Whole30 Certified Coach littleg Posted June 9, 2014 Whole30 Certified Coach Share Posted June 9, 2014 Veggie portions or sweet potato portions? It is a winter squash but tastes so good and has such a potato consistency that I'm wondering if I'm overdoing it treating it like a "vegetable". Since weight loss is within the realm of things I'd enjoy seeing I'm not sure what to do. I've searched the interwebs and for some reason there seems to be no data on the nutrition info of this little gem. So who has a bomb calorimeter at home and can tell me if i can continue to enjoy a bowlful of this stuff? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaGirl Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 I didnt know there was a difference. I'm pretty sure you can continue to fill your bowl full.. I was under the assumption that sweet potatoes were veggies.. sure maybe more carbs than a carrot but all in all a veggie.. Are some people just playing the heavy carb card or is this something we should all pay attention to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlennR Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Looks like it has less calories than butternut squash (and less than half the carbs), so I'd treat it like a veggie. EDIT: CaGirl makes a good point. Of course all these things are veggies. But I think kabocha can be treated more like carrots or turnips than sweet potatoes in terms of carb density. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GFChris Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Sweet potato and kabocha (and all winter squash) are veggies on a Whole30. Portion size for these and all veggies is 1-3 cups per meal. Enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaGirl Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Yeah, theres no difference… Calorie count, carb count,, means nothing during a whole 30 What do you mean treated more like a carrot or a turnip Glen? Are you saying we should eat less of these things? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whole30 Certified Coach littleg Posted June 9, 2014 Author Whole30 Certified Coach Share Posted June 9, 2014 I fill my plate with veggies. That may be 4 cups of broccoli + 1/2 bag of coleslaw mix. I wouldn't fill my plate with sweet potatoes. However, I have eaten some pretty big bowls of kobucha squash - maybe 2 cups worth. I know calories don't matter on W30 but 2 cups of sweet potato is 500ish calories. If I did that at each meal, plus protein, plus fat... well that would be too much food for me, I think, especially with weight loss goals. During my W60 I often had days where I ate a sweet potato for 2 meals + 1/2 of one post WOD - but they were small - probably fist size or a little smaller. But listen to the moderator - not me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GFChris Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Remember folks, we're not going for calories or grams of carbs, we're going for satiety here. The portion sizes are recommendations to get you to a point where a meal of protein, vegetables and fat satiates you for 4-5 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlennR Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Yeah, theres no difference… Calorie count, carb count,, means nothing during a whole 30 What do you mean treated more like a carrot or a turnip Glen? Are you saying we should eat less of these things? Some veggies are denser carbs than others, so use of them should keep in mind activity level, body composition, desire to gain or lose weight, etc. Yes, sweet potatoes and the like are veggies, but you can still overeat them if you're sedentary, inactive, or trying to lose weight. Or put it this way: I would suggest to people to eat more dense carbs if they're hungry all the time or working out a lot. But I would think it a mistake if they were the bulk of their veggies if they're inactive or trying to lose weight. I know we avoid carb counting in Whole30. But we still have to keep in mind the variety and balance of veggies that works best for us. Remember: we tell people all the time add starchy veggies, decrease starchy veggies. So this says to me that not all veggies are equal. IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whole30 Certified Coach littleg Posted June 10, 2014 Author Whole30 Certified Coach Share Posted June 10, 2014 Glenn seems to have stated this better than I could. His words sounded familiar so I checked ISWF. Pg 191. "If you are overweight and insulin resistant, you don't want to fill your whole plate with mashed sweet potato, because your metabolism isn't good at managing energy. In this case, include the more carb-dense veggies in smaller portions and fill the rest of your plate with leafy greens or other fibrous vegetables". Ok, I feel less like a trouble maker now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlennR Posted June 11, 2014 Share Posted June 11, 2014 Ok, I feel less like a trouble maker now But being a troublemaker can be so much fun sometimes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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