Are there things you don't log?

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  • trisH_7183
    trisH_7183 Posts: 1,486 Member
    I don't log lettuce,but do log everything added,including dressing.Water,spices,tea,coffee,diet soda,.If eating out,take my own oil/ vinegar dressing ..... Always count olive oil,not the rice or red wine vinegar. Guess that is it.
  • SandyBVTN
    SandyBVTN Posts: 367 Member
    I don't log soy sauce (I'm not watching my sodium), hot sauce, mustard, spices. I would log the creamer though. I do log my coffee and diet drinks but it's more from habit than anything.
  • juggernaut1974
    juggernaut1974 Posts: 6,212 Member
    Water, spices, etc I don't log.

    Occasionally if at the end of the day I see I'm 100 calories short, I'll grab a quick snack as I'm crawling into bed and not log it.
  • Sevendust912
    Sevendust912 Posts: 122 Member
    People saying black pepper should log it, it has cals.
  • MoiAussi93
    MoiAussi93 Posts: 1,948 Member
    tea, dijon mustard, cinnamon, pepper and other spices, vinegar, lemon juice, stevia
  • kissa714
    kissa714 Posts: 65 Member
    I always log condiments. I don't log water and gum/mints :)
  • kommodevaran
    kommodevaran Posts: 17,890 Member
    MrsR0SE wrote: »
    The only thing I don't bother to log is communion wine/bread

    :D

    Guilt-free, at least, though not completely calorie-free :p
  • Lambrah
    Lambrah Posts: 45 Member
    i dont log exercise due to the inconsistent nature of it.
  • ddixon503
    ddixon503 Posts: 119 Member
    Spices, black coffee, tea, and gum.
  • Bukeelaka
    Bukeelaka Posts: 70
    edited January 2015
    Just water & vitamins
    edit: I also don't log workouts
  • njitaliana
    njitaliana Posts: 814 Member
    I log creamer, as it has calories. Same for ketchup and mayo. But I don't log mustard.
  • abuck_13
    abuck_13 Posts: 382 Member
    See, I'll log condiments simply because of the sodium. While mustard is generally minuscule on calories, ketchup is about 15 to 20 per tablespoon, in addition to the sodium...but that is just me....
  • Crysty2010
    Crysty2010 Posts: 26 Member
    I log it all - down to my A-1 and Green Hot Sauce.
  • obscuremusicreference
    obscuremusicreference Posts: 1,320 Member
    I don't log spices, my multivitamin, or tea. I imagine that when I'm doing unlogged squats while waiting for my coffee, those are my basil calories.
  • fuhrmeister
    fuhrmeister Posts: 1,796 Member
    herbs and spices.
    I don't always log mustard or hot sauce. But I log all other condiments. Ketchup, ranch, honey mustard etc. all have plenty of calories.
  • kyta32
    kyta32 Posts: 670 Member
    When I make bacon wrapped water chestnuts, I ony log 1/4 the marinade. I've tried weighing it before and after I've soaked the chestnuts in it to figure out the correct % to use, but it ends up weighing more after I've taken the chestnuts out. I guess the salt in the soy sauce and cooking causes water to come out of the water chestnuts into the marinade? - and yes, I froze and removed the bacon fat before the second weight.

    I log communion wine and wafer, using entries I found on MFP - 10 cal. total.
  • tigerlily_
    tigerlily_ Posts: 32 Member
    I don't log diet drinks, hot sauce (unless I have a LOT of it), herbs and spices, and I don't accurately log tea and coffee, I put 4 cups a day which I think is about my average. Life's too short and I'm still losing weight :)
  • airmedic8
    airmedic8 Posts: 24 Member
    I dont log fruits and veggies......GASP
  • avskk
    avskk Posts: 1,787 Member
    I don't log anything that will be less than five calories. A half-leaf of lettuce on a sandwich, a paper-thin tomato slice on my morning egg, coffee (but I do log the creamer) and tea, a tiny taste of dinner as I'm cooking, a tablespoon of diced onion in a single serving of stir-fry.
  • Wiseandcurious
    Wiseandcurious Posts: 730 Member
    Black coffee (if I have a cappuccino I log the milk), tea, herbs and dry spices, vitamins. Oh and water, not an issue for me.

    I do log all ingredients in my recipes though, even if only 5 cals, because I've started to use the recipe tool as a sort of cookbook/reminder not to forget any ingredient in my dishes :)
  • kimw91
    kimw91 Posts: 355 Member
    cheshirecatastrophe wrote: »
    I quick add 100 calories every morning to account for miniscule calorie amounts in artificial sweeteners, diet soda, vinegar, sugar free gum, etc. It's surely not accurate, one way or the other, but it keeps me from obsessing.

    I do log creamer/tea additives, salad dressings, various sauces, and my beloved ketchup (so sorry, so American).

    I do the same and this also covers the milk I use in my tea. I thus also don't log herbs and spices and am not always fully accurate with my veg (I sometimes use 5 types at dinner - can't be bothered, I'll just log more of 1), but I do log ketchup, mustard (it does have calories), dressings etc.
  • belimawr
    belimawr Posts: 1,155 Member
    jacksonpt wrote: »
    cheshirecatastrophe wrote: »
    I quick add 100 calories every morning to account for miniscule calorie amounts in artificial sweeteners, diet soda, vinegar, sugar free gum, etc. It's surely not accurate, one way or the other, but it keeps me from obsessing.

    Good idea!

    I agree, I may start doing the same. Thanks!

  • zipa78
    zipa78 Posts: 354 Member
    LandyBreigh wrote: »
    For instance, I put a little bit of creamer in my tea in the morning, but I don't log it. I also don't log ketchup, hot sauce, and mustard.

    Thoughts?

    I don't log the milk in my coffee, the occasional piece of dark chocolate, condiments etc, unless I slather something in mayo or something like that. I reckon it wont be more than 200-300 kcal / day max in any case, so that just doesn't matter as it is basically impossible to estimate my "calories out" with any more precision than that. So, as long as I keep losing weight over the weeks and months, I know I'm good.
  • 47Jacqueline
    47Jacqueline Posts: 6,993 Member
    I don't log ketchup, mustard, vinegar, Crystal Light, Halls cough drops... I am usually about 100 or more calories below my daily goal so it works fine.
  • kroonha
    kroonha Posts: 102 Member
    I don't log water like many others; I drink at least 2 litres a day and don't need to prove it to myself. I also don't log my black coffee or plain tea.

    I never seem to log the dash of olive oil I use for cooking but I that's never been a problem to my weight loss so it doesn't bother me.
  • Redinky22
    Redinky22 Posts: 13
    I log everything except spices. Also log glasses of water per day. I saw that someone said they didn't log ketchup. Bad move. There is so much sugar in ketchup, a lot of it from high fructose corn syrup. Should get it out of your diet completely.
  • Laurend224
    Laurend224 Posts: 1,748 Member
    I log everything! Cough drops, gum, vitamins, mustard, sriacha, coffee. My 3-4 cups black coffee has 7-8 calories. It's all important, and it all adds up.
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    For me this thread is funny, or at least the reaction in my head is similar to the whole (George Carlin?) thing that anyone going slower than you is an idiot and anyone going faster is a maniac. I'm varying between "you worry about 5-10 calories!?" to "you don't worry about 200+ calories!?" :-) I suppose it just shows that different things work for different people.
  • LandyBreigh
    LandyBreigh Posts: 207 Member
    lemurcat12 wrote: »
    For me this thread is funny, or at least the reaction in my head is similar to the whole (George Carlin?) thing that anyone going slower than you is an idiot and anyone going faster is a maniac. I'm varying between "you worry about 5-10 calories!?" to "you don't worry about 200+ calories!?" :-) I suppose it just shows that different things work for different people.

    Very true.
  • Naley2322
    Naley2322 Posts: 181 Member
    cinnamon and ginger I add to my oatmeal, apples, sweet potatoes.... I always log an extra 5 calories to accommodate the spices I use throughout the day
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