Do you count them???

i count them. first, they conteint calories, a few, but have it. And second, they have nutritious too.

Yeah, I track them because I like to see what nutrients I'm missing at the end of the day. If I go over because of vegetables, I'm not going to be upset about it.

I count them, and also there is a difference in how you prepare them, with oil, even vegetables have high calories, out of cans, the sodium is high.

Hiya, I count them too. I am a coach by profession and the danger in not counting them is that we can too easily engage in self-deception whereby at an unconscious level we can firstly convince ourselves that we have not had the calories in the first place and secondly we then convince ourselves that we can eat other stuff to max out our calorie allowance. What then happens is we consume over our limit, don't lose any weight and then blame 'myfitnesspal' for being ineffective or worse, we decide that we simply can't lose weight and that it must be 'the way I am'..............Count them, you know it makes sense!

Read it on here somewhere ....'If you bite it - write it'

I count them because I'm tracking nutrients too, and because then I can look back and see whether or not I'm getting enough veggies.

I too count, though, I don't measure with any precision. Guesstimate on cucumbers for instance is all I really need to do.

I absolutely count them. I eat a lot of veggies, and they add up after a while. Since I'm tracking not just my calories, but also nutrition, I like to know how much calcium, iron, fibre and vitamins I've consumed. Counting everything you eat is what lets you know whether or not you're eating a healthy diet. I could stay under my calories and eat McDonald's every day if calories were the only thing that determined health, but since they are not I track everything.

Some veggies can also have unexpectedly high calories or sodium, such as when you eat canned veggies, corn, or peas. That's definitely worth tracking for!!

One thing I will say is that I'm more comfortable with using flexible measurements with veggies, because of natural variability in nutrient content. I do my best, but know that if I'm off by a bit it only means 5 calories instead of 50.

Its a grey area. Yes it calories. But its not a bad thing to see some fruits and veggies as 'free foods'. When you're sat there thinking 'I just need something!' you are more than likely going choose the 'free food' than biscuits, crisps, chocolate, cake ect. Pyschological its not a bad idea. Yes it calories but tis better than the alternative. People become overweight by eatting too many junk foods and not understanding portion control, not by eating extra fruits and veggies :laugh:

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