Not tracking green vegetables...

Raegold
Raegold Posts: 191 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Does anyone else not track green vegetables? I know that they obviously all have calories. I feel so burned out from all of the tracking, so I decided not to. I do track squash, carrots, etc. Thoughts?

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  • Diatonic12
    Diatonic12 Posts: 32,344 Member
    For me, there's no such thing as a free lunch. We don't have to count calories but they always count. Our body tracks everything even if we don't.

    There are weight loss clubs that tell you don't have to but they want you to keep coming back for more and more and more for the rest of your life. Membership dues.
  • lynn_glenmont
    lynn_glenmont Posts: 10,097 Member
    Since I also keep an eye on protein, fiber, and iron, I wouldn't want to leave out my veggies from my tracking. That said, I don't generally bother tracking some greens and a couple of slices of tomato on a sandwich.
  • joyanna2016
    joyanna2016 Posts: 323 Member
    If you have a big salad all the green stuff could add up to about 50 calories....plus you get to see the nutrients added in the nutrition part if you log. If I'm feeling lazy though sometimes I'll just log 50 cals of "Miscellaneous" as a guesstimate. I do this with my BLT's (bites, licks, and tastes) too!
  • AshHeartsJesus
    AshHeartsJesus Posts: 460 Member
    Depends what kind of veg if you are eating anything from a can the sodium would add up fast
    If you care about total carbs it could matter
  • Raegold
    Raegold Posts: 191 Member
    So I logged some of my veg from today, and it seemed like certain things were miniscule amounts and others were a bit more. The radishes in my salad were apparently only 7 calories, and like the cup of arugala was almost nothing. I guess I'll keep going and see how my progress is, but if I have a large portion, i might start tracking it
  • Diatonic12
    Diatonic12 Posts: 32,344 Member
    lemurcat2 makes a really good point for the nutritional benefits.
  • VegjoyP
    VegjoyP Posts: 2,773 Member
    edited September 2020
    chris89topher wrote: »
    Being a vegetarian that eats half my weight in veggies every day, I sure wish I didn't have to count them! Lol.

    I am a WFPB vegan sooo... lol. Yes, I track vegetables. I may have a handful more or less of leafy greens, a floret here and there of broccoli or cauliflower. If I'm in weight loss mode, not exercising that day or trying to loose I am even more strict. However I also know from doing this on and off since high school what I am eating.
    My suggestion is monitor it for a week diligently if you want a real assessment. Otherwise if it is working for you then really you ard great.. We are all unique.
  • cblairnh
    cblairnh Posts: 25 Member
    You could get an idea of how many calories of green vegs you eat in a day and lower your daily calorie goal to reflect this.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    I track green veggies in order to eat MORE of them. I'm eating at least 1/3 more because of this.
  • Strudders67
    Strudders67 Posts: 989 Member
    Once you've added an entry once, it remains in your Most Recent entries. Rather than weighing repeatedly, you could do it as a one-off and then just select the previous entry to give a rough indication for future meals.

    If I eat out at a restaurant that's what I tend to use, on the assumption that the amount of 'whatever' on my plate is probably a similar portion size to what I'd have served myself anyway. Even if the weight isn't accurate, it's still more accurate than logging nothing. How big a difference it makes depends on how many greens you eat and how big a pile goes onto your plate.

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