What don't you log?

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  • astange83
    astange83 Posts: 105
    I don't log sugar free gum, and usually forget to log the mustard I put on a sandwich I take to work and add there. Other than that if its 1 M&M I will log it, need to keep myself as honest as possible. I no longer log my exercise I'm trying to eat off of TDEE-20% so I log that I did it at 1 cal
  • avskk
    avskk Posts: 1,787 Member
    I never log spices (with the exception of things like McCormick's packets). I almost never log mustard or relish, because I use a tablespoon or less of each and they're effectively 0 calories at that amount. If I'm using a single leaf of lettuce or a couple of grams of spinach for a sandwich or garnish, I don't log it. Really anything used as a garnish -- 10g or less of onion sprinkled on a taco, a 5g thin slice of tomato on an egg sandwich, things like that. I'm just too lazy to bust out the scale for a single paper-thin slice of veg or miniscule pinch of herb. Also, if I'm measuring out my coffee creamer and happen to pour 17ml instead of exactly 15ml I don't bother going in and trying to figure out what percentage of a serving an extra 2ml is.

    Excepting the past couple of weeks, I'm usually under my calorie goal by anywhere from 200 to 400 calories, so I really do not sweat the small stuff, especially since it's not like I do all of these skips every day. It's been working out fine so far.

    ETA: I also don't log the occasional single bite of something -- this was a bigger deal when I managed a kitchen (and therefore tasted things four or five times a day) but I still do it every now and then.

    ETA 2: SON OF ETA: I don't know how I forgot this, but I don't log lemon juice! I've no idea why, because I probably use 2-5 tablespoons a day in my water, tea, salads, etc. I think it's a holdover anorectic behavior; in my mind, lemon juice is just "free" even though I know logically that it has calories.
  • janupshaw
    janupshaw Posts: 205 Member
    I don't log my sugar free gum, and I don't log things like one bite of my husband's macaroni & cheese. If I go crazy and have 3-4 bites of m & c, then I'll log it.
  • Cheat days, spices and if the label says 0 calories.
  • SailorKnightWing
    SailorKnightWing Posts: 875 Member
    I don't log:

    -coffee, because I only drink it black and it only has 2 calories
    -water, because I don't need nearly 64oz a day
    -sparkling water, because the same reasons
    -tea, because it's 0 calories
    -vitamins, because they have no calories and I'm trying to determine if I need to keep taking a multivitamin or just a calcium one
  • dizzysmile
    dizzysmile Posts: 71 Member
    Mainly just single cans of Diet Coke, and not even purposely; I just tend to forget because they essentially don't matter. I do log spices and mustard, but I also eyeball them a bit. I don't drink coffee, rarely drink tea and pretty much never have gum or mints.
  • Unfortunately I log everything. Even my vitamins and supps.
  • MandyMason7
    MandyMason7 Posts: 185 Member
    I don't log my iced tea, diet coke, or splenda. I log everything else including gum.
  • sasouna
    sasouna Posts: 35 Member
    I don't log my diet pepsi or gum.:ohwell:
  • brynnsmom
    brynnsmom Posts: 945 Member
    If the label says no calories, then I don't log it. I don't log gum, spices, coffee (I don't use anything in it), or things like the handful of green onions I threw on my salad last night (it was an afterthought after I'd added everything else into my diary). I do not log any kind of activity unless it's dedicated exercise. Cleaning, cooking - those don't count.
  • ClaudiaBette
    ClaudiaBette Posts: 38 Member
    I don't log gum. I do log coffee and the creamer I put in it.

    I didn't log those 5 bites of chocolate cake I had yesterday, to. I paid for it with a bad tummy ache :(
  • iquiltoo
    iquiltoo Posts: 246 Member
    I don't log:
    coffee or tea, but I do log what goes in them.
    sugar-free items or 1-2 calorie items like mints.
    mustard as it's 0 calories, or any other spices & herbs unless it comes in a packet, like chili seasoning. I don't use enough otherwise.
    celery that I have for a snack to avoid eating something I ought not to! There's so few calories that a stick or two isn't going to hurt.
    anything as exercise except what I do at the gym or walks as my fitbit adjusts for that.
    vitamins - that's just crazy... LOL!

    There might be times when I have a little bit of something at the end of the day that I don't log but only when I know I am under. Also I am sure that I under-log my exercises because no two databases give me the same answer! So I use the lowest calorie burn and count any additional deficit as a bonus to my weight loss. That's also why I don't count any other exercise besides the gym and walking.
  • howardheilweil
    howardheilweil Posts: 604 Member
    I don't log anything that I know is 0 calories. I also don't always log things that I know are very small number of calories... packet of sugar, etc... to compensate, I don't log a 15 minute (each way) walk to and from the train station to my office each day. Hopefully it is all a wash!