Who really counts the BLTs?

sargessexyone
sargessexyone Posts: 494 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
We ALL do it and I will have a hard time believing anyone who says they don't. BLTs are the Bites, Licks and Tastes we take through out the day but do you really track them?

Mothers cleaning up after their children. There's two cheetos left in the bag, do you eat them? If so, do you bust out the scale to see how many calories they are? Scrambled eggs, chicken nuggets? There's one or two bites left, what mother out there has NEVER cleaned their childs plate?

Anyone making a sandwich? Who hasn't gotten peanut butter, mayonnaise, etc on their fingers and then licked it off? Making some of those healthy cookies or muffins? Most people will use their fingers to scrape the dough/batter into the pan. Do you risk making a mess and losing all that goodness to just to make sure you count all those calories?

For all the chefs/cooks out there. We are taught to always taste your food so do you stop and weigh the taste of gravy, chili, the low fat alfredo sauce that you found a great recipe for and possibly burn something because you left the stove long enough to see how many calories a slurp of soup is?

So tell me honestly, who really counts the BLTs and how do you do it?
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  • Mother_Warrior
    Mother_Warrior Posts: 44 Member
    I've just started, but I do count my BLT's because they can add up... and it also makes me conscious of food I am "nibbling" on through out the day.
  • Julettashane
    Julettashane Posts: 723 Member
    i do not count them!!
  • nikkiofthelake
    nikkiofthelake Posts: 18
    I'm the mother of a toddler, and I really try not to take any BLTs. I know they can really add up! If I get peanut butter or mayo on my hands, I'll wash them. I'll have family members add extra salt or pepper to their own plates of food if they need it so I don't have to take multiple bites (or slurps).
  • randomtai
    randomtai Posts: 9,003 Member
    I want a BLT now. :sad:

    Both ways. Giggity.
  • mccindy72
    mccindy72 Posts: 7,001 Member
    We ALL do it and I will have a hard time believing anyone who says they don't. BLTs are the Bites, Licks and Tastes we take through out the day but do you really track them?

    Mothers cleaning up after their children. There's two cheetos left in the bag, do you eat them? If so, do you bust out the scale to see how many calories they are? Scrambled eggs, chicken nuggets? There's one or two bites left, what mother out there has NEVER cleaned their childs plate?

    Anyone making a sandwich? Who hasn't gotten peanut butter, mayonnaise, etc on their fingers and then licked it off? Making some of those healthy cookies or muffins? Most people will use their fingers to scrape the dough/batter into the pan. Do you risk making a mess and losing all that goodness to just to make sure you count all those calories?

    For all the chefs/cooks out there. We are taught to always taste your food so do you stop and weigh the taste of gravy, chili, the low fat alfredo sauce that you found a great recipe for and possibly burn something because you left the stove long enough to see how many calories a slurp of soup is?

    So tell me honestly, who really counts the BLTs and how do you do it?

    Ah, I guess this isn't about one of my favorite sandwiches! Boo.

    I used to add a few calories every day to account for BLTs. I don't now because I don't do it anymore. If do eat a random bite of something I add it into snacks.
  • Patovader
    Patovader Posts: 439 Member
    This goes hand in hand with the 'HELP' posts. Help, I am not losing weight and I am logging everything... Well actually, no you are not. If it passes your lips then you should make an allowance in your diary for it. At the end of the day you are only cheating yourself if you eat more than you log.

    Good luck :)
  • ILiftHeavyAcrylics
    ILiftHeavyAcrylics Posts: 27,732 Member
    When I was losing I did. Now I'm in maintenance so I don't. That's really the only thing that I've let slide a little since switching over. I just set my calorie goal a little below maintenance to cover the margin of error. So far it's working.
  • sargessexyone
    sargessexyone Posts: 494 Member
    I've just started, but I do count my BLT's because they can add up... and it also makes me conscious of food I am "nibbling" on through out the day.

    So how do you weigh or measure them?
  • vjohn04
    vjohn04 Posts: 2,276 Member
    I came here for the BLT Sandwiches (they're my favorite!).....

    While I'm slightly disappointed that we're not here to celebrate bacon.....

    Op, I count everything. licks, bites, and tastes.
  • Muddy_Yogi
    Muddy_Yogi Posts: 1,459 Member
    I don't take bites, licks or tastes....well not ones that involve calories...
  • JJananii
    JJananii Posts: 30 Member
    I honestly just don't take "BLT'S" anymore. I want my logging to be as accurate as possible and I have three kids under five so they would add up way too much. I also have a dog, so he gets all the little leftover bites ;)
  • angdpowers
    angdpowers Posts: 311 Member
    I use do BLT and not count, but now I just don't do it. I throw away, leave, wipe off or whatever word fits that indicates it didn't touch my lips. I've just learned I don't have to eat whatever's left or taste things. Most things I know I season well, and if it needs something more later, I add to my dish/my portion to suit my liking. But my hubby? He wants me to taste EVERYTHING that HE eats or tires hahaha lil turd! Hardly does that anymore though :)
  • sargessexyone
    sargessexyone Posts: 494 Member
    Just to be clear, I am not as bad about them as I used to be and I am typically far enough under my calorie intake to account for any BLTs and mismeasurements .
  • DeltaZero
    DeltaZero Posts: 1,197 Member
    If it goes in my mouth. It gets logged. Looking for something 6" later today. Maybe 12".





























    Subway fools.
  • JJananii
    JJananii Posts: 30 Member
    I don't take bites, licks or tastes....well not ones that involve calories...

    Love this :laugh:
  • 3foldchord
    3foldchord Posts: 2,918 Member
    I don't do a lot of BLTs, mainly because they are difficult to assess and log, but I will do Quick Add of 100 calories or go for a 20 brisk walk (that I don't record) if there are some BLTs that day.
  • vivaldirules
    vivaldirules Posts: 169 Member
    Let's be real. The errors (uncertainties) in your big calorie items are bigger than all the calories in gum, diet drinks, many condiments, most green veggies, your BLTs, etc. Yes, think about everything you put in your mouth before you put it there, but don't waste your life's precious time counting senselessly. We all have lives to live, so let's live them. I've often just added up the big ticket items and then added a few hundred calories for miscellaneous. That's only dangerous if you find yourself stuffing yourself with the miscellaneous stuff. Good luck to you!
  • chivalryder
    chivalryder Posts: 4,391 Member
    The only BLTs I have come in the form of a sandwich.
  • sargessexyone
    sargessexyone Posts: 494 Member
    I don't take bites, licks or tastes....well not ones that involve calories...

    Wish they had a like button.
  • WhoHa42
    WhoHa42 Posts: 1,270 Member
    I eat about 5 BLT sandwiches a day and don't count them because the bacon counteracts the carbs in the lettuce and tomato. I've had excellent results.
  • sbarella
    sbarella Posts: 713 Member
    When I log my food I usually round up on the safe side so I won't have to weigh two peanuts if I want them. It works for me, but I usually try to avoid food-BLTs so it's no big deal.
  • Val_from_OH
    Val_from_OH Posts: 447 Member
    Depends on what it is. I would count a whole chicken nugget, half a slice of cheese, a spoonful of cookie dough or something like that. In general, I do not count tasting while cooking, I just consider to be part of my dinner. If I am eating 1 cup of chicken and broccoli, does it really matter that it was 1 cup + 1 tablespoonful? I don't measure THAT accurately :smile:
  • mccindy72
    mccindy72 Posts: 7,001 Member
    Let's be real. The errors (uncertainties) in your big calorie items are bigger than all the calories in gum, diet drinks, many condiments, most green veggies, your BLTs, etc. Yes, think about everything you put in your mouth before you put it there, but don't waste your life's precious time counting senselessly. We all have lives to live, so let's live them. I've often just added up the big ticket items and then added a few hundred calories for miscellaneous. That's only dangerous if you find yourself stuffing yourself with the miscellaneous stuff. Good luck to you!

    unless your BLTs include big-calorie items like peanut butter - use it in a recipe and lick it off the spoon or your finger a couple of times, you can eat a teaspoon or two of it easily. Since one tbsp can be nearly 100 calories, that can add up pretty quickly.
  • waltcote
    waltcote Posts: 372 Member
    :bigsmile: I rarely count BLT's. I did make some Buffalo Chicken wing soup a couple weeks ago and had lots of tastes so I accounted for those but the number on the scale is what counts for me, not just weight but also body fat,which my scale does track. If I wasn't progressing I would pay more attention to it but I feel that I use MFP as a tool. It's a help aid and not the end all. I know I can not possibly accurately count every single calorie going into my body without going crazy. Going out to eat I try to calculate what I am eating as close as possible but I am not bringiing a scale out to eat.
  • lporter229
    lporter229 Posts: 4,907 Member
    Let's be real. The errors (uncertainties) in your big calorie items are bigger than all the calories in gum, diet drinks, many condiments, most green veggies, your BLTs, etc. Yes, think about everything you put in your mouth before you put it there, but don't waste your life's precious time counting senselessly. We all have lives to live, so let's live them. I've often just added up the big ticket items and then added a few hundred calorie items for miscellaneous. That's only dangerous if you find yourself stuffing yourself with the miscellaneous stuff. Good luck to you!

    While I agree with the point you are making here, this is probably the reason why there are at least 100 post a week saying " I have been eating 1200 calories and exercising like crazy and I am not losing any weight". There was a post last week on another thread stating that people on restrictive diets tend to subconsciously eat way more calories than they think because they are depriving themselves. When they up their calories, they pay closer attention to all of those little things and are probably consuming less in the long run. I tend to agree.
  • jfauci
    jfauci Posts: 531 Member
    I don't log them.......but I try to leave myself at least 100 calories for the "BLT's"......just in case.
  • geebusuk
    geebusuk Posts: 3,348 Member
    BLT = Bacon Lettuce and Tomato.
    Expected to be in a sandwich form.

    I generally don't, but at the moment I've generally been trying to eat a bit extra as been losing faster than intended.

    On a really good day when there's loads of tasters out in the local supermarket, I reckon I've had at least 300 calories - small bits of - two types of cheese, pork pies, samosa, then pasties and sausages on the hot counter, then two sets of cookies. If you're cheeky, go past on the way back to the tills for seconds of everything :).
    Or more than once in supermarkets elsewhere I've found them putting out massive plates of whole custard pies and the like because they were well over stocked and going out of date - they were selling them for 5p, but happy for you to munch on as many as you wanted at the time too :).
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  • PhearlessPhreaks
    PhearlessPhreaks Posts: 890 Member
    I've gotten a lot better about the excess peanut butter on the knife, etc... and I am that rare mother who does not eat her kids leftovers... I'm not a germophobe, but kiddle slobber and snot are not what I want to be putting in my mouth.

    Having said that, I cook everything at home. Pre-packaged foods are few and far between, usually used as a supplement (ie, canned tomatoes or soup, the occasional onion soup packet) in an otherwise homemade dish. Consequently, I have to taste things as they're progressing, and I do not count them. I account for these minor things in a few different ways, mostly by rounding up on ingredients and portion sizes. My diary, while accurate as to *what* I eat is not always perfectly precise in quantity, but thus far it hasn't proved to be an issue.
  • Arydria
    Arydria Posts: 179 Member
    I make sure I leave enough calories in my day to account for BLT's, since I like to make sure the food I cook tastes good.

    As for after dinner, if there is food left on the plate, it immediately goes under running water into the disposal. That way I'm not tempted to have seconds. I also put any leftover food away before sitting down to dinner.

    Has worked so far! (*knocks on wood*)

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