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Medications

SusanMPreston43
SusanMPreston43 Posts: 84 Member
edited January 19 in Food and Nutrition
Should I be logging all my medications, prescription and OTC?

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  • cajuntank
    cajuntank Posts: 924 Member
    I only log vitamins and supplements as they contain calories, micro, and macro nutrients. If you want to log medicine, that's up to you (although that's a little too OCD for me :smile: ). I actually had to look in the database to see if that type stuff was even in there and was surprised to find some stuff, although it was all zero'd out....so why bother unless you just want to log for the sake of logging. To each his or her own.
  • NanaWubbie
    NanaWubbie Posts: 248 Member
    Not necessary, unless you do it to remember whether or not you took your medicine.
  • SusanMPreston43
    SusanMPreston43 Posts: 84 Member
    Thanks ladies....I saw a couple of people on my friend list who were logging it and I just wondered. I won't bother if it's a waste.
  • AllisonConnell1301
    AllisonConnell1301 Posts: 98
    I don't. Yes, some of my meds have like 10 calories, but I don't worry about it.
  • daybehavior
    daybehavior Posts: 1,319 Member
    I recently learned Halls cough drops have like 15 calories each. And I was going through tons of them each day. So yeah I guess that's a bit different but still noteworthy.
  • misskerouac
    misskerouac Posts: 2,242 Member
    I have before to make sure I've taken them, but its certainly not necessary.
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