Do you log zero calorie foods in your dairy?

I log everything.
Even coffee gets 3 separate line items, one for the Kcup, one for the splenda, and one for the soy milk.

Did you know that every pack of splenda is 4 cals and 1 carb?

Almost nothing is really zero. The law says you can call it zero if it's less than 5.

So if a serving is "one" of something that SAYS zero but is really 4, and you eat 5 servings, and think that's 5 times zero, it's really 20 cals, and 5 carbs in the case of splenda. Cals come from SOMEWHERE, so anything that has ANY calories MUST have a macro included.

Born mainly out of laziness I do not log everything. If I know something is high in salt I do. Nutrient dense food I weigh and log. Salads I just usually underestimate. I am a bit of a grazer so I may bundle guess something things like mixed nuts. It is all a matter of whether you are going to use the information if you are not then the data is not worth much to you. I have never logged gum or Stevia tabs and rarely put tea in unless I add milk.

Zero calorie chemical **** storms?

I add everything. Cucumber are only 12 calories per 100gr, but I eat them daily so I add them everytime.

I draw the line at adding minuscule amounts of next to no calorie items like spices, a tiny dash of sauce, cooking spray etc

Yes in theory they will add up but if I am doing this logging Long term it has to be user friendly - and I figure an extra calorie here or there is not really significant and evens out with things like walking ,say, 31 minutes and logging it as 30.

I track everything that goes into my mouth...

Multivitamins, fat burner, pre-workout, sodas, pickles, mustard...etc

It's good to see the spectrum of things outside of calories like sodium, sugar, vitamins, etc.

I log everything because I need the accountability. If I eat too many things that are not logged it becomes too easy to not log. I need to log it all to stay in the habit. In my mouth = in my diary. It's different for everyone. I don't log it because I am concerned about the 4 calories -- it is the habit.

I usually don't log spices, diet pop, tea/coffee etc. I understand there are some good reasons for wanting to (ie:sodium) but if your main concern is calories I wouldn't bother. Even at its best calorie counting is not a precise science. Most food labes are rounded to the nearest 5 calories so if you have 20 items in your diary thats a possible swing of 25-50 calories at the end of the day. Not to mention your BMR or TDEE are not EXACTLY the same every single day. It's all about the averages and the trends.

Basically, do your best to be accurate and weigh as much as possible but don't obsess over it if that's not like you. I just accept that weight loss is not exact and it will happen if I keep at it.

I don't log coffee (drink it black). And I only sometimes log raw or boiled veggies. If it has sauce, I log that. My understanding of a "free" food, is not that it doesn't have *any* calories, but that the amount of calories it has does not compensate for the amount of calories it takes your body to digest it.

Pickles and hot sauce aren't zero calorie, just low calorie. I'd log both of those because of the sodium if not the calories, but I agree that it is probably not that important.

The only stuff I don't log is most spices. Especially since my husband cooks a lot of our food with a huge variety of different spices. I often sprinkle cinnamon or a bit of vanilla in things and do not log that.

I don't log sugarfree gum or my morning fish oil supplement. I have friends who do, but it's one of those cases where I don't feel it's that important.