How to Count the Calories in Fruits & Vegetables

One popular misconception among dieters is that you can eat as many fruits and vegetables as you want and lose weight. That is entirely false. Also fruits and vegetables are much better for you than junk food, they do contain calories. And too many calories can prevent you from losing weight. For example, if you choose to eat an apple instead of a single serving bag of potato chips, that's great. But according to TheDailyPlate.com, if you eat three apples, then you just ate 375 calories...probably more calories than what was in the bag of chips.

Instructions

• 1

  Determine the type of fruit or vegetable you are eating. Try to be as specific as you can. For example, a plum tomato will have a different of calories than a red, round tomato.

• 2

  Determine how many calories are in each serving of fruit or vegetable. There are several resources available to help you do this. There are books and websites that list the nutritional values of various food types. There are some popular calorie counting websites listed in the resource section.

• 3

  Figure out how many servings you are consuming. For example, a serving of grapes could be ten grapes. If you are having 20 grapes, the you should double the amount of calories listed for one serving.

• 4

  Add up all the calories you have consumed.