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Do we add things like milk and sugar to what we eat

TwiFan5
TwiFan5 Posts: 419 Member
edited September 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
When we use sugar and milk and things like that, do we have to add them into our diary.

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  • elainegsd
    elainegsd Posts: 459 Member
    Like adding them to coffee or cereal? Absolutely account for them!
  • jessemerson86
    jessemerson86 Posts: 174 Member
    YES! You want to hold yourself accountable for all the calories consumed. It helps. Sometimes I feel silly adding 1/8 cup of milk to my food diary, but the little calories add up (In the same way that all the little exercise you do adds up).
  • TwiFan5
    TwiFan5 Posts: 419 Member
    Oh ok then, I have not done that but I will start tomorrow.
  • clioandboy
    clioandboy Posts: 963 Member
    you sure do and I find that they really add up, mores the pity!
  • elmct57
    elmct57 Posts: 594 Member
    the entire point of the food diary is to log everything consumed so you can see where your problems on sodium, protein, fiber, nutrients, etc are; see patterns in problem eating, etc. yes--list everything if you want to be successful.
  • amyfly
    amyfly Posts: 137
    Everything you eat that has calories goes in your log - even if it's just a few calories like a piece of gum. At the end of the day it all adds up and just a few calories here or there can be the difference b/w staying with in you calorie goal or going over and really slowing your progress.
  • morganadk2_deleted
    morganadk2_deleted Posts: 1,696 Member
    If you bite it , write it :blushing:
  • leslielove
    leslielove Posts: 251 Member
    ..duh? if you're going to eat it, why wouldn't you write it down?
  • iamstaceywood
    iamstaceywood Posts: 383 Member
    That is exactly the specific type of ingredient that i would be super careful to add. Those are the sneakers. A side of french fries we all know is bad but, u may be suprrised at the caloric content of your daily coffee habbit or how bad those cheerios really are for you once u add that half a cup of sugar and that whole milk.
    I don't know how everyone else does it but, I'm neurotic about my diary, with weighing and the such but, its all about the numbers.
  • TwiFan5
    TwiFan5 Posts: 419 Member
    Ok then thank you for your help, I started counting the sugar and the milk today, I already know what I am having tomorrow provided my dinner doesn't get changed around but I always plan a day ahead so I don't have more than what I have already said.
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