Who really counts the BLTs?

RLeighP

Counting them takes too much time. I log every bite I take, so I don't nibble anymore. Yeah, it wastes a bit of food when my 2 year old decides that she doesn't want to eat all her dinner, but it's not such a big deal when it comes down to it.

pammypurple

I don't have any BLT's. That's part of how I got where I am in the first place! But I do log absolutley everything that I eat or drink.

TheEffort

I want a BLT now. :sad:

Me too.

1two3four

I don't count them, I just try to limit them. Like the Cheetos in the bag stay there. The mayo on my hand gets wiped off. The food left on the plate goes in the trash.

The spoon from the batter may or may not get licked. It depends on if I know there is wiggle room in my day. I taste all of my food while it's cooking for seasoning but I stop there, I don't eat bites of the ingredients. It's unnecessary and it adds up.

I don't count tastes of other's food unless it's 10 different tastes and then depending on what it it's I'll add 5-15 calories per taste.

If I go to a store that's having sample day I guesstimate those calories at the end of the day.

Every calorie counts and I try to keep it all in check, my calorie budget is not huge right now (1400-ish). I can't exercise a ton and I'm a short woman. I'd rather spend my calories on a piece of chocolate than someone's left over pizza crust.

MissSarahAllison315

I do try not to eat them, but sometimes they look too good to resist (tee hee!!!). Usually if it's cookie dough or mayo or something that is high calorie, I'll just log a little bit extra of it (over estimate my food intake, so to speak).

Mother_Warrior

I've just started, but I do count my BLT's because they can add up... and it also makes me conscious of food I am "nibbling" on through out the day.

So how do you weigh or measure them?

For one, I TRY not to, but sometimes just a "taste" is nice. I tend to guess. 20-50 cals usually. I always estimate high.

megantischner

Forcing myself to post every single "BLT" is a significant reason why I'm losing weight, because these BLTs really add up! At the very least, I'll guestimate the calories and do the quick add feature.

skullshank

for anyone else who was disappointed by this thread like i was...

MommyToAllieB

I don't count them...I figure my tracked calories are not really exact anyways. Usually if I take a BLT it is some fruit or veggie that my daughter is eating so it has minimal calories anyway...

helenwilliams78

I don't count them but I do try to limit them. On the otherhand, I have a desk job and so put myself at sedentary. I do log my walk to and from the railway station but I don't count every time I walk to and from the toilet, walk to and from the kitchen with drinks for meetings or walking up and down stairs to deliver documents.

I'm still losing so I guess they cancel each other out!

YorriaRaine

I don't but I don't do them that often either. Plus, oftentimes I will only make a serving of something and everything gets measured out before I put it in the pot.

The times I make a bigger serving of something for the family and I know I did taste test sometimes I add a few grams to account for blt's.

mccindy72

for anyone else who was disappointed by this thread like i was...

thank you! So much closer to what I was expecting!

sillyvalentine

I really watch myself with this. I am not a mother so I don't have snacks around or plates to clean up. But my husband rarely finishes his supper and I used to eat his leftovers. I stopped that. Now if I am baking or cooking, I wipe my fingers instead of licking them. I have never tasted my food while cooking so that is not a problem. I think that I am only 20 - 50 calories over what I log on average.

arrseegee

I will sometimes use 'Quick Add Calories' for this type of thing. Sometimes I'll add the actual item but when it's 0.1 of a serving of something it can get a bit tedious. So I estimate, although I think I go for overestimation rather than under.

CM9178

Any time I am cooking, I try to keep gum in my mouth so I don't put any food in my mouth and avoid the BLTs.
I don't have any children, so I'm not cleaning anybody's plate, so really the only time I have a BLT is if I go in the fridge and grab a bite of something that isn't a whole serving. I don't do it that often, but when I do, I really try to record it when I can. Considering I'm not doing it THAT often, I really don't think it would be affecting my weight loss considerably.

lizzyclatworthy

I tend to aviod them, mostly because I look at stuff and think 'is it really worth having to log that? ' which makes me want stuff less. As for the calorie free BLT's well...

Holly_Roman_Empire

I don't take bites, licks or tastes....well not ones that involve calories...

Yeah this. I know I would be too lazy to log it, so I just don't do it.

Cranquistador

I realllllllllllly want a BLT.

Francl27

I count everything, but I typically don't do it either. I know where my kids put their hands and I have no desire whatsoever to eat their leftovers, and the dog typically gets them first anyway. I don't taste things when I cook either.

Ok sometimes when I put leftovers away I'll lick the spoon of rice/mashed potatoes, but that's not a huge deal... and it happens once a week or something. If I'm having nut butter and lick the spoon I'll add 1 or 2 grams to my total when I log it.

BusyRaeNOTBusty

Mothers cleaning up after their children. There's two cheetos left in the bag, do you eat them? If so, do you bust out the scale to see how many calories they are? Scrambled eggs, chicken nuggets? There's one or two bites left, what mother out there has NEVER cleaned their childs plate?

I make it a point not to finish my children's food. I'm a mother not a garbage disposal.

bumblebreezy91

If I eat it, I log it. My computer called it quits a few days ago, so there are some missing and incomplete entries, but I've been logging solidly since the beginning of the year with the exception of those few days. I don't have kids, but I'm a caregiver and I have a fiancé and I cook for/with them. I try not to take any bites of anything, but on the very rare occasion that I do, I'd log it like a small amount (teaspoon, quarter-cup, one ounce, etc) of each ingredient separately.

Edited for clarification.

Bellusion

Yep, I'm not my child's trash can.. I learned that LONG ago, thankfully, so I don't have a problem with that! As for everything else, since I started logging, I've stopped doing it.

mccindy72

Mothers cleaning up after their children. There's two cheetos left in the bag, do you eat them? If so, do you bust out the scale to see how many calories they are? Scrambled eggs, chicken nuggets? There's one or two bites left, what mother out there has NEVER cleaned their childs plate?

I make it a point not to finish my children's food. I'm a mother not a garbage disposal.

When my kids were little I never cleaned their plate if they didn't finish what they had on it. What a terrible example to set. I don't ask them to finish what's on my plate, why would I finish what's on theirs?

cwolfman13

When I was losing I really made a conscious effort to not take BLTs; those can really add up, particularly if you tend to do that a lot...and a lot of people just do it subconsciously I think...which is probably one of the big reasons there are so many "not losing but I'm doing everything right" posts.

I'm a little more lenient now having been in maintenance for about 8 months...but really, that habit pretty much was broken when I was losing so my BLTs are pretty few and far between.

I'm a father of an almost 4 y.o. and an 8 m.o....the thought if finishing something off of one of their plates actually kind of disgusts me...they're little carrier monkeys and there's all kinds of nastiness on their plates when they've had them in front of them.

icimani

I've heard them called LSN's - Licks, Sips, and Nibbles.

Try sucking on something with a strong taste, like mint or cinnamon, or something sour. The theory is that it keeps your taste buds busy, and the act of sucking will keep your mouth occupies. Sucking on a peppermint does the trick for me - I like the peppermint, amd it makes other things taste weird.

britney_monica

I do! I really try to account for everything, and if I don't know the exact percentage of the portion or calories, I make an educated guess. I think its important because a few extra pieces of anything each day add up! I feel like it holds me more accountable to making sure I'm not cheating myself.

dandelyon

I definitely count things like cookie batter and peanut butter. A scoop of cookie batter is a whole cookie. No, I don't count if I eat a bite of the apple my kid didn't finish. It's usually evened out by the food my kids steal from ME.

Nuccia2012

If it goes in my mouth. It gets logged. Looking for something 6" later today. Maybe 12".





























Subway fools.

I laughed so hard at this. so thanks for that.

Mof3wc

I don't log BLTs. Life too short to figure out how many calories were in the one bite of food that I had while making lunch.

And i NEVER eat off my kids plates while I'm cleaning up from dinner....I've seen them eat/spit/squish their food on their plates....I'm not eating that lol.

ETA: the only time I really try nibbles of things are while I'm cooking dinner. If I get mayo etc on my hand while making sandwiches I wash it off. I don't eat cookie dough (I just don't like it) If I were to constantly be taking BLTs of stuff during the day I'd log it as something, but I really don't do it often enough for it to be an issue.

MysteriousMerlin

It depends. If I'm baking a lot and licking something like frosting or peanut butter off the spoon/bowl more than once, I'd count it using quick-add calories. A smidge on my finger, or a spoonful of soup, I'm not gonna bother. I've actually started putting a damp flour sack towel over my shoulder when I'm cooking to wipe my hands on, so I'm not tempted to lick off spoons or fingers.