Snacking and tasting while cooking

The_Movie_Chair

I am preparing finger food for our Superbowl party and the hardest part for me is not to snack while cutting and cooking. I caught myself eating a little cocktail sausage not because I was hungry, just because it was there and it looked at tasted good. I am a human garbage disposal -or have been, what brought me here in the first place.

I realized today for the first time how much I snack absent-minded while preparing food.
The nighttime snacking and snacking while cooking became such a habit. I really have to watch myself what I am doing.

I cook and try a spoon full, the I add spices or whatever else is needed and try another spoon full and so on.

I will be able to stay focused and control the snacking but I love to cook and will continue to prepare tasty meals for our family. Do I log the "tasting" calories or do I pretend it never happened?

Am I overthinking it (again)?

alyssa0061

Log them, they happened

estherdragonbat

And don't beat yourself up unnecessarily about it. I have a tendency to let a minor splurge I hadn't planned on sort of bounce around in my head. I've got some mild anxiety issues. Case in point: yesterday I garnished a spread with four crackers. They weren't touched. When I was clearing the table, I ate them in the kitchen. Now, these crackers are full-fat and I can go through a box like potato chips. So, I generally avoid them. And immediately, the anxiety started up. How much damage had I just done? How bad was this going to be? I'd pre-tracked the day and come in at just under my total allotment before exercise. I weigh in Sunday mornings. How bad was this going to beeeeeeee?????

With mounting horror I dared to pick up the box and with trembling eyes, look at the nutritional info on the side.

...44 calories. I had been stressing and angsting over 44 calories.

Yeah. Right. Breathing normally again.

TavistockToad

If you ate it, you need to log it.

Or just add 100 cals quick add to your day and don't worry about it.

kal900

generally i add all my weights as i prepare, then enter whatever proportion in mfp. But i tend to round up on cals.. so if i prepped 186g of carrot, Id give me 100g (96 + some) and hubs the 90 in the log. That way i never under count my intake

Francl27

I log them. Especially when I make cupcakes and taste the batter...

Katleskin

I did a huge batch cooking session yesterday. I taste as I go along, not because I can't resist but because I need to know if what I made is edible before I portion it up to freeze. I probably ate a spoonful of curry, one of beef stew, a couple of soups, a couple more of chilli and a taste of chicken chasseur. I didn't log any of it. It probably only came to about 100 calories all in. If I was hoovering up leftovers or doing it every day then yes, I'd log it, either as a part portion or quick calories but, as it is, no, I don't bother. I was down a pound this morning so clearly no harm done.

dustedwithsugar

I don't log it. It's such a small amounts they don't have any impact on my weightloss rate.

abovethecity

I do this all the time. I use some of my exercise cals as a buffer and it hasn't hindered my weightloss yet, but closer to my goal it probably will and I've got to be a little bit more strict when logging it.

annacole94

My weight loss is what I want it to be, so I don't worry about it.

I do take the veggies out of the fridge and snack on baby carrots or snap peas while cooking dinner. I'm super hungry by the time I'm cooking, so I tend to want to eat something. So I put something good for me, low calorie, and easy right in front of me so I choose that.