What DON'T You Count?

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  • pixietoes
    pixietoes Posts: 1,591 Member
    For the most part I drink water, unsweet tea or club soda. I don't log any of these, except that I mark until I get to the "8" and then don't worry about it. When I drink calories it's usually wine and that ALWAYS gets logged.

    I have been sick these past few days and just now realized I didn't log the Halls cough drops I used.

    I don't log spices and herbs. But then I don't use a lot of commercial spice blends and I'm not worried about sodium counts, generally speaking.

    And unless I'm using it as a vegetable (and using lots of it) I don't log garlic or shallots.
  • michelletyler38
    michelletyler38 Posts: 469 Member
    I've been really meticulous about my food diary since starting here. But there are some things I leave out and was wondering what you all skip logging, if anything.

    My general rule is "If it's over 5 calories, log it."

    I don't log:
    - 0-calorie sweeteners (I use Truvia and it's erythritol which doesn't raise blood sugar so doesn't count as a sugar)
    - spices
    - crystal light powder (I only use it occasionally and it's 5 cals/serving)
    - anything else under 5 calories

    How 'bout you? :smile:


    Lol all the same! And I let myself have frozen grapes as a freebie! I only eat maybe 2-5 a day & it's nice to have something like that be free :) And if I have TINY tastes of food that should be under 5 calories I don't count them. Such as a lil peanut butter that gets on my finger when giving some to my dog as a treat. :)
  • Sauchie
    Sauchie Posts: 357 Member
    I don't log:
    Hot Sauce
    Ketchup
    Pepper
    Salt
    Cooking Spray
  • skinnyhopes
    skinnyhopes Posts: 402 Member
    Only if I had a bite of something, gum, and some spices. On rare occasions I might track them, but not often.
  • raven1114
    raven1114 Posts: 115 Member
    Back when I did Richard Simmons and lost 60 lbs, we weren't required to log cucumbers, lettuce, mushrooms, onions, cabbage and celery. It was said that it burns more calories eating and digesting these foods.

    I lost back then not counting them so I don't count them now.

    i love Richard Simmons, i used to do his Sweatin to the Oldies tapes all the time. i would so love to get me those again. as to the original question i don't log spices but pretty much everything else i do.
  • carrielovesfanta
    carrielovesfanta Posts: 4
    I don't log ketchup. It's not that that put the weight on (maybe the chips it was on... mmm chips!)
  • ziezio
    ziezio Posts: 4 Member
    Oh my! I did weight watchers about 10 years ago and didn't count my coffee creamer since I only have one or two cups in the morning. I carried that over to this go round and just realized this morning that I am adding about 5 tbsp per coffee mug and drinking at least two cups a day! Today I had 3.. ugh! It was 525 calories.. yup.. I know.. What do you do as a subsitute?
  • Atlantique
    Atlantique Posts: 2,484 Member
    Spices and Equal are the only things I don't count.
  • Atlantique
    Atlantique Posts: 2,484 Member
    Oh my! I did weight watchers about 10 years ago and didn't count my coffee creamer since I only have one or two cups in the morning. I carried that over to this go round and just realized this morning that I am adding about 5 tbsp per coffee mug and drinking at least two cups a day! Today I had 3.. ugh! It was 525 calories.. yup.. I know.. What do you do as a subsitute?

    Use less cream or switch to non-fat lattes. With the amount of creamer you use, you might really like lattes! I make one just about every morning (at home) and it's 80 calories for the skim milk.
  • liyahxoxo
    liyahxoxo Posts: 78
    I've been really meticulous about my food diary since starting here. But there are some things I leave out and was wondering what you all skip logging, if anything.

    My general rule is "If it's over 5 calories, log it."

    I don't log:
    - 0-calorie sweeteners (I use Truvia and it's erythritol which doesn't raise blood sugar so doesn't count as a sugar)
    - spices
    - crystal light powder (I only use it occasionally and it's 5 cals/serving)
    - anything else under 5 calories

    How 'bout you? :smile:

    I used to not count spices, until I found out some spices (some, not all) actually have lots of calories in them (for a spice). I remember I counted a spice once as part of my dinner and it was 50 cals per tbsp!! definitely should be counted in my opinion. now I count everything, even my stevia sweetener that has 0 clas and 1 g carb lol, but I do it cus I'm a little OCD :P
  • Bridgetc140
    Bridgetc140 Posts: 405 Member
    I don't log my coffee which is only like 4 calories for every 8oz. I also don't log the Truvia I put in it, but I do log the creamer. I log everything else (normally...I've been a slacker this week), including my vitamins, but they total up to 65 calories, so that would add up.
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