anything you dont count in daily calories?

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17746991
17746991 Posts: 35
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hi there
I was wondering if there is anything that people leave out of their daily calorie count?
eg teas, coffees, and other drinks around 20cal and under?
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  • MelodyandBarbells
    MelodyandBarbells Posts: 7,725 Member
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    Gum, coffee, drink mixes, spices & condiments, diet sodas and drinks, sweeteners - basically your typical 5 calories or less items
  • lolly715
    lolly715 Posts: 106
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    Only very small (e.g. a pinch, so 1g or less) quantities of spices.

    I rarely have them but do log any drinks with cals no matter how small as if you have a few a day, it could end up being close to 100 cals which is the same as a small snack. All adds up!
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
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    I don't count coffee (but I count milk at start of day)
    Diet soda
    Herbs and spices, including garlic cloves

    I count absolutely everything else ...by weight
  • LINIA
    LINIA Posts: 1,137 Member
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    if you can, log everything you eat---it tells a true story of what you have put into your mouth. it also helps to explain why you are full or why you are hungry.

    you can make a "meal" of spices you regularly use and "save" it to easily reuse without having to enter each spice separately. ( cilantro, ginger, black pepper etc)
  • zeal26
    zeal26 Posts: 602 Member
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    I don't count my cordial (fruit concentrate I sometimes add to my water). I can't really be bothered measuring it and it's not much anyway.
  • lisaabenjamin
    lisaabenjamin Posts: 665 Member
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    I log EVERYTHING.
  • VanillaBeanSeed
    VanillaBeanSeed Posts: 562 Member
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    JaneiR36 wrote: »
    Gum, coffee, drink mixes, spices & condiments, diet sodas and drinks, sweeteners - basically your typical 5 calories or less items

    You dont count condiments?

    Those can really add up depending on what your eating!
  • paperpudding
    paperpudding Posts: 9,082 Member
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    I don't log water,spices,tiny amounts of things like lettuce or pickles. I don't always log diet soft drinks.
    If I used no calorie sweeteners or sugar free gum. I wouldn't log that either.
  • jakicooke
    jakicooke Posts: 149 Member
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    I dont add tea coffee and sugar in those drinks but if I had a lattee or cappuccino then I do. im sure I will get to a point when I will have to log these as well but while I can get away with it I don't. the odd boiled sweet I don't bother but if I have a few in a day then I log them
  • MsHarryWinston
    MsHarryWinston Posts: 1,027 Member
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    My Thai sauce, bbq sauce, ketchup, spices, fresca and coke zero.

    I have a large enough deficit that I feel comfortable ignoring these things for now. It lets me feel relaxed but safe which I definately need.
  • maram29
    maram29 Posts: 100 Member
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    Log everything because it might have sodium even though it is very low in calories...and sodium can derail your efforts if it gets too high. Once I know it is truly a zero value, I feel more comfortable skipping it.
  • teranga79
    teranga79 Posts: 202 Member
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    I don't log gum, or squash/cordial. Scale is moving in the right direction so I'm not going to worry about those.
  • Wicibeth
    Wicibeth Posts: 27 Member
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    I don't log spices, or single sachets of Stevia or a few drops liquid Stevia, gum, green tea or sugar free cordial.
  • moglovesshoez
    moglovesshoez Posts: 83 Member
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    Water and really small amounts of herbs and spices
  • 50sFit
    50sFit Posts: 712 Member
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    lisaabenjamin wrote: »
    I log EVERYTHING.
    If I dream about eating, I wake up and log it...
  • troy0
    troy0 Posts: 37 Member
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    Donuts. I read somewhere they're mostly air.
  • MelodyandBarbells
    MelodyandBarbells Posts: 7,725 Member
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    VanillaBeanSeed wrote: »
    JaneiR36 wrote: »
    Gum, coffee, drink mixes, spices & condiments, diet sodas and drinks, sweeteners - basically your typical 5 calories or less items

    You dont count condiments?

    Those can really add up depending on what your eating!

    Good point, it does depend on what kind. I'll log a little pack of honey mustard or bbq sauce, but those tiny packets of Taco Bell fire sauce or a small packet of ketchup (which I seldom use) I typically don't log. Dijon mustard, bbq sauce etc used in larger quantities in a recipe do get logged

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