1
    sefajane1 Posts: 322 Member
    AnnPT77 wrote: »
    Nutritionally, it would potentially have more nutritional benefits to eat the celery or cucumber rather than juicing it

    Why is that @AnnPT77? I've just bought a huge watermelon (10kgs! 😱) and plan on using a lot of it for making juice. Not with a juicing machine though, just popping the flesh and seeds into my food processor and blitzing it down to make a drink. Does it lose nutrients this way?
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 38,040 Community Helper
    sefajane1 wrote: »
    AnnPT77 wrote: »
    Nutritionally, it would potentially have more nutritional benefits to eat the celery or cucumber rather than juicing it

    Why is that @AnnPT77? I've just bought a huge watermelon (10kgs! 😱) and plan on using a lot of it for making juice. Not with a juicing machine though, just popping the flesh and seeds into my food processor and blitzing it down to make a drink. Does it lose nutrients this way?

    Fiber, for sure, is lost if you truly juice them, in the traditional meaning of juice (blend, pulverize or finely shred to release juice, then discard dry pulp). Some (few) other nutrients could be lost with discarded pulp as well. But if you're not discarding the pulp, the nutrients (and fiber) should be retained.

    Also, for me, they're more satiating if I eat them pulp and all, plus the chewing is part of psychological satisfaction with eating. Those things (satiation/satisfaction) are individual, though.
  • paperpudding
    paperpudding Posts: 9,559 Member
    I don't bother logging small amounts of very low cal veg like lettuce,celery etc..

    I don't eat huge amounts of them and I don't ever claim my logging is more than a general ball park figure of my intake.

    But my real life results do what I expect with the level of logging I do - and that is the bottom line. Not whether your logging is super accurate,it doesn't need to be - but whether it is just accurate enough to work for you.

    #lazyloggingworksforme
  • sefajane1
    sefajane1 Posts: 322 Member
    AnnPT77 wrote: »
    Also, for me, they're more satiating if I eat them pulp and all, plus the chewing is part of psychological satisfaction with eating. Those things (satiation/satisfaction) are individual, though.

    I totally understand this. One of my daily meals could very easily be turned into a smoothie but I know that, for me, a bowl of something to eat slowly with a spoon is more satisfying than a drink.

    The size of this melon though, I'll be eating and drinking it for the next week! 🍉😂🍉
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