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Calories for drinks ..... yey or ney?

RoxySherwood89
Posts: 70 Member
So ive never logged my drinks calories and it has worked in the past (ive lost 58lbs to date) but seeing a few MFP'ers diarys im begining to think i should be.
Whats does everyone do?
Whats does everyone do?
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Log it, those calories add up quick. Personally, I log everything that I consume.0
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I log as well. 1 oz of liquor is 69 calories!0
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If it has calories you should log it.0
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Heh...they add up!:drinker:0
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You should definitely log your liquid calories regardless of juice, soda, coffee etc - they add up really fast! There's sugar as well so that's important too. If you're drinking a latte everyday that will affect your macros.
If you want to truly capture your caloric intake it should all be logged accurately.0 -
Log 'em.0
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sorry i ment to add in there that i do log alcohol ... i very rarely drink so those calories are always accounted for. I guess the main thing i dont log is tea/coffee or diet drinks (although i rarely drink pop too)
hmmm guess i should start logging them lol0 -
I don't log booze, I don't log exercise.
I never have, I never will.
Yeh, I know, bonkers.0 -
Log it, those calories add up quick. Personally, I log everything that I consume.
Absolutely.0 -
I agree, log everything. I even log my green tea consumption, and that doesn't even have calories. It helps give you a overall picture of your eating habits when you look back on your diary. I think I'm going to start writing in the diet notes as well, to keep track of how I felt that day on what I ate. Couldn't hurt right?0
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I don't log booze, I don't log exercise.
I never have, I never will.
Yeh, I know, bonkers.
same as this guy
but then all I drink outside that is water and diet coke (which are both essentially calorie neutral)0 -
Anthing that goes in my mouth is logged.........well almost everthing x0
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Everything that touches my lips gets logged.
Solid or liquid.....all adds up0 -
Calories are calories. Log whatever goes into your mouth.0
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I do for tea because I use sugar to sweeten and thats 45 cals. If you are drinking tea/coffee straight then I would think not, then again I don't know if coffee has calories..... I wouldn't want someone to look at my diary and think that i just eat 3 tsp of sugar every day..LOL
If you have a soda, there is sodium in it regardless of if its diet, so it depends on if you watch that or not.0 -
I log everything over 5 calories,so I skip spices, black coffee etc. I figure I would need 20 of them to make 100 calories, so I just lower my daily goal calorie goal by 100. I do not have time to add 1 mint or sprinkle of spice.0
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Better yet, give them up.0
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I don't drink anything that has calories, but if I did, I would log it. Those calories add up, just like the others. If you don't log them you could easily end up consuming more calories than what you realize.0
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Better yet, give them up.
Thanks Mum, good advice!0 -
Everything that touches my mouth gets logged otherwise i feel i would not get a true daily calorie in take. :-) x0
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Even log things like breath mints or gum...it all adds up. Log anything you ingest to give yourself an honest count. And I tend to underestimate the amount of calories burned from exercise etc...
Drinks can end up being a full meals worth of calories in a day if your not careful..especially if you drink milk like me.0
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