Logging Spices

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  • paperpudding
    paperpudding Posts: 9,282 Member
    OP, I'm with the don't worry about logging spices team.
    I think becoming too over zealous about logging such minute details is likely to lead to burnout .

    If it makes you feel better about it just slightly over log something else ; put in that you had 50g of rice instead of the real 47 or something - but just I just wouldnt worry about it at all myself.
  • russellbrand69
    russellbrand69 Posts: 132 Member
    I log everything, but I especially like logging dried herbs like parsley and basil - not very significant from a calorie standpoint, but they can contain lots of iron and calcium, so that adds up to a nice nutrition boost!
  • ldrosophila
    ldrosophila Posts: 7,512 Member
    just to save myself time i either log it as a teaspoon or a tablespoon
  • Capt_Apollo
    Capt_Apollo Posts: 9,026 Member
    missing the forest for the trees
  • sarahertzberger
    sarahertzberger Posts: 534 Member
    All the spices I have logged, can be done in tsp. or Tbsp. but honestly almost all spices have very, very minimal calories in them, sometimes only 1 calorie depending on how much you use, but if you are concerned about it and use a very significant amount of them in your food then I would just try to measure it like that, or look at the nutrition facts and go from that and just add in quick calories to your log
  • tlou5
    tlou5 Posts: 497 Member
    I find it a real challenge to log spices, curry powders etc. Most of the time, the weight is in grams and the scale doesn't seem to register this well as I am not using very much and they are obviously fine powders. Any suggestions?

    I use spices all the time. In fact it's a rare meal that doesn't have spices in theme. I don't bother logging spices because there are so few calories in them. I suggest you do the same.
    All the best.
    Ben
    This- unless you are using gallons of spice the calories don't get that extreme. I have lost 40# so far without doing that. Seriously don't think it is worth the inconvenience
  • BeckyW67
    BeckyW67 Posts: 20 Member
    I can honestly say - it hasn't been not logging my curry powder than's made me fat!

    Word!
  • JuzDuIt
    JuzDuIt Posts: 222 Member
    ^^^THIS! All seems a bit eating-disordered to me. Shake on some garlic powder, do a jumping jack, and call it a day.
  • BlueBombers
    BlueBombers Posts: 4,064 Member
    Do not, can't imagine, would not, ever. I always round up and generously. Life is too short to log spices.

    Same here.
  • PRMinx
    PRMinx Posts: 4,585 Member
    Just...no.

    Use your spices....and do a hundred jumping jacks in the kitchen if you are so worried about it. Done and done.
  • mheebner
    mheebner Posts: 285 Member
    If you want to log the calories from spices so be it, but I think walking to your spice cabinet, pulling out the spice, walking to your stove and sprinkling it in will burn off the amount of calories you are adding to the dish. :wink:
  • auddii
    auddii Posts: 15,357 Member
    It strikes me that this is well into spurious accuracy territory to be honest. The only way this becomes meaningful is if energy expenditure throughout the day is very accurately understood.
    ^This. Everything is an estimate, your TDEE, the calories written on the back of a box, the calories your HRM tells you that you burn, the accuracy of your kitchen scale, etc.
  • 130annie
    130annie Posts: 339 Member
    Hishtagat, the OP said that it WAS tedious. Which is why we're all recommending that it can be ignored.

    If you want to go for as accuate as you can, and you DON'T find it a chore, that's great. But it doesn't really help the OP. And it's not compulsory.


    This has nothing to do with spices......Melanie...I admire your stay with it ness....Well done....You have on here a long time!

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