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What *don't* you track in your diary?

fenrirGrey
fenrirGrey Posts: 110 Member
edited December 2024 in Food and Nutrition
I am Indian and use a mirage of spices in all my cooking. I track all the major ingredients and anything I think might have more than 10-20 calories. But I do not track individual spices and servings used.

What don't you track in your diary?

Edit: I don't track coffee/water as well.
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  • Loulady
    Loulady Posts: 511 Member
    Spices and no-calorie drinks.
  • thriftycupl
    thriftycupl Posts: 310 Member
    Coffee and no fat creamer. No idea why. Never started I guess.
  • Sidesteal
    Sidesteal Posts: 5,510 Member
    I don't track things that have no calories.
    I don't weigh things that have very low calorie density, but I do estimate and track those.
    I don't track vitamins, which do have calories.
  • iuew
    iuew Posts: 625 Member
    Coffee and no fat creamer. No idea why. Never started I guess.

    same here, for the most part. i might be bringing in a few calories that i'm not counting, but i'm trying to maintain, not lose.
  • meshashesha2012
    meshashesha2012 Posts: 8,329 Member
    herbs and spices.. i just can't deal with that level of detail because it would take me all day.

    i dont track most vegetables i eat either. mainly because i dont really measure them.

    some water i forget to log as well... tea and coffee

    mustard
  • penrbrown
    penrbrown Posts: 2,685 Member
    Vegetables (I just cannot be bothered to figure out how much I ate... the height of laziness but trust me, I don't eat enough for it to add up to anything substantial).

    Zero calorie drinks (one diet coke a day. I hardly need to track that).

    Mayonnaise (I don't know why... I just never think to enter it).

    Mustard (same as above).

    Ketchup (same as above).

    And that's it. I think.... haha.
  • pastryari
    pastryari Posts: 8,646 Member
    Mustard, spices/seasonings, and vitamins.
  • flobeedoodle
    flobeedoodle Posts: 176 Member
    Any vegetable that was 0 points in weight watchers. If I can eat an infinite amount of celery in one system, I can eat an infinite amount of celery in another system.
  • sed1217
    sed1217 Posts: 228 Member
    The only things I don't track are diet sodas - I don't count them as water either, obviously. I just don't drink much soda in general, maybe a total of one soda per week, so I don't bother with it.
  • carriempls
    carriempls Posts: 326 Member
    Herbs and spices and no calorie drinks (water, coffee, tea, diet soda, etc.).

    Everything else goes in there.
  • oldmanstauf
    oldmanstauf Posts: 202 Member
    Generally tomato and onion slices that I put on my sandwiches. I just don't find it significant enough to worry about.
  • HeidiMightyRawr
    HeidiMightyRawr Posts: 3,343 Member
    - Herbs & Spices
    - Juice (the kind you water down) - I drink it everyday as I hate plain water, it's way too hard to measure out, but I estimated that it's only around 30 calories at the most in a day so there's no point really.

    Everything else I track :)
  • Minnie92x
    Minnie92x Posts: 107
    I track EVERYTHING besides toothpaste, but i'm not eating that!
  • Fairysoul
    Fairysoul Posts: 1,361 Member
    I don't track spices and coffee... I see no need for it!
  • ickybella
    ickybella Posts: 1,438 Member
    Water
  • nikinyx6
    nikinyx6 Posts: 772 Member
    I don't track my alcohol consumption...because it's only once-twice a month I drink, and only a drink or two at most.

    I sometimes don't track condiments, ketchup, mustart, mayo, but I have limited my intake to 1/2 tbsp per serving, so they're low cal/low fat anyway....
  • MissMaryMac33
    MissMaryMac33 Posts: 1,433 Member
    I even track my vitamins.... so I don't think there is much I DONT track :)

    I guessitmate on spices while cooking, but I always add in the salt and fat - condiments like ketchup/mayo add up FAST and I try to watch my sodium. I guess I don't pay much attention to pepper/cumin/coriander/curry etc..
  • Here2GetFit
    Here2GetFit Posts: 292
    I don't track gum
  • taso42
    taso42 Posts: 8,980 Member
    spices, creatine, fiber supplement, the spritz of olive oil in my eggs each morning, tastes of food while cooking.
  • MaraDiaz
    MaraDiaz Posts: 4,604 Member
    My gummy multivitamin. Food preparation. Usually trips to the store and things like that.

    I do track spices most of the time, partly because one of my favorites is chili powder, which as a surprising amount of calories for a spice.
  • vampy25
    vampy25 Posts: 30
    I track EVERYTHING besides toothpaste, but i'm not eating that!

    hahahaha love it.
  • Josie_lifting_cats
    Josie_lifting_cats Posts: 949 Member
    Water. I'm not big into tracking it in general. Maybe I should pay a little more attention, but it's calorie-less, so I don't worry about it too much.
  • myohana4
    myohana4 Posts: 205 Member
    cookies.....i never track cookies! LOL!

    Seriously though, I am with you. I don't track herbs mostly because of the time involved in tracking it. I do track almost everything else. However, there have been times when I added "extra calories" over all to my day because I took a small bite of a bagel or some other little nibble that is hard to account for.
  • WestCoastPhoenix
    WestCoastPhoenix Posts: 802 Member
    I tend to not track things with calories.
  • LuckyAng
    LuckyAng Posts: 1,173 Member
    Spices. Unless I enter it as a recipe, then I add the spices to that.
  • MrsSWW
    MrsSWW Posts: 1,585 Member
    I log just about everything - the reason I log most spices and herbs is that if i really enjoyed something I want to have something to refer to - I rarely follow recipes so it helps me :smile:
  • Railr0aderTony
    Railr0aderTony Posts: 6,803 Member
    black coffee and spices, if i use creamer i track that for some reason.
  • ilovesparkle
    ilovesparkle Posts: 127 Member
    I sometimes forget to log condiments. But not the ones with fat (mayo, dressing, etc.)
  • GasMasterFlash
    GasMasterFlash Posts: 2,206 Member
    Anything that I eat between meals, or late at night. Otherwise, I will go int the red and it depresses me.
  • schustc
    schustc Posts: 428 Member
    I don't track Vitamins, Mustard, seasonings and Spices.

    I would/will track other condiments such as Ketchup and Mayo, and probably will track my fish oil supplement when it comes in (that's going to be over 100 cal a day so I need to track it).

    I also don't track coffee (black) but track what I add -if it has calories. Don't track the Truvia, do track the Cream.

    :)
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