Counting Fruit and Veggies
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wilson10102018 wrote: »paperpudding wrote: »Its not crazy Emma - if that works for you, that's fine.
Same with Wilson who likes to log everything because the process matters.
I am a lazy logger, have said that many times - because it is the results that matter to me, not the process.
But everyone has to find the approach that works fro them.
I always think back to the time I watched a bricklayer build a wall around my neighbor's parking court. One brick at a time; he seemed to never look up. His hod carrier brought him the mortar and the pallet of bricks just disappeared. Wall ended up perfect, straight and true.
I try to do that in every aspect of my life. That's why I put the photo of me flying in the Golden Eagle. I never one time set a goal for how much money to make, only how to do it. Work the process and the results follow.
Well, like I said, if that approach works for you, that's fine.
I don't aim for perfectionism in any aspect of my life - but reality is I have achieved the weight loss results I want without 'working the process' the same way you do.
Lazy logging has been followed by long term results for me.
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I never cook for just one day, and I might whack 1kg of veggies into a dish. Of course I log that, even though it might just be 100kcal of veggies in a portion, because it tells me how much of other ingredients I can add to this dish to stay within my calories. Thus I'd likely not log 1 slice of onion, but I never have just one slice. More likely it's two good-sized onions, a big pile of garlic (fairly high in calories), and other veggies.1
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This is helpful to me. I’m new here!! I was considering not counting apples but now I will, as that sounds right - a calorie is a calorie, whether it be fruit or junk food. I’ve been exercising to “earn” more food as I find it sometimes hard to stay in the calories recommended to me (1360).0
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matter of degree too Idaratha - even as a lazy logger, if I ate a whole apple I would definitely log that.
being me, I wouldnt do the weigh the core and subtract afterwards or bother differentiating between, say, a pink lady and a jonathon - but I definitely would log it, at least as one medium apple, even if not weighed exactly.
But if I ate, say, just a dice sized cube of apple from a fruit platter, I wouldnt bother logging that.
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My strategy is everything has calories therefore if I eat it or drink it I log it0
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This is helpful to me. I’m new here!! I was considering not counting apples but now I will, as that sounds right - a calorie is a calorie, whether it be fruit or junk food. I’ve been exercising to “earn” more food as I find it sometimes hard to stay in the calories recommended to me (1360).
Definitely count apples, I was estimating mine as small until I weighed it and it was almost double the calories!
Between fruits and veggies I had about 500 calories in produce. If i didn't log that I'd never lose weight!0
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