Calories I don't count
bluesmaven1
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I don't count my coffee calories. I will be drinking 1-2 cups of coffee everyday without fail the same way day in day out so I don't count them. I also don't count my supplements. I take a LOT of supplements and I noticed one pill could be 10 calories but I need these. I do stained glass so I handle lead and I need to take supplements to detox that lead out and I also take supplements to keep me healthy and prevent colds and infections I probably take close to 30 or 40 pills every morning.
Am I the only one who does this? Do all of y'all log everything?
Am I the only one who does this? Do all of y'all log everything?
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No, I keep track of calories like that too. I'm aware of morsel of food that goes into my mouth. I don't really log foods anymore but I have a good idea of how many calories each piece of food I have contains and use my hands to judge portion sizes. If you put cream or sugar in your coffee you should probably log those as well since they're about 30 cal per serving give or take separately.0
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I log everything, or I try to, I am a bite sneaker, sometimes. But, if you're taking 30-40 pills at 10 calories a pop, you could be substantially hindering your loss by not counting those.0
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I stopped counting after maintaining for over a year. When I was losing though, I really didn't count fruits and veggies, and most definitely not coffee. I had 4-5 servings of fruit daily too, but it never hindered my weight loss even with not accounting for their calories. It's not for everyone though.0
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I don't count chewing gum, since the 5 calories that each piece is usually gets burned by me chewing it. I used to not count cough drops until I found out one day they're about 25 calories a pop. Then usually if I'm sick I'm eating about 10 of those a day. It adds up!0
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I don't count tea, without milk I think it's pretty much brown water anyway. I don't count salad veg such as lettuce, cucumber watercress etc and I don't count my daily cod liver oil capsule which, I guess, must have quite a few calories because it's oil. While I keep losing weight I won't worry about it.0
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I count everything.0
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I don't count my coffee calories. I will be drinking 1-2 cups of coffee everyday without fail the same way day in day out so I don't count them. I also don't count my supplements. I take a LOT of supplements and I noticed one pill could be 10 calories but I need these. I do stained glass so I handle lead and I need to take supplements to detox that lead out and I also take supplements to keep me healthy and prevent colds and infections I probably take close to 30 or 40 pills every morning.
Am I the only one who does this? Do all of y'all log everything?
Exactly what are you taking to detox yourself from lead? I've never heard of this and unless it's doctor prescribed I would be highly wary.
If you are taking 40 pills at 10 calories each that is 400 calories. That is a huge difference and you need to track it. Now most likely many of these pills don't have calories (only my fish oil does that I take).0 -
There are small things I don't count, such as coffee, supplements (though I don't take anywhere near 30-40 pills a day), or my one-packet a day Crystal Light habit, which is so diluted it barely has any calories left. I also don't count certain exercise calories that others count, such as shopping or housework or most yard work. I figured it all evens out in the end.0
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I don't count water, black tea or air. Otherwise it's worth counting.
What on earth are you taking that you need to take 40 pills every morning?0 -
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Exactly what are you taking to detox yourself from lead? I've never heard of this and unless it's doctor prescribed I would be highly wary.
If you are taking 40 pills at 10 calories each that is 400 calories. That is a huge difference and you need to track it. Now most likely many of these pills don't have calories (only my fish oil does that I take).
I take Milk Thistle it helps the liver. But I wear an anti-toxin mask when I solder but every time I touch lead some can be absorbed through my skin. The last time my blood was tested I was fine. There is getting to be quite a lot of research done on Milk Thistle and I would recommend anyone interested in trying it to check out the research first.
Most of my supplements don't have 10 cals just a couple do.0 -
I don't count water, black tea or air. Otherwise it's worth counting.
What on earth are you taking that you need to take 40 pills every morning?
crikey....this!!!0 -
I don't count lettuce. It's almost impossible for me to figure out, since I don't have a scale, and, I know one 2 cups is only about 5-10 calories. If I was having trouble losing, I might reconsider. I do count the coffee, though, just because fluids are easier to measure.0
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I take a lot of fish oil, garlic, vitamin d-3, magnesium, royal jelly (for my knee), Ip6/Inositol, Bee Propolis for my allergies, olive leaf extract, Gaba, Cordycepts Sinensis and a multi Maxine from Country Life, plus some multi-strain probiotics. The first 5 mentioned I take multiples of and that's where it adds up. I haven't even had a cold in over 3 years and I used to get them all the time. So scoff if you want but it works for me. I'm not advising anyone else to do this I just wondered if I should count the calories.0
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I don't count my morning coffee, although I do count the SF creamer I use in it. I don't count hot tea or my one diet coke/day. I don't count the SF gum (only chew when I'm working out). I also don't count my one square of dark chocolate I eat a day--because it allows me to still be a rebel. But I do count everything else.0
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40 pills every morning sounds a bit scary...0
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I love the rebel bit! I use stevia, aspartame seriously triggers my acid reflux so if I don't have my stevia with me I will use sugar or drink water. I've seen on here several people mention gum, is there a benefit to chewing gum?0
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A few of those supplements will have significant calories in, especially the fish oil, so I would definitely count the calories in them! My coffee calories alone come to 150-200 a day, and that's using 2% milk, so I would count those too, unless you take it black.0
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I don't count gum, coffee (but I do count the creamer), or vitamins but I agree with the above posters; maybe you are taking too many supplements? Just MHO. It might be upsetting your stomach taking that many?0
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It's not like pharmaceuticals it more like food, my diet is deficient in certain things so I supplement. It's 3 small swallows of pills every morning with water. I am 55 and pretty active, my husband is 65 and drives a concrete truck which is physically demanding work and he works between 65 and 70 hours a week and he takes as many supplements as I do. I have never seen him sick at all. We also are on zero medicines no prescriptions nothing like that.40 pills every morning sounds a bit scary...0 -
They don't upset my stomach because I take them with my oatmeal in the morning. Usually anything that says the word "Light" will trigger my acid reflux because it usually has aspartame in it. Found that out with Walmart's brand of light yogurt. So I just eat the regular kind and count in the extra calories. I find natural is so much better for me than all these added chemicals.0
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I log everything apart from the one or 2 chips I usually take at work on the way out of the canteen to go for my ciggie break.
Other than that, if I have one square of chocolate, it gets logged! lol0 -
there is no peer reviewed evidence that milk thistle does anything for the liver
Exactly what are you taking to detox yourself from lead? I've never heard of this and unless it's doctor prescribed I would be highly wary.
If you are taking 40 pills at 10 calories each that is 400 calories. That is a huge difference and you need to track it. Now most likely many of these pills don't have calories (only my fish oil does that I take).
I take Milk Thistle it helps the liver. But I wear an anti-toxin mask when I solder but every time I touch lead some can be absorbed through my skin. The last time my blood was tested I was fine. There is getting to be quite a lot of research done on Milk Thistle and I would recommend anyone interested in trying it to check out the research first.
Most of my supplements don't have 10 cals just a couple do.
http://www.webmd.com/heart-disease/milk-thistle-benefits-and-side-effects
No offense in you sound like a supplement salesman s dream. In all likelihood you don't need the majority of them if you have a balanced diet.0 -
I've lived without the supplements sick and lived with them well, I'm sticking with well. There has been a lot of research on Milk Thistle showing it helps the liver done here at UT Southwestern Medical in Dallas.0
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Wait... coffee has calories? I mean coffee without milk, freeze-dried coffee has calories, fresh-brewed too? Tell me it ain't so.... :sad:0
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I don't count my coffee calories. I will be drinking 1-2 cups of coffee everyday without fail the same way day in day out so I don't count them. I also don't count my supplements. I take a LOT of supplements and I noticed one pill could be 10 calories but I need these. I do stained glass so I handle lead and I need to take supplements to detox that lead out and I also take supplements to keep me healthy and prevent colds and infections I probably take close to 30 or 40 pills every morning.
Am I the only one who does this? Do all of y'all log everything?
It's OK. Your body keeps track of all the calories whether you do or not.
They all count.
Also, uh.... 30 to 40 pills every morning?
If you aren't trolling, that is extremely disturbing. You should not be doing that and that is not healthy.0 -
I don't count coffee, but I do count the creamer that I use... and I would most definitely count the calories associated with your supplements.0
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They don't upset my stomach because I take them with my oatmeal in the morning. Usually anything that says the word "Light" will trigger my acid reflux because it usually has aspartame in it. Found that out with Walmart's brand of light yogurt. So I just eat the regular kind and count in the extra calories. I find natural is so much better for me than all these added chemicals.
40 different pills is natural?
That's totally insane.0 -
I log everything.0
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So long as you don't come back in a month saying "I'm doing everything right, but still not losing", it'll be just fine.0
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