Nooby here - should I be logging what I drink?

noddap88
noddap88 Posts: 4 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I've cut everything bar squash, water and tea but have forgotten to log it since I started dieting. Should I start to log it? Thanks

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  • Mr_Knight
    Mr_Knight Posts: 9,532 Member
    edited April 2015
    If you're tracking calories, any beverage with calories should ideally be tracked. Personally I don't bother with water or other calorie-free drinks.
  • fearlessleader104
    fearlessleader104 Posts: 723 Member
    Mr_Knight wrote: »
    If you're tracking calories, any beverage with calories should ideally be tracked. Personally I don't bother with water or other calorie-free drinks.

  • noddap88
    noddap88 Posts: 4 Member
    Yeah I thought so. Black current squash is like 5 cals so I guess in theory it can add up!
  • girlviernes
    girlviernes Posts: 2,402 Member
    Wait, I'm confused, are you only eating squash? Are you drinking some kind of squash?
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    girlviernes wrote: »
    Wait, I'm confused, are you only eating squash? Are you drinking some kind of squash?

    It's a kind of British soft drink, I believe.
  • noddap88
    noddap88 Posts: 4 Member
    Ha yeah janejelly has got it. It's a fruity drink.
  • girlviernes
    girlviernes Posts: 2,402 Member
    Ah OK!! lol. Well I think it's up to you. With things that are in the 5 kcal range I vary on whether I'll bother to log. E.g., I don't log my coffee, but I do log the milk I put in it.
  • noddap88
    noddap88 Posts: 4 Member
    Great, thanks
  • minties82
    minties82 Posts: 907 Member
    5 calories is about 21 kilojoules here and I would most certainly log that. I eat little sugar free lollies that are about that amount and log them. I also log the sweetener put in my coffee sometimes and it's 1 kilojoule.
  • MeraiahB
    MeraiahB Posts: 40 Member
    log anything and everything that goes in your mount, drink lots of plain water to help wash you out.
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,149 Member
    Everything counts.
  • callsitlikeiseeit
    callsitlikeiseeit Posts: 8,626 Member
    if it has calories, i log it.

    drinks without calories, sometimes i do, sometimes i dont.
  • ellskiNZ
    ellskiNZ Posts: 32 Member
    I don't bother entering the black tea but I do enter the milk I put in it, same with coffee.
  • rocknlotsofrolls
    rocknlotsofrolls Posts: 418 Member
    heck yeah! I prefer not to drink my calories, though. I'd rather have some good ole food and just drink diet dr. pepper or water or coffee. Yiippppeee!
  • blossomingbutterfly
    blossomingbutterfly Posts: 743 Member
    I would say yes definitely log every drink. Weight it too because it does add up. I log tea and coffee as well even if no calories. I do not log water. :)
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    I don't log tea and coffee (I drink them black). I occasionally drink those Bai5 things that have like 10 calories and log them.
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    Liftng4Lis wrote: »
    Everything counts.

    Yep. This woman inspired me to log my garlic. Dang you.
  • cincysweetheart
    cincysweetheart Posts: 892 Member
    If it has a single calorie… count it. I even log celery for heavens sake. Personally, I will even log my water and 0 calorie vitamins.
  • Emilia777
    Emilia777 Posts: 978 Member
    edited April 2015
    arditarose wrote: »
    Liftng4Lis wrote: »
    Everything counts.

    Yep. This woman inspired me to log my garlic. Dang you.

    I did that too the other day and was shocked to learn 50 grams of garlic is 75 calories :disappointed:. And that’s not that much garlic for someone who loves the stuff as much as I do.

    Everything adds up, OP. Better safe than sorry with the logging, is what I say.
  • nickatine
    nickatine Posts: 451 Member
    The only items I don't log are water and black coffee/ teas, and coke zero.
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 19,188 Member
    I log drinks that have any calories, even if they are only a small amount.
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    Emilia777 wrote: »
    arditarose wrote: »
    Liftng4Lis wrote: »
    Everything counts.

    Yep. This woman inspired me to log my garlic. Dang you.

    I did that too the other day and was shocked to learn 50 grams of garlic is 75 calories :disappointed:. And that’s not that much garlic for someone who loves the stuff as much as I do.

    Everything adds up, OP. Better safe than sorry with the logging, is what I say.

    What the H are you putting 50 grams of garlic in?! That is a lot. I haven't weighed my garlic but I only use a clove.
  • 999tigger
    999tigger Posts: 5,235 Member
    What they said if you want a truly accurate log then you should log everything. 5cals wouldnt make much difference to me so I dont bother. the only drink I have with significant calories I have would be milk. I always have a reserve of exercise calories to absorb any oversight,so am less bothered.
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