Calories I don't count

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  • somerisagirlsname
    somerisagirlsname Posts: 467 Member
    Wow so my boyfriend isnt the only freak about those pills, he has me take almost 20 a day and tells me I need every single one. Ive never thought about counting them, but I count everything else that goes into my body.

    I sure hope your boyfriend is paying for them, sweetcheeks! :huh:
  • rachaelbarton
    rachaelbarton Posts: 57 Member
    I would think the easiest way to transition into keeping track of all your supplements would be to add up all the "extra" calories you consume in a day with those and then just quick add them every day. If your weight loss isn't being hindered currently then maybe it's not a big enough deal; once you get to the last few pounds, every calorie counts.
  • rawrxamberx
    rawrxamberx Posts: 646 Member
    I count everything except gum or if I'm just having a small portion of mustard or ketchup on a hamburger that's not enough to account for anything. Other than that, I put everything I put in my mouth on here. I try to be accountable for everything I eat so it's accurate.
  • darrensurrey
    darrensurrey Posts: 3,942 Member
    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?

    Well, I'm kinda in your camp.

    I don't log coffee but then I have black coffee with satanic sweeter (however coffee is worth 10 cals or so? only have 1-2 cups a day). I do log cappucinos etc.

    I also don't log fish oil capsules that I take after lifting (10 cals?). Fing is, if I took 30-40 pills a day at 10 cals a pill, that's ~400 calories you're not logging.
  • kelly_e_montana
    kelly_e_montana Posts: 1,999 Member
    I count nothing. I just eat intuitively with lots of foods with nutrients and fiber, avoiding processed foods and making sure to get lots of lean proteins, too. I drink water. What if I told you calories were not real? It's not like blood that's composed of various parts. Food is not made up of calories. Calories are just a method of measurement for a unit of heat content or energy. Coal has calories, too. Eat less, eat better, drink more water and move more.

    This was like Matrix-style mind-blowing for me and it has changed my life so positively! My life has revolved around calorie counting since I was 10 years old. I am FREE!!!!!!
  • bluesmaven1
    bluesmaven1 Posts: 27
    I count nothing. I just eat intuitively with lots of foods with nutrients and fiber, avoiding processed foods and making sure to get lots of lean proteins, too. I drink water. What if I told you calories were not real? It's not like blood that's composed of various parts. Food is not made up of calories. Calories is just a method of measurement for a unit of heat content or energy. Coal has calories, too. Eat less, eat better, drink more water and move more.

    This was like Matrix-style mind-blowing for me and it has changed my life so positively! My life has revolved around calorie counting since I was 10 years old. I am FREE!!!!!!

    Best thing I've heard all day!!!!!!!!!
  • gigglesinthesun
    gigglesinthesun Posts: 860 Member
    I count nothing. I just eat intuitively with lots of foods with nutrients and fiber, avoiding processed foods and making sure to get lots of lean proteins, too. I drink water. What if I told you calories were not real? It's not like blood that's composed of various parts. Food is not made up of calories. Calories are just a method of measurement for a unit of heat content or energy. Coal has calories, too. Eat less, eat better, drink more water and move more.

    This was like Matrix-style mind-blowing for me and it has changed my life so positively! My life has revolved around calorie counting since I was 10 years old. I am FREE!!!!!!

    which is why you are on a calorie counting website, right?
  • kelly_e_montana
    kelly_e_montana Posts: 1,999 Member
    Yes there is a calorie counter here but I don't consider this a "calorie counting website." It's much more than that. I'm here to log my exercise and ask questions of like minded people with similar fitness goals. MFP is great for meeting the needs of people with various goals, calorie-counting or not. I get great info from the forums and my pals and have met wonderful people regardless of counting calories.

    It's "My Fitness Pal," not "My Calorie-Counting Pal." :tongue:
  • whitebalance
    whitebalance Posts: 1,654 Member
    I don't log zero-calorie items including vitamin/mineral supplements (mine are zero), iced tea (straight up), and Diet Coke (eeek, death chemical of dooooom!!). I do log condiments and cooking sauces (e.g., Worcestershire), but I don't log a shake or pinch of oregano, basil, or garlic salt. And sometimes I put what's probably a couple tablespoons of lemonade into my Diet Coke at the fountain, and I don't bother logging that either.

    If I were concerned about sodium, I'd log the soda and some seasonings I now ignore... but I'm not, so I don't bother.

    ETA: Actually, come to think of it, I do log the supplements; they just all have zero calories. What I did is create a recipe called "daily supplements" and add every pill to it. That way I see the potassium, calcium, et cetera in my macros. And if I don't see them listed under snacks when I close out my diary, then I know I forgot to take them.
  • Gatominx
    Gatominx Posts: 61 Member
    I love lamp.
  • Myhaloslipped
    Myhaloslipped Posts: 4,317 Member
    I count every single thing--fruit, vegetables, vitamins, coffee, etc.
  • Bilbobradshaw
    Bilbobradshaw Posts: 79 Member
    I do log my pills and vitamins, but for the purpose of reaching my macros. I don't count coffee/tea, cucumber/celery (though I will count a full salad) and gum and probably other small stuff that isn't going to send my entire diet over the edge. I realize that it's important to understand how small amounts of calories can add up (ex if you eat 5 m&m's an hour over a 12 hour period, you have eaten 60 in total---something that will significantly impact your day), but if you pop a couple pieces of red pepper into your mouth while making lunch, drank 2 cups of tea and chewed some gum, you're only looking at about 30 extra calories over all (which isn't significant at the end of the day)

    I don't think the point of MFP is to becoming some crazy self monitor; I think it's meant to make you more aware of the things you eat, the inflow/outflow of calories/balance of macros/etc, and how those things impact your body.
  • bookworm_847
    bookworm_847 Posts: 1,903 Member
    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!

    Dang, I didn't even think to look at the calories in a cough drop. I'll have to slow down on those when I'm sick. I go through a lot of them too.
  • SEvansHB
    SEvansHB Posts: 17 Member
    I don't log my sugar-free gum. I don't log my sugar-free Jello (I call that my free food and it makes me feel rebellious LOL). I do log tea, coffee, etc. I take supplements from Xyngular and I log them all as well.
  • TheMelephant
    TheMelephant Posts: 8
    I count everything, including the 4 or 5 calories for coffee. I mean, it's not a big deal, but I still like to add it, just so I also know how often I drink it compared to other beverages, same with some low calorie foods like gums, pickles, etc.
  • mayaocean
    mayaocean Posts: 355 Member
    Lol'd hard at 40 pills/day.

    Not even once
  • lilbearzmom
    lilbearzmom Posts: 600 Member
    I am so close to maintenance that I don't log non-starchy veggies. I also don't log coffee, but definitely the creamer I use.
  • pinkraynedropjacki
    pinkraynedropjacki Posts: 3,027 Member
    Everything apart from plain water & air has calories. To not log that is cheating yourself.
  • Penfoldsplace
    Penfoldsplace Posts: 159
    I count most things but not lettuce, it's so low in calories it's hardly going to make a difference.
  • seabee78
    seabee78 Posts: 126 Member
    If its black coffee then you're good to go. You should log coffee if you take cream and sugar; especially if you drink 4-5 cups a day.
  • jofjltncb6
    jofjltncb6 Posts: 34,415 Member
    I count most things but not lettuce, it's so low in calories it's hardly going to make a difference.

    I take this a step farther...

    ...and don't even bother eating lettuce.
  • Mutant13
    Mutant13 Posts: 2,485 Member
    my body will process it anyway, this is just a tool and how I use it will determine my results. I didn't ask what y'all thought about my vitamin/supplement amounts. I've been doing supplements a long time in skinny times and in fat times. I just wanted to know if I should count it and now I have my answer. I have researched what I take and know how it affects me. As for doctors I don't trust all of them, one or 2 I like but many are nothing more than med pushers. The medicines have so many side effects it's ridiculous.
    Oh and I'm from Texas! LOL
    :bigsmile:

    'I don't trust doctors'

    Yup. I've heard enough.

    Alternative medicine has either not been proved to work, or proved not to work.

    Do you know what they call alternative medicine that works? Medicine.
  • jonnythan
    jonnythan Posts: 10,161 Member
    my body will process it anyway, this is just a tool and how I use it will determine my results. I didn't ask what y'all thought about my vitamin/supplement amounts. I've been doing supplements a long time in skinny times and in fat times. I just wanted to know if I should count it and now I have my answer. I have researched what I take and know how it affects me. As for doctors I don't trust all of them, one or 2 I like but many are nothing more than med pushers. The medicines have so many side effects it's ridiculous.
    Oh and I'm from Texas! LOL
    :bigsmile:

    So you don't trust doctors, but you trust the people telling you milk thistle and garlic and all your other pills are good for you? What makes you trust them?
  • jonnythan
    jonnythan Posts: 10,161 Member
    don't know what sort of Omega3 / fish oil supplement some of you are taking, but mine clocks in at 180cals a day. I don't take it every day, but when I do it gets logged.

    ... You take 20 grams of fish oil a day?
  • jofjltncb6
    jofjltncb6 Posts: 34,415 Member
    my body will process it anyway, this is just a tool and how I use it will determine my results. I didn't ask what y'all thought about my vitamin/supplement amounts. I've been doing supplements a long time in skinny times and in fat times. I just wanted to know if I should count it and now I have my answer. I have researched what I take and know how it affects me. As for doctors I don't trust all of them, one or 2 I like but many are nothing more than med pushers. The medicines have so many side effects it's ridiculous.
    Oh and I'm from Texas! LOL
    :bigsmile:

    So you don't trust doctors, but you trust the people telling you milk thistle and garlic and all your other pills are good for you? What makes you trust them?

    Irrational optimism?
  • PunkyRachel
    PunkyRachel Posts: 1,959 Member
    I don't count my vitamins. I take several different supplements and have no clue how many calories they maybe.
  • jonnythan
    jonnythan Posts: 10,161 Member
    What if I told you calories were not real?

    Then you would be speaking nonsense.

    Saying calories are not real is like saying ounces aren't real.
    Calories are just a method of measurement for a unit of heat content or energy.

    Uh, exactly. Energy is real. Presumably you're not saying energy isn't real.
    Coal has calories, too.

    Not biologically, no. The human body cannot extract energy from coal.
  • Mutant13
    Mutant13 Posts: 2,485 Member
    my body will process it anyway, this is just a tool and how I use it will determine my results. I didn't ask what y'all thought about my vitamin/supplement amounts. I've been doing supplements a long time in skinny times and in fat times. I just wanted to know if I should count it and now I have my answer. I have researched what I take and know how it affects me. As for doctors I don't trust all of them, one or 2 I like but many are nothing more than med pushers. The medicines have so many side effects it's ridiculous.
    Oh and I'm from Texas! LOL
    :bigsmile:

    So you don't trust doctors, but you trust the people telling you milk thistle and garlic and all your other pills are good for you? What makes you trust them?

    Because those people are in touch with NATURE don't ya know.

    Nature. That always safe and healthy thing that made leprosy and sharks
  • jofjltncb6
    jofjltncb6 Posts: 34,415 Member
    I don't count my vitamins. I take several different supplements and have no clue how many calories they maybe.

    There's a number on the side of the bottle that should resolve this mystery for you.
  • stumblinthrulife
    stumblinthrulife Posts: 2,558 Member
    my body will process it anyway, this is just a tool and how I use it will determine my results. I didn't ask what y'all thought about my vitamin/supplement amounts. I've been doing supplements a long time in skinny times and in fat times. I just wanted to know if I should count it and now I have my answer. I have researched what I take and know how it affects me. As for doctors I don't trust all of them, one or 2 I like but many are nothing more than med pushers. The medicines have so many side effects it's ridiculous.
    Oh and I'm from Texas! LOL
    :bigsmile:

    So you don't trust doctors, but you trust the people telling you milk thistle and garlic and all your other pills are good for you? What makes you trust them?

    Oh man. I once ran a couple of healthfood/supplement stores. I had heard that all the time - "I don't trust doctors, I trust you." I found that very scary, and always politely told them that I most certainly was not a doctor, and that they should in no way consider anything I said as a medical opinion.

    I didn't last long in that job, I just couldn't stand it.

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