Do you log condiments?

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  • contingencyplan
    contingencyplan Posts: 3,639 Member
    As a personal rule I don't log anything that has fewer than 25 calories per serving. I know that maybe they add up if you pile them on or use them frequently (which I don't), but I think psychological health is also a factor here. I refuse to take it to a level that could become a real obsession. Nothing, not even fitness, is good for you once it's been taken to a level that constitutes real obsession. I choose to take a more casual approach to it in order to ensure that doesn't happen.
  • Muffie22
    Muffie22 Posts: 77 Member
    yup! you might be surprised how many calories things you're not logging actually have... as for everyone saying about spices... they don't have a lot of calories in most, but pretty sure I've ended up with like 100+ calories worth of different spices in a dish before with them all combined...
  • rsclause
    rsclause Posts: 3,103 Member
    I skip the oils, mayo or any high calorie and go without or replace with mustard, hot sauce or something that has no real impact. I will use balsamic vinaigrette on salads but log that.
  • luv_lea
    luv_lea Posts: 1,094 Member
    That's the method I use as well, or just try to pass on the condiments I have to log so I don't have to worry about those extra cals.
  • Athijade
    Athijade Posts: 3,300 Member
    Everything but spices like many people. I even log a cup of tea with is only about 4 calories at the most with the kinds I drink.
  • bigblondewolf
    bigblondewolf Posts: 268 Member
    If you want to be honest and accurate with yourself and see the best results, you really should be logging every single thing you eat.

    Ketchup is mostly sugar so I'd be logging that as well. Otherwise you're getting an incomplete picture of how many calories you're getting in a day. Which means you're probably eating more than you think.
  • ali59oc
    ali59oc Posts: 130 Member
    If it goes in my mouth, it gets logged.
  • onelovejenn
    onelovejenn Posts: 49
    I log everything that I eat, except for spices and sweet & low. Some days when I look at my food log for that day it looks a mile long just because I do log EVERYTHING!
  • sloth3toes
    sloth3toes Posts: 2,212 Member
    If it goes in my mouth, it gets logged.

    <immediately goes to creep diary>
  • kimballard1966
    kimballard1966 Posts: 30 Member
    Yes!
  • nicsflyingcircus
    nicsflyingcircus Posts: 2,896 Member
    That's the method I use as well, or just try to pass on the condiments I have to log so I don't have to worry about those extra cals.

    Yup. I log brewed tea and coffee, heh.
  • alyssareyans
    alyssareyans Posts: 88 Member
    I log everything except dry spices. Ketchup and ranch dressing are my Achilles heel. I love both and use one or the other on pretty much everything. If I didn't log it, I could easily go over my calorie count by 100-200 every day. I use a food scale to measure it so I know how much I'm using.
  • AskTracyAnnK28
    AskTracyAnnK28 Posts: 2,817 Member
    I don't use a lot of condiments, but I log in exactly what I do use.

    I only log in dry condiments (spices) if I'm using a lot of them - which is rare. I never ever add salt to anything, but I love my Montreal Steak Season on grilled shrimp :)
  • nvpixie
    nvpixie Posts: 483 Member
    I try to remember to log it all, but I don't worry much if I forget to log things like hot sauce or mustard, which are very low or even no cal.
  • ClementineGeorg
    ClementineGeorg Posts: 505 Member
    Relish, Mustard, Ketchup - always, they can add up very quickly... especially ketchup

    Herbs and spices - almost never... I mean... it's easy to put 50 g of ketchup on a dish (even 100 g is easy), but I could never put 50g of pepper or chilli or parsley in a single serving of a dish.
  • jasonmh630
    jasonmh630 Posts: 2,850 Member
    It's not really necessary to log stuff like mustard, ketchup, or other ones that have low to zero caloric content. I do so that I can really keep track. Stuff like mayo, ranch, or high sodium items, I usually log a little bit more than I actually eat.
  • jasonmh630
    jasonmh630 Posts: 2,850 Member
    I don't use a lot of condiments, but I log in exactly what I do use.

    I only log in dry condiments (spices) if I'm using a lot of them - which is rare. I never ever add salt to anything, but I love my Montreal Steak Season on grilled shrimp :)

    Montreal steak seasoning is AMAZING.
  • Early_Riser
    Early_Riser Posts: 127 Member
    As a personal rule I don't log anything that has fewer than 25 calories per serving. I know that maybe they add up if you pile them on or use them frequently (which I don't), but I think psychological health is also a factor here. I refuse to take it to a level that could become a real obsession. Nothing, not even fitness, is good for you once it's been taken to a level that constitutes real obsession. I choose to take a more casual approach to it in order to ensure that doesn't happen.

    Exact same.
  • ValGogo
    ValGogo Posts: 2,168 Member
    I think we should, 'specially ketchup. Mustard, well, I don't, but I will next time. Sometimes I forget the others.
  • ValGogo
    ValGogo Posts: 2,168 Member
    As a personal rule I don't log anything that has fewer than 25 calories per serving. I know that maybe they add up if you pile them on or use them frequently (which I don't), but I think psychological health is also a factor here. I refuse to take it to a level that could become a real obsession. Nothing, not even fitness, is good for you once it's been taken to a level that constitutes real obsession. I choose to take a more casual approach to it in order to ensure that doesn't happen.

    Exact same.

    I agree Early. We need to keep the crazy factor in check.
  • vegkitten
    vegkitten Posts: 106 Member
    I log it all. Every bit. Condiments, spices, whatever. Every calorie counts. I don't know how people aren't logging ketchup. Seriously. It adds up.
  • ValGogo
    ValGogo Posts: 2,168 Member
    I don't use a lot of condiments, but I log in exactly what I do use.

    I only log in dry condiments (spices) if I'm using a lot of them - which is rare. I never ever add salt to anything, but I love my Montreal Steak Season on grilled shrimp :)

    I've been eyeballing that Montreal Steak Seasoning at the supermarket. It's good, huh? I think I will get some.
  • LianaG1115
    LianaG1115 Posts: 453 Member
    Hell yes I log my condiments, they need to be accounted for. I just don't always log spices. But ketchup has calories, carbs and salt why not log them?
  • lLionMindl
    lLionMindl Posts: 76 Member
    If it has calories... Log it.
  • LBoughton1
    LBoughton1 Posts: 3 Member
    I log them all. I would definitely log ketchup, as it is high in sugar and sodium.
  • DawnieB1977
    DawnieB1977 Posts: 4,248 Member
    ketchup is high salt. and yes I log every single thing i put in my mouth. small stuff can add up fast.

    Yes same. I actually only paid attention to the sodium in ketchup today! I never realised how high it was as I'm not usually over on sodium so don't think about it.
  • newdaydawning79
    newdaydawning79 Posts: 1,503 Member
    Yup. I log everything, even spices.
  • crybick
    crybick Posts: 5 Member
    I do. The only things I don't are lemon/lime juice in my seltzer water and Orbit gum (usually I only chew that when I'm about to play clarinet and I didn't have an opportunity to brush my teeth beforehand).
  • Branstin
    Branstin Posts: 2,320 Member
    I log everything.
  • Whalers81
    Whalers81 Posts: 14 Member
    Condiments, yes. Dry spices, no.

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