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Do you log your medicine?

aliencheesecake
Posts: 569 Member
I'm a little pissed to discover there are 93 calories in ONE dose of liquid NyQuil! That just put me over my limit for the day, and I didn't even know it!
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I'm not surprised OTC has calories but no...I don't log my meds0
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I log my multivitamin, fish oil, fiber supplement when I take them because I track nutrients. I don't log anything else but I rarely take other medicines.0
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I log my supplements, but I don't really take anything else.
That is pretty nuts, though. Might as well take a shot of real booze for that many calories. Crazy!0 -
I log all my supplements. Most of them don't have any calories, but things like fish oil and my pre-workout do. If it's medicine because of an injury or something, I wouldn't personally worry about it. Otherwise, I don't generally take medications anyways.0
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Yes, I do. Not necessarily for caloric content but to remind myself that I took them.0
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I didn't even consider medications. I have been battling bronchitis for the last week --taking big doses of Niquil and the like to keep the coughing under control. Now I understand why the weight has gone up instead of down.0
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I was surprised by the exact same thing. I do log medicine. Why not, its calories. If i am over, i dont stress though, because i really needed it.0
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@ Underwatwer77 - RIGHT?! I thought it might have some but not THAT much!0
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@ vangiebarefoot-- I know! NOw I'm wondering how much it's derailed me as well. I just got over some nasty sinus stuff and was loading up on NyQuil0
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that's depressing.0
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I never have. I say don't worry about it for today. I have been meaning to log in my vitamins but I keep forgetting and figure oh well not much anyways.0
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If it has calories, yes. I did the same thing with cough medicine. I wasn't really too worried about my food intake when I was sick, but I like to keep a log of all my food.0
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I do my supplements that have calories, and to remind myself to take them.0
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My prescription meds I dont. But my OTC meds I do. And just in FYI liquid means normally have calories/sugar in them0
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I log all of my regular vitamins/ medications, with out it I would never reach my calcium goal0
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I'm a little pissed to discover there are 93 calories in ONE dose of liquid NyQuil! That just put me over my limit for the day, and I didn't even know it!
WOW, I never thought of that. I used to live on liquid DayQuil in HS, when I was sick (which was always) I'm sure that's similar and I think that's four doses in a day times a week is 2600 calories. WOW.
That said I just got over being sick and didn't even think to log the pill I was taking every 4 hours. I was sick after all. Now if I was taking a ton of meds/vitamins/supplements daily I would log them just so that I remembered that I actually took them.0 -
Note to self: don't take Nyquil unless they have a sugar free version.0
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Note to self: don't take Nyquil unless they have a sugar free version.
I would buy it!0 -
Maybe this is why, according to my friend's scale, I gained a pound back. I took a lot of NyQuil last week...sinuses and allergies and stuff.0
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Yes, I do. Not necessarily for caloric content but to remind myself that I took them.
lol, this is why I do it too0
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