does anyone not document their liquid calories?

matchbox_girl

I don't mean like soda pop or really high sugar drinks, but I don't find the point in putting in calories for my cranberry juice or Arizona Green Tea....i know I probably should, but do those drinks really make THAT kind of a difference?

acuratlsd

If it has a Nutrition Label then it is part of the package.

gaylynn35

I put down everything that goes in my mouth. Most of the non calorie drinks do have sodium in them.

AZKristi

Fruit juice has tons of calories, of course I would log this. I wouldn't log plain tea, but if there is sugar in it, definitely add it. 100 calories a day = 10 lbs a year.

happythermia

I know this is going to sound crazy and backwards, but I document ALL of my liquid calories.

Except booze. LOL I know it doesn't make sense, but that's how I do it.

Railr0aderTony

Cranberry Juice is pretty high in calories, Green tea if it is diet would not be. but you should log it all, I even log the sugar free packets of hawaiian punch i put in my water, they are still 10 calories apiece and it adds up. Good luck to ya.

jazzyali

In my mind all calories count. If an 8 oz glass of cranberry juice is 120 calories and you have a glass a day, that's 3600 calories which equals a pound...

malystrasza

You'd be surprised at the sugar content of some juices and sweetened teas. Its almost as much as a can of soda. So yes, you should count them.

emtjmac

You definitely have to measure and record the amount of liquid calories you are consuming. Calories are calories and people gain a lot of weight from drinking calories.

T34418l3angel

Yes it makes a big difference, not just in your calories but in your macros especially. my general rule is if it went in my mouth I log it.

aproc

Yes. Liquid calories add up way too quickly to not count them. If it has calories, why would you not log them too just because they are liquid?

andrea198721

Calories are calories no matter where they come from. Unless it's water then no, don't log them. But you probably should log your water anyways so that you now how much you are drinking Like if I could get away with that I could just liquify everthing I eat. This ice cream doesn't count! It's liquid lol

bikinibeliever

I mostly only drink water, but if I have coffee with cream and sugar or a 20 calorie hot cocoa I log it. I don't log the massive amount of water I drink though.

matchbox_girl

thanks guys! It almost makes it easier to drink nothing but water!

bridgelene

For better or for worse, yep. *that damn wine gets me every time, haha*

But yeah, not only calories, but consider sodium, macros, etc.

Crystal_Pistol

thanks guys! It almost makes it easier to drink nothing but water!

Pretty much how I roll.

katy84o

I log my coffee/tea every morning. Mostly because I add stuff to it. If it's coffee I add creamer. If its tea I add honey. I log beer, wine, and when I make fresh juice I log that. So I do log my calories. If you have one arizona tea/ day I guess it's not so bad. But if you have like 2 or 3 that'll start adding up.

brwngrl91

I do, that's why it's so hard for me to drink apple or cranberry juice. I love them but seeing the amount of calories make me dive for water. Water is so safe. Thank God.

casiefer

I do record all of my beverages that have calories. If your drink has calories you should count it as it is part of your daily intake. Does that make sense?

CoderGal

Depends how many calories of it you intake? If it's half a glass of juice...then no...if it's several glasses...then that's several hundred calories in difference and yes, that adds up quite easily. It's not like it's the square root of a negative number. Those calories are positively real, they're not imaginary.

dinosnopro

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MoreBean13

Yeah, they really can make a difference. Log them.

zaph0d

Don't see the point? Wondering if they make THAT much difference? No wonder people fail at weight loss.

I mean. why bother logging anything? I just ate chocolate cake. I don't eat it every day, so why bother logging it right?

Skinny_Beans

cranberry juice has tons of sugar in it, and unless you're drinking unsweetened tea, so does your arizona. Why not log liquid calories? It's not as if they matter less, and they're usually nutritionally deficient chunks of calories you don't even realize you're drinking.

aussiestargazer

I record everything as I have gotten some huge shocks at what calories and sodium etc are in what!

justal313

I don't log my black coffee. Skim Late, yes. Hot Cocoa, yes. Milk and booze yes. Not black coffee. But then I don't cut my calorie budget down to the last calorie so those 10-20 calories total of black coffee don't make a huge difference. I also don't log my water but I drink a ton of water at work and I know I'm not generally getting enough on the weekends.

jennifer_417

If it has calories, then log it. You're just sabatoging yourself otherwise. You'd be AMAZED how many calories you can consume through liquids. Just look at the lable.

Jessicao33

I don't do my coffee with sweet n low or creamer and my night hot chocolate,

babeinthemoon

I don't document the "pure crystal light" that is something like 10 cal per 8oz... only because I use a fraction of a package to flavor 20 oz of water. I also don't document plain coffee w/ stevia drops or unsweetened tea/ iced tea. Milk, sugared drinks, fruit juice, wine, etc I document.

Essentially, if it is under 20 calories for the drink, and I've exercised for the day I don't count it, mostly because I don't eat back my exercise calories. Now, if/when I start to eat back my exercise calories, then I'll be more careful about counting everything.

cometjunior

First of all, I really love how people get on here and act rude... They didn't say they were eating chocolate cake and not logging it, they were talking about liquids.

I don't log liquids that have no nutritional value. I don't drink many liquids that require logging since I mostly only drink water and water mix-ins, like Wyler's. So, to answer the question for myself, I don't log liquid calories.

Now, if your liquid intake does have calories, it should be logged, even if it's "only one glass of juice" or "just a soda"... A lot of people will try to make the arguement that liquids are digested differently or are sweated / "passed" out, but they still have calories.

pinkraynedropjacki

Unless it's water or air.... log it. It's got calories or anything else.... log it.