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Tea and coffee

Spitspot81
Spitspot81 Posts: 208 Member
edited December 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Do you log?

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  • myheartsabattleground
    myheartsabattleground Posts: 2,040 Member
    Yes.
  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,179 Member
    Yes.
  • braintown
    braintown Posts: 80 Member
    If you add creamer or sweetener, definitely log those. Otherwise, I log my coffee because I want to keep track of caffeine.
  • rubyhall89
    rubyhall89 Posts: 1 Member
    Yup, definitely. There are lots of "coffee and milk/sugar/flavour" foods already set up so you don't have to log your additions to the coffee/tea separately.
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    I only log coffee because it lists potassium. I drink tea with milk all morning, so i log the tea and milk under breakfast.
  • lilithsrose
    lilithsrose Posts: 752 Member
    As others have said, if you add anything such as sugar, milk, or creamer, you should log it.

    Personally, I don't log my coffee or tea because if I add anything at all, its splenda or stevia.
  • crzycatlady1
    crzycatlady1 Posts: 1,930 Member
    My tea with artificial sweetener is calorie free so no I don't include it, same with diet coke and water.
  • MonkeyMel21
    MonkeyMel21 Posts: 2,396 Member
    The coffee or tea I do not log (cause no calories) but the 70 calories worth of creamer or honey I do log.
  • coffeethencardio
    coffeethencardio Posts: 27 Member
    edited October 2016
    I log it because plain black coffee is 2 calories per cup (8oz). I log everything that goes in my mouth.
  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,423 Member
    No because I drink unsweetened tea with no milk.
  • 25lbsorbust
    25lbsorbust Posts: 225 Member
    I don't bother, because I drink it black. Where I'm at right now, 5-10 extra calories a day isn't gonna break my diet.
  • YvetteK2015
    YvetteK2015 Posts: 654 Member
    I log the half and half because it's 100 calories for me. I don't log the sweetner.
  • Alyssa_Is_LosingIt
    Alyssa_Is_LosingIt Posts: 4,696 Member
    rubyhall89 wrote: »
    Yup, definitely. There are lots of "coffee and milk/sugar/flavour" foods already set up so you don't have to log your additions to the coffee/tea separately.

    Entries like this are not very good ones to use. These database entries were created by other users, and you have no idea how much milk/sugar/creamer/half & half was added to the coffee. Your best bet is to always add your coffee additions separately and measure how much you put in using measuring spoons and/or a food scale.
  • vingogly
    vingogly Posts: 1,787 Member
    I log the cream I use. Personally, I don't worry about the small stuff.
  • MelissaPhippsFeagins
    MelissaPhippsFeagins Posts: 8,063 Member
    Coffee yes, because I drink it with half and half. Tea no, because I drink it iced and unsweetened.
  • not_my_first_rodeo
    not_my_first_rodeo Posts: 311 Member
    Yes, and I drink both black.
  • xaryo
    xaryo Posts: 104 Member
    Black coffee, no cals, no log
  • indiacaitlin
    indiacaitlin Posts: 691 Member
    Nope as I have my coffee black.
  • GottaBurnEmAll
    GottaBurnEmAll Posts: 7,722 Member
    Yes, I log it. Even though it's only 2 calories, I like to log it for the potassium.

    Christine, tea has a small amount of potassium too.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,055 Member
    Yes. It's right there in Recent and takes a fraction of a second to add it.
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »
    Yes, I log it. Even though it's only 2 calories, I like to log it for the potassium.

    Christine, tea has a small amount of potassium too.

    Oh I didn't know that, thanks :smile:

    The only reason I log my 0 calorie tea, is because i people kept asking if i have a 550ml glass of milk for breakfast, so i just started logging tea to make it clearer..
  • 7lenny7
    7lenny7 Posts: 3,498 Member
    Nope, not reason to. I take it black and there's not enough calories to bother with.

    I also don't log my tea for the same reason...it's just not worth the effort.
  • paperpudding
    paperpudding Posts: 9,359 Member
    Yes I do.

    Not for the coffee itself but for the small amount of skim milk I put in it which adds 20 calories per cup
    Times 3 or 4 per day.

    I don't have sugar or sweetener.
  • GottaBurnEmAll
    GottaBurnEmAll Posts: 7,722 Member
    Christine_72 wrote: »
    GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »
    Yes, I log it. Even though it's only 2 calories, I like to log it for the potassium.

    Christine, tea has a small amount of potassium too.

    Oh I didn't know that, thanks :smile:

    The only reason I log my 0 calorie tea, is because i people kept asking if i have a 550ml glass of milk for breakfast, so i just started logging tea to make it clearer..

    Tea also has the same 2 calories that coffee does!
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    Nope because I drink them black.
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    Alyssa_Is_LosingIt wrote: »
    rubyhall89 wrote: »
    Yup, definitely. There are lots of "coffee and milk/sugar/flavour" foods already set up so you don't have to log your additions to the coffee/tea separately.

    Entries like this are not very good ones to use. These database entries were created by other users, and you have no idea how much milk/sugar/creamer/half & half was added to the coffee. Your best bet is to always add your coffee additions separately and measure how much you put in using measuring spoons and/or a food scale.

    Important point. In general, never use someone else's homemade recipe/entry because you have no idea if what they added is the same as yours. (And I don't see how logging whatever you add wouldn't be just as easy.)

    Personally, I don't log coffee or tea since I drink it black and about the same amount every day and if I were cutting calories it certainly would not be what I cut. So no reason to -- if I'm eating 1630 instead of 1600 daily it wouldn't affect my response (if not losing/maintaining/whatever the goal, cut calories or increase activity).

    I do log equally low cal vegetables, but that's because I don't eat the exact same veg every day, I want to be in the habit (well, when logging) of logging everything and it would probably take more time to be selective about what ingredients I log, and -- most significant -- I like to have a record of what I actually eat so I can decide if I need to change my diet, get more diversity in the veg I eat, whatever.
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