calories in supplements?

FitBride080611

First off, does anyone take supplements regularly? Not diet pill or anything, but you know, vitamins etc? I take a good variety, but in my calcium soft chew, fish oil and CLA...i never thought to consider the calorie count on those for my daily allowance. So I put them in my diary today and they're a whopping 130 calories in a days worth of pills. Come on that's so not fair. But i guess when you think of the type of supplement (oily kinds), I suppose I ought to take their calories into account rather than pretending they're not affecting my diet.....

what does everyone think on that?

melsinct

A calorie is a calorie so it must be counted! I just take a multi and a B12 which have negligible calories. It's the oils that get you!

mamagooskie

when they add up to that many calories than yes I'd count them.

kms1981

I don't count my supplements. I take iron, vitamin C, fish oil, vitamin d, womens multi vitamin, and then 3 perscriptions. I figure they are needed and I am not going to let 100 calories or so get to me. But I did just go and log them to see and it is only 10 calories for mine so I am good I think.

ChelDM

I take numerous vitamins...I could not do without them...No I do not count the calories because they are absorbed rapidly..The calories from the breakdown of foods into their digested caloric state is entirely different in their metabolic breakdown...I have been losing 3 pounds a week...

My vitamins are:
Multivitamins
Co-Q 10
D-3
Kyolic for Digestion
Bio-Curcumin
Omega 3
Black Cohosh

lukimakamai

I alway put in my vitamins (one a day for women, apple cide vinegar, calcium&D, and fish oil) Mine only total 10 calories so maybe look for other brands...I put them in for I have accurate nutritional information my diary. I count the calories as part of my 1200.