How to Count Calories for Vegetables

Eating healthy isn't always enough when trying to lose weight. Most times you have to incorporate calorie counting into your diet plan. Most vegetables have few calories. Each calorie, however, does count. The more vegetables you eat, the more calories you consume. It is important to understand how to count vegetable calories just like any other food. Of course you could purchase a book to reference each time you eat vegetables, but that is simply inconvenient. Here is a simple way to learn how to count vegetable calories yourself.

Things You'll Need

• Internet access
• Food scale
• Paper and Pen

Instructions

1. List all of your commonly eaten vegetables on a piece of paper. Although we should eat all types of vegetables, the reality is that usually we eat only a few different vegetables each week.

2. Cook your vegetables. Most caloric counts are based on cooked vegetables. This does make a difference.

3. Use a food scale and measure 100 grams of each vegatable. Many caloric vegetable charts are made using 100 grams per portion.

4. Consult your favorite online vegetable calorie counter. Use a book if you are not Internet savy.

5. Memorize the calorie count per serving for you most commonly eaten vegetables. You can always go back to this source if you eat a vegetable that you do not normally prepare.

Tips & Warnings

• Steaming vegetables maintains their nutrients more than boiling.

• Cooked vegetables are lower in calories than raw vegetables based on weight.

Resources

• Weight loss for all vegetable calorie counter
• Food Calorie Counter