Licking the spoon count?

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  • AskTracyAnnK28
    AskTracyAnnK28 Posts: 2,817 Member
    cwolfman13 wrote: »
    BFDeal wrote: »
    cwolfman13 wrote: »
    This is one of those things that when I was logging I realized I had moved beyond merely trying to be healthy, aware, consistent, and relatively accurate to being obsessed.
    What's your take on logging fish oil, vitamins, and cough medicine? I'd put these in almost the same category. Wow, 10 calories from your vitamins? That's a whopping 70 a week! Gimme a break.

    when I first started logging it wasn't a big deal and I never worried about it. I did fine with logging for months and months...at some point though something just switched and it went from just trying to be aware of what I was doing and living a healthier lifestyle to obsessing about things just like that...in the end, I was freaking out if I forgot to measure and log my dollop of ketchup. I got pretty ridiculous in the end.

    Logging taught me a lot and I'm grateful that I did it for the time that I did it...but for me, it just spun out of control at some point and turned to silliness. I'm in a much better place now and healthier and happier than ever.

    I think most people should spend some time logging and learning...but I really question whether it's a valid long term solution for most people...if they want to keep their sanity that is. It is an incredibly effective method for weight loss though.

    I feel the same way. Right now I'm walking that fine line between unhealthy/obsessive and just plain weird behavior, you know what I mean? I was sickwith the flu and was afraid to take the prescription cough syrup because...CALORIES!!! like, really? I'm sick, I shouldn't worry about not finding the correct amount of calories in prescription cough medicine and trying to figure out how to put it on a food scale. Scary stuff.

    I only have about 7 pounds to go to get to my last and final goal weight (I kept adjusting as i went along...making it 5 pounds lower each time I reached my goal). So I'm going to lighten up and try to get a healthier mindset.

    About 10 years ago I lost a bunch of weight on Nutrisystem, and I never weighed/measured or logged anything.

    OK - to the OP - lick that spoon!!!
  • Nottafattie
    Nottafattie Posts: 140 Member
    I say, don't sweat the petty stuff or pet the sweaty stuff and you'll be just fine.
  • mulecanter
    mulecanter Posts: 1,792 Member
    this is why I try to leave some calories on the table each day--to allow for cheats, big and small
  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,423 Member
    I lick the spoon when I cook. I don't think a taste of something is a big deal not to log. Now, eating enough batter or dough to equal 1 serving of the finished product that you should probably log.
  • JadeDHayes
    JadeDHayes Posts: 15 Member
    Lounmoun wrote: »
    I lick the spoon when I cook. I don't think a taste of something is a big deal not to log. Now, eating enough batter or dough to equal 1 serving of the finished product that you should probably log.

    Damn!!
  • sofaking6
    sofaking6 Posts: 4,589 Member
    edited February 2015
    JadeDHayes wrote: »
    Tonight I made some valentines chocolate brownies. Blatantly not for me.. I could resist on licking the spoon afterwards. MFP will never know!! It can be our little secret B)

    don't judge me :p

    Spoons and beaters both absorb all the calories.

    And I think eggs used to be safer before factory farming :( I used to eat raw beef when I was little but you can't do that now!!
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    gothchiq wrote: »
    I'm so afraid to do this because of uncooked egg. :X though I am always so tempted.

    @gothchiq‌ I have a raw eggs in my smoothies most days, never been sick.

  • gotolam
    gotolam Posts: 262 Member
    sunnyside1213 wrote: »
    Wash your eggs before you use them. Salmonella is on the shell.

    Wut???

    Do you also wash oranges?
  • sheldonklein
    sheldonklein Posts: 854 Member
    Ninkyou wrote: »
    Samples at the grocery store also do not count. o:)>:)

    I quick add 100 calories when I go to Costco
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    I'm a spoon licker. Lots of unlogged licks of joy.
  • Noelv1976
    Noelv1976 Posts: 18,948 Member
    arditarose wrote: »
    I'm a spoon licker. Lots of unlogged licks of joy.

    Oh boy
  • obscuremusicreference
    obscuremusicreference Posts: 1,320 Member
    christinev297 wrote: »
    gothchiq wrote: »
    I'm so afraid to do this because of uncooked egg. :X though I am always so tempted.

    @gothchiq‌ I have a raw eggs in my smoothies most days, never been sick.

    Well, I can't say that salmonella in eggs is completely unheard of, but there have been several flour recalls and in 2009, 77 people were sickened after eating raw prepackaged cookie dough made with pasteurized eggs. The culprit? E. coli in the flour Nestle used.

    http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2011/12/09/143450624/the-surprising-ingredient-in-raw-cookie-dough-that-could-make-you-sick
  • Mech9
    Mech9 Posts: 252 Member
    I am a chronic partaker in other people's food, licking spoons, and free samples. If I didn't log it all, it'd add up to like 3,000 calories a week!

    Wednesday, "I'm just going to lick this spoon with 5g of mayonnaise on ittttttt...."

    Thursday, "Can I have a bite of your grilled cheese sandwich?"

    Friday, "Ooh! that sushi looks good, can I have a piece?"

    Saturday, "Oh man! I love cottage cheese! Can I have a bi- oops, I ate half of it. :x "

    Sunday, "LOOK! FREE MINI CHOCOLATE ECLAIRS AT THE GROCERY STORE!"

    I may be a bad person.
  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,942 Member
    JadeDHayes wrote: »
    Tonight I made some valentines chocolate brownies. Blatantly not for me.. I could resist on licking the spoon afterwards. MFP will never know!! It can be our little secret B)

    don't judge me :p

    Okay, no judgment.

    When I make peanut butter, I HAVE to have some extra just for me. It's all warm and toasted and wonderful. Just a little, though. :D
  • FitOldMomma
    FitOldMomma Posts: 790 Member
    Troutsy wrote: »
    BFDeal wrote: »
    cwolfman13 wrote: »
    This is one of those things that when I was logging I realized I had moved beyond merely trying to be healthy, aware, consistent, and relatively accurate to being obsessed.
    What's your take on logging fish oil, vitamins, and cough medicine? I'd put these in almost the same category. Wow, 10 calories from your vitamins? That's a whopping 70 a week! Gimme a break.

    I log my 10 calorie multivitamins... but its more so I remember to actually take them then the calorie count

    Me too. Just recently started taking supplements so I added a category just for them to remind me to actually take them. :)
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    I always let my kids lick the spoons ...it's a childhood joy no scaremongering is going to convince me out of

    I always log calories for spoon licking and don't feel obsessive, just not trying to fool myself it doesn't count
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,429 Member
    gothchiq wrote: »
    I'm so afraid to do this because of uncooked egg. :X though I am always so tempted.

    I'd never even heard that raw egg was an issue until I went to America and saw warnings on stuff. Weirded me out. We always eat cookie/cake batter!
  • 47Jacqueline
    47Jacqueline Posts: 6,993 Member
    It doesn't count: if you're standing up; if it's on someone else' plate; you completed your logging for the day... lol
  • gothchiq
    gothchiq Posts: 4,590 Member
    ... of course, I could always mix it up and take one little spoonful before I add the egg. I am sneaky lol XD
  • Bry_Fitness70
    Bry_Fitness70 Posts: 2,480 Member
    edited February 2015
    JadeDHayes wrote: »
    Tonight I made some valentines chocolate brownies. Blatantly not for me.. I could resist on licking the spoon afterwards. MFP will never know!! It can be our little secret B)

    don't judge me :p

    Next time:

    1) Take an identical spoon, put it on a plate, put the spoon on a food scale, press the "tare weight" button.

    2) Remove the clean spoon, put the spoon with the brownie mix on the plate, observe the weight, enter it into the food log, lick the spoon completely clean.

    3) I'm kidding, enjoy the raw brownie mix (I wouldn't log it) and don't worry about the raw egg, Rocky Balboa drank entire glasses of raw eggs in training and he knocked out some of the great fictitious boxers of our time.
  • JadeDHayes
    JadeDHayes Posts: 15 Member
    I love all these replys haha!!! Made my day!!!
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