Do You Log Tea?

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  • JBnyc99
    JBnyc99 Posts: 100 Member
    Side note - surprisingly earl grey tea, black, no sugar, has calories. Not very many but they're there.

    Many 0 calorie things really aren't 0 calories. I believe if it is less than 4 or 5 calories (and not sure if that's per serving or for the whole thing), companies are able to claim it as 0 calories.

    I log everything because I want to be as accurate as possible. Plus, if I ever need to review what I've consumed for medical reasons or whatnot, I'll have everything right there. :bigsmile:

    Joy is correct. A company can state a product is zero cals if it has less than 5 cals per serving.

    While it isn't much, most black teas range from 1-4 cals per cup, before milk, sugar, etc. Some herbal teas and other fancier teas can be as much as 15 cals, from what I have read. I don't drink them, so not speaking from personal experience.

    I take my black Tetley tea with 2 1/2 sugars, so of course, I log ever cup,...about 40 cals, if I recall.

    On a side note,...a cup of tea is a good source of potassium. In the US, companies are not required by law to disclose potassium on their nutrition labels or on their websites,...why, I do not know. But if curious, a quick phone call or an email to the company in question will usually result in getting said potassium info. FYI,...Tetley claims that a cup of their Classic Black tea has between 70-135 mg of Potassium. Yes, I did call. :)
  • thethinnydiaries
    thethinnydiaries Posts: 111
    I have pretty sporadic eating habits, so I don't have my log as breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snack as it normally is. I have mine as times of the day where i generally tend to eat small meals and/or snacks (8am-12pm, 12pm-3pm, 3pm-7pm, and 7pm-11pm), so I just add my tea in to whatever time of day I'm having it.

    I don't log it as water because I always try and get my 8+ glasses in, no matter what other water based liquids I'm having, like tea.
  • redladywitch
    redladywitch Posts: 799 Member
    Yes, I log my tea. I drink different types of tea. Some have carbs, vitamin C, etc. I try to log most everything,
  • Sarauk2sf
    Sarauk2sf Posts: 28,072 Member
    The calories are negligible and I drink copious amounts consistently so I do not log it as part of my intake.

    I do not log my water, so I do not log it there either.
  • infamousdrew76
    infamousdrew76 Posts: 176 Member
    Yep! Log it for 500 calories!
  • Sarauk2sf
    Sarauk2sf Posts: 28,072 Member
    Yep! Log it for 500 calories!

    Sounds legit!
  • Otterluv
    Otterluv Posts: 9,083 Member
    I drink coffee and log it. Really, though, the only reason is that otherwise I'd have random entries of just sugar and milk in my snacks. Not that anyone on my FL would really care, but it looks weird to me. No good reason.

    I don't log water or tea, as they are calorie free.
  • PikaKnight
    PikaKnight Posts: 34,971 Member
    Yep! Log it for 500 calories!

    Sounds legit!

    LOLOLOLOLL
  • Sarauk2sf
    Sarauk2sf Posts: 28,072 Member
    I drink coffee and log it. Really, though, the only reason is that otherwise I'd have random entries of just sugar and milk in my snacks. Not that anyone on my FL would really care, but it looks weird to me. No good reason.

    I don't log water or tea, as they are calorie free.

    People think I drink a lot of milk...I do, but it is in lattes, I just do not log the coffee part =).
  • PikaKnight
    PikaKnight Posts: 34,971 Member
    I drink coffee and log it. Really, though, the only reason is that otherwise I'd have random entries of just sugar and milk in my snacks. Not that anyone on my FL would really care, but it looks weird to me. No good reason.

    I don't log water or tea, as they are calorie free.

    People think I drink a lot of milk...I do, but it is in lattes, I just do not log the coffee part =).

    Ohhhhh!!!! Oh hell, I thought you just really liked milk! :laugh:
  • Otterluv
    Otterluv Posts: 9,083 Member
    I drink coffee and log it. Really, though, the only reason is that otherwise I'd have random entries of just sugar and milk in my snacks. Not that anyone on my FL would really care, but it looks weird to me. No good reason.

    I don't log water or tea, as they are calorie free.

    People think I drink a lot of milk...I do, but it is in lattes, I just do not log the coffee part =).

    Ohhhhh!!!! Oh hell, I thought you just really liked milk! :laugh:

    :laugh: Me too!!!
  • JBnyc99
    JBnyc99 Posts: 100 Member
    I drink coffee and log it. Really, though, the only reason is that otherwise I'd have random entries of just sugar and milk in my snacks. Not that anyone on my FL would really care, but it looks weird to me. No good reason.

    I don't log water or tea, as they are calorie free.

    People think I drink a lot of milk...I do, but it is in lattes, I just do not log the coffee part =).

    Ohhhhh!!!! Oh hell, I thought you just really liked milk! :laugh:

    :laugh: Me too!!!

    Haha, same.
  • mhasita
    mhasita Posts: 93 Member
    I log it as water.

    I only drink one cup of green tea daily without sugar or milk, so I have no need to track it.
  • ElizabethFuller
    ElizabethFuller Posts: 352 Member
    I don't log individual cups of tea but I do log the milk that I put in it but as one entry. I did weighing/ measuring checks to work out how much milk I have in each cup and I just add the whole day's amount in one go. Sometimes it may be an underestimate, sometimes over. I think it works out in the long run. I entered a recipe for latte (with or without vanilla or gingerbread syrup) and I add them by name.

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