Do you log every morsel?
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Yes, it is important to log everything, aside from water and plain hot tea. The calories from incidental like chewing gum at 5 calories a stick and black coffee at 2 calories a cup really add up.0
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99% yes...5g of butter, mayo, bbq sauce etc gets logged.
mustard, coffee, diet coke etc no.Those little bites here and there are exactly what will halt your progress. If you don't log everything you are wasting your time.
I have yet to have my progress halted by not logging mustard, diet coke etc.
Perspective is needed sometimes. After a little while you know what you have to and don't have to log. For new people here yes log 99.9% of your solids by weight (preferably grams) and liquids by measure..
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flippy1234 wrote: »Do you guys log every single thing you put in your mouth? I cut up some watermelon earlier and ate a few pieces. I didn't log it. I grab an almond here and there. (we have them in a bowl on the counter). Etc...anyway, you get the idea.
Depends on you. If you currently aren't logging every little bit, but are still losing at the expected rate, then it's probably not worth worrying about. But if the weight isn't coming off as expected, then unlogged grazing could definitely be an explanation as to why.
Personally, logging everything reduces my drive-by grazing, because it's a pain in the *** to go into MFP and enter it - so I just don't eat it instead. Everybody wins.
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Generally, yes.0
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yes...every little stinking morsel0
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I guess I am too. Onions? gum? Coffee? Mustard? Heck no I'm not logging that stuff. Yet somehow I still manage to lose weight.
Perhaps for some it's important to log every bite, but certainly not for everyone. Do what works for you.
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RedRockChic wrote: »Sometimes I will log a "serving size" of nuts or snacks, and then measure out that size and leave that in a dish for me to snack on.
I find when I do that I am more honest with myself about the "snacking" I do.. Also, I feel like if I didn't eat all of the snacks in the bowl I can always go back and reduce the intake at the end of the snacking day
I don't log when I swipe a sip of my boyfriends soda pop... Unless I get in more that two or three sips... then I log it as a third of a can
Great idea leaving a serving of nuts out. Then I know I won't go over the calories...if I grab one here and there.0 -
I read on another post, someone who Quick Adds 100 calories at the beginning of her day to account for the small stuff she doesn't log. I thought that was a good idea.
I don't log diet soda, black coffee, herbs or spices or hot sauce, including siracha. I feel like it must have calories though and use quite a bit sometimes! I love siracha....
I do log lettuce, but not the splash of vinegar I might put on the lettuce - weird right?
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I read on another post, someone who Quick Adds 100 calories at the beginning of her day to account for the small stuff she doesn't log. I thought that was a good idea.
I don't log diet soda, black coffee, herbs or spices or hot sauce, including siracha. I feel like it must have calories though and use quite a bit sometimes! I love siracha....
I do log lettuce, but not the splash of vinegar I might put on the lettuce - weird right?
How do you Quick Add? I love that idea.0 -
flippy1234 wrote: »Do you guys log every single thing you put in your mouth? I cut up some watermelon earlier and ate a few pieces. I didn't log it. I grab an almond here and there. (we have them in a bowl on the counter). Etc...anyway, you get the idea.
when I logged, I logged everything...which kinda nipped these little habits of grabbing a bite here and there in the bud. Particularly with things like almonds and other nuts that are calorie dense...a tiny little ounce which is a very small handful for me is 160 calories.
I snack and munch all of the time...but I make myself portion that stuff out and sit down and eat it. I don't graze anymore save for certain occasions like BBQs and what not where there's just food out...I don't worry about it then, because those aren't every day occurrences.0 -
Not right now but I would if my weight started creeping the wrong way. I do occasionally quick add 100 calories or so if I know I have eaten perhaps a few too many 'bites' during the day...so maybe my answer should be yes?? 0
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Sometimes yes, sometimes no. Sometimes I'll log a piece of gum, other times I won't log a little bite of something.0
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Pretty much, every now and then I will taste something I'm making and not log it, but I make that rare.0
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I don't log things that are very low cal like black coffee or mustard but I log things with more than 5 calories. 1 brazil nut has 23 cal!0
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yes, every bite, lick, or taste0
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I guess I am too. Onions? gum? Coffee? Mustard? Heck no I'm not logging that stuff. Yet somehow I still manage to lose weight.
Perhaps for some it's important to log every bite, but certainly not for everyone. Do what works for you.
I agree.
I don't log everything. A whole snickers bar? Yes. A bite of Mac and cheese off my kids plate? A French fry out of the kids meal? No.
It didn't affect me because I lost 50lbs, and hit maintenance.
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Yeah, all of it! Coffee, my 3 grams of goji berries in my yogurt, my 10 grams of lettuce on my sandwich.. you get it.0
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