Do you guys track EVERYTHING?

babylemonade

Such as fruits? Sometimes I get hungry at the end of the day and I'll eat an apple or something and not track it. Does anyone else do this? I've read that so called "negative calorie foods" are a myth but I just wanted to know what everyone else does.

_stephanie0

if you're dedicated to tracking, then track fruit.

i don't but i also just don't care as much, im trying to build muscle.

GoatBoat66

I track fruit. I don't track gum or coffee.

ILiftHeavyAcrylics

I track everything. I'm down to not much of a deficit since I'm close to my goal so it's important to be as accurate as possible. When my deficit was larger I would estimate on things like coffee creamer, but I've had to get more rigorous as I've gotten closer to my goal.

mjrkearney

Everything but the curry powder.

alaskaang

Yes, everything.. at least since I started tracking everything. Depends on what you use MFP for. If you really want the data available to know exactly what you are consuming and how it affects you, it has to be logged.

megleo818

As far as I've been able to ascertain, there's no such thing as a "negative calorie food". Fruits, especially, are full of sugar and calories. There are probably folks out there who would say that something like celery, which is so very fiber-rich, burns more calories to digest than it leaves behind (which I think is malarky), but fruit would definitely not fit into that category.

All that being said, I do not always log things that I eat after I've closed my diary for the day, as long as I know I have breathing room before hitting my upper calorie goal. Like if I'm 250 under and I have a cup of tea with milk, I don't log those 45 calories -- they won't hurt my overall progress and logging is more trouble than it's worth. However, if I closed my diary with only 35 calories remaining and I eat an apple (which has around 80 calories), I usually go back in and log it, just to keep myself accountable.

In the end, it doesn't matter if you log or don't log what you eat. It's not what you log, IT'S WHAT YOU EAT. If you put it in your mouth, it will have some effect on your body. Your diary might say you eat at your recommended calorie level every day. If your mouth eats more than that in reality, your body will show the truth ...

Ready2Rock206

Fruits can have a lot of calories. I track them.

victoria4321

i track everything, especially fruits. They really add up.

bahacca

I don't track gum, the 3 or 4 Sport Beans I eat during a workout, or my gummy vitamins. I usually don't log lettuce and I sometimes don't log veggies-like if I have carrots with dinner and don't put anything on them. Fruit I track because I track sugar.

soonerman4life

Whether I'm taking in surplus calories while building muscle or consuming at a defict to lose fat, I weigh, measure, and track everything. It really depends on your level of commitment and current goals.

nikilis

i dont track:

black coffee (artificial sweetner)
cooking oil (i dont use a lot and its healthy oils)
mustard and ketchup (don't use a lot and im not going to measure it)

track everything else carefully.

RockstarPunch

track it all

elm2008

everything except gum, some vitamins/supplements, some hot sauces/spices/condiments unless very high in sodium, and diet drinks.

EatClenTrenHard

lol, apple has at least 150 calories in it. eat 10 apples, and thats 1500 calorie, with tons of sugar, a good way to get insulin resistance.

Snooozie

yep.
the good, the bad, and the truly ugly (like a dinner that took me 1/2 hr to log and came close to 1800 calories or something close a few months back.. ) :embarassed:

RobynLB

I track everything but coffee, low cal condiments, and single bites of whatever (note: single bites, not 5 or 6 single bites in a day). Fruit is not low calorie, so it does make a difference. I sometimes eat a little late snack and add it to the next day because I like my numbers for the day, but that's just me being silly.

erikaaaaaaaa

I try to track everything except spices.

MariaMariaM

I do for the most part. It has become a habit. LOL

Phaedra2014

Such as fruits? Sometimes I get hungry at the end of the day and I'll eat an apple or something and not track it. Does anyone else do this? I've read that so called "negative calorie foods" are a myth but I just wanted to know what everyone else does.

Yep.

RobynLB

yep.
the good, the bad, and the truly ugly (like a dinner that took me 1/2 hr to log and came close to 1800 calories or something close a few months back.. ) :embarassed:

Lol. I had to log "8 tbs of whipped frosting" today. Not a proud moment.