How would I log a finger-lick
leslieraeann
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I was making my son a PB&J and got jam on my finger. Out of habit I licked it off. I'm trying to be very accountable for EVERY calorie I take in, so, how or do I log that? Or am I being crazy? Lol Help!
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I'll take crazy for 500, Alex.0
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Wait did you mean your own finger?0 -
I'd probably log it as one gram.0
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weigh your clean hand on a scale, then put jam on your finger and re-weigh your hand. Once you have figured out your jam-to-finger ratio, and how many calories that would be, you can log it as twice the amount to account for the previous jam-fingers.
Hopefully someone else can think of a more sane suggestion.0 -
leslieraeann wrote: »I was making my son a PB&J and got jam on my finger. Out of habit I licked it off. I'm trying to be very accountable for EVERY calorie I take in, so, how or do I log that? Or am I being crazy? Lol Help!
You're being crazy.
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one lick at a time0
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calm down and step away from the food log0
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weigh your clean hand on a scale, then put jam on your finger and re-weigh your hand. Once you have figured out your jam-to-finger ratio, and how many calories that would be, you can log it as twice the amount to account for the previous jam-fingers.
Hopefully someone else can think of a more sane suggestion.
No I think you nailed it.
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I think you are being crazy but if you want to log it you could look at the calories in a serving of the jam and just put in the calories for 1/4 of a serving of jam. It will probably be something like 8 calories which is probably more than you had in a tiny drop of jam. You could log it if you think less than 8 calories is going to really impact you.0
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Eh, just walk around your house 1x and call it good0
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700 calories. More than if you just made yourself the sandwich.
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Crazy. Your punishment is 10 jumping jacks and add 5 quick add calories to your diary.
Edited - oh wait I thought you licked peanut butter - for jam it is 3 jumping jacks and 2 quick adds.
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leslieraeann wrote: »I was making my son a PB&J and got jam on my finger. Out of habit I licked it off. I'm trying to be very accountable for EVERY calorie I take in, so, how or do I log that? Or am I being crazy? Lol Help!
Log it as cardio... oh wait, you weren't talking about that kind of finger lick.0 -
Crazy, but, if you post in a few weeks saying that this isn't working and you weighed everything, well...you'll be the first I believe. :P0
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Thanks for all the friendly advice lol I guess I'm really going overkill this time around because I'm so tired of being fat and this is the longest I've ever commited, a measly 5 days. But so far I've lost 5 pounds so what I'm doing is working! Thanks:)0
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weigh your clean hand on a scale, then put jam on your finger and re-weigh your hand. Once you have figured out your jam-to-finger ratio, and how many calories that would be, you can log it as twice the amount to account for the previous jam-fingers.
Hopefully someone else can think of a more sane suggestion.
Above would work.
However IMO a sane solution is to ignore it and move on or log it as a tiny guestimate amount like 5 grams.
In reality you won't be able to log everything to the exact calorie degree anyway.
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For next time...
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Finger for a finger. All equals out.0
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leslieraeann wrote: »Thanks for all the friendly advice lol I guess I'm really going overkill this time around because I'm so tired of being fat and this is the longest I've ever commited, a measly 5 days. But so far I've lost 5 pounds so what I'm doing is working! Thanks:)
Nah, we're just having fun with you; it's important to be as diligent and accurate as possible - at least within reason. The big question is where to draw that line. I liked the person who suggested you walk once around the house and call it even. 0 -
I'm pretty meticulous but that's a little crazy! Like if I'm making broccoli for my kiddos I might pop a tiny piece in my mouth, or I might taste something I'm making. If it's tiny, truly tiny, then you probably burned more calories making it than you ate, so let it go.0
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leslieraeann wrote: »Thanks for all the friendly advice lol I guess I'm really going overkill this time around because I'm so tired of being fat and this is the longest I've ever commited, a measly 5 days. But so far I've lost 5 pounds so what I'm doing is working! Thanks:)
In 5 days it's mostly water weight. My weight was peeling off quickly too and after 18 pounds gone in 2 months I've only lost like 2 pounds in the last 2 weeks. It's a little discouraging, but I realize what part of that loss was, and that continued loss will not be nearly as fast. Spending it logging a finger lick of yogurt (2 or 3 grams at most) would wear thin on me very fast.0 -
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One finger lick: Don't bother.
Licking the *entire bowl* of chocolate cake batter, like I did this morning? Quick-add 100 calories, 'cause there's no way that it was anything less than that.
Cake batter is the
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One finger lick: Don't bother.
Licking the *entire bowl* of chocolate cake batter, like I did this morning? Quick-add 100 calories, 'cause there's no way that it was anything less than that.
Cake batter is the .
One thing for sure since I started counting cals I clean my plate like never before..lol
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5g jam
Overestimating it
Log and move on0
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