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How would I log a finger-lick

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  • lynder64
    lynder64 Posts: 285 Member
    SO many funny finger licking thoughts! A good chuckle AND some good advice for the poster :-)
  • girlviernes
    girlviernes Posts: 2,402 Member
    I don't think it's a crazy question, little things can add up. I would probably log it, just estimate as others have suggested.
  • Go_Mizzou99
    Go_Mizzou99 Posts: 2,628 Member
    edited November 2014
    It depends on the finger.

    If index finger, sheesh, everyone knows the answer to that one and since you asked the question that would make you a troll.
    Thumb = two index fingers.
    If pinky finger = 1/2 index finger.
    Ringer finger = 0.954 index fingers
    If it was the middle finger, your naughty thoughts negated the calories and you get a pass.

    Middle finger example below:
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  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    Definitely crazy- chillax!
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  • Calliope610
    Calliope610 Posts: 3,783 Member
    If you are on day 5 of this "over the top" measuring behavior, I predict you will get burned out by day 10. Measure as accurately as you can within reason. If you feel you had too many "licks", a walk around the block should cover it.

    Don't make this so complicated.
  • randomtai
    randomtai Posts: 9,003 Member
    Calliope610 wrote: »
    If you are on day 5 of this "over the top" measuring behavior, I predict you will get burned out by day 10. Measure as accurately as you can within reason. If you feel you had too many "licks", a walk around the block should cover it.

    Don't make this so complicated.

    This times a million.
  • redfisher1974
    redfisher1974 Posts: 614 Member
    Just let the dog lick your finger...Or shove it in your spouse's mouth...lol
  • Angierae75
    Angierae75 Posts: 417 Member
    redfisher1974 wrote: »
    segacs wrote: »
    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




    I have to stop myself from saying "I already logged this, I have to eat it!"
    No, no I don't.
  • ChampCrucial
    ChampCrucial Posts: 120 Member
    Teaspoon
  • girlwithcurls2
    girlwithcurls2 Posts: 2,283 Member
    OdesAngel wrote: »
    I'll take crazy for 500, Alex.

    Literally laughing out loud in my kitchen...
    "I'll take anal for 250..."
  • CallMeCupcakeDammit
    CallMeCupcakeDammit Posts: 9,377 Member
    We need video to really gauge this.
  • LeslieB042812
    LeslieB042812 Posts: 1,799 Member
    redfisher1974 wrote: »
    segacs wrote: »
    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




    Oh my goodness, yes, don't grab a kernel of my weighed popcorn if you want to keep your fingers! lol
  • gothchiq
    gothchiq Posts: 4,590 Member
    1/8 tsp I would guess
  • mrscronkhite
    mrscronkhite Posts: 21
    One thing for sure since I started counting cals I clean my plate like never before..lol

    I always warn my family, never attempt to eat off my plate while I'm dieting/counting calories. If I accounted for that plate of food - I'm eating every darn bite, and loving it!




  • higgins8283801
    higgins8283801 Posts: 844 Member
    I don't add those things. This is the most serious I have gotten about weight loss too. almost 5 months in and down 30lbs..but I don't record small nibbles or "finger licks". A "finger lick" won't put you that far over and doom the day.
  • zcb94
    zcb94 Posts: 3,678 Member
    SteampunkSongbird wrote: »
    I'd probably log it as one gram.
    ^This up here, is what I do for store-offered samples of foods as well as taste-licks or use of condiments.
  • zcb94
    zcb94 Posts: 3,678 Member
    MyChocolateDiet wrote: »
    SciranBG wrote: »
    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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