Foods you don't count

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  • WelshPhil1975
    WelshPhil1975 Posts: 138 Member
    Tic Tacs. 2 calories each and I eat about 3 a day, sometimes as many as 4.

    I can live with that.
  • nezbit88
    nezbit88 Posts: 37 Member
    I don't how people don't add vegetables - they add up! I have read about diets where you can get as much veges as you want then count everything else...calories are calories regaurdless of where they come from and they will add up. If I
  • HMbubblegun
    HMbubblegun Posts: 7 Member
    spices are the only thing I don't count
  • Siannah
    Siannah Posts: 456 Member
    I don't track any drinks unless they have calories. I only drink my coffee/tea black anyway. So it would only be the occasional cappuccino, beer or wine.
    I don't track chewing gum (always sugar free).
    I don't track herbs/spices
  • DR2501
    DR2501 Posts: 661 Member
    I don't want to spend my entire life logging, so I don't count sauces, spices, or coffee. I do though take them into account mentally if I'm deciding what I can and can't have that day to fit into my allowance.

    Edit: terrible typing skills today!
  • JuliRamone
    JuliRamone Posts: 365 Member
    I don't track:

    - black coffee
    - herbal tea
    - the small dash lemonjuice I sometimes put in my water bottle
    - spices (because I only use really small amounts)
    - sugarfree bubblegum
  • juleszephyr
    juleszephyr Posts: 442 Member
    I don't count

    Black Coffee & Tea with sweetner
    Very dilute sugar free squash
    Herbs and Spices

    Everything else goes in.
  • wannabehealthyagain
    wannabehealthyagain Posts: 33
    I log my coffee only by logging the flavored creamer I use in it. My iced tea doesn't get logged (I don't sweeten it either) Spices, seasonings. I logged the seasonings when I made tacos and chili but it really wasn't much. I usually end my day with the site telling me I still have somewhere around 4000 calories left to eat (I don't eat back exercise calories, I think that defeats the whole purpose) Obviously, I don't log water. That's all I can think of.
  • brevislux
    brevislux Posts: 1,093 Member
    coffee, because I take it without sugar. I know it has some calories (about 10 cals per cup) and it adds up eventually, two cups a day is 600 cals a month... maybe I should, but I'm usually under my intake anyway. I also don't log tea, it has no calories.
    I also don't log pickles, mustard and the squeeze of lemon I add to my salad, since I noticed it's just 0 calories so I don't bother.
  • kallistei
    kallistei Posts: 9 Member
    I was leaving butter off my log (like a teaspoon) just not even thinking about it, but realized and started adding it in. I don't track salt and pepper or spices unless I know I'm using "enough" for it to REALLY impact things (I just do like a shake of salt and pepper on corn for example). But I'm usually under my calorie goal, so I'm not super worried about it :0
  • SymphonynSonata
    SymphonynSonata Posts: 533 Member
    i dont log spices unless i KNOW they have calories (am i ignorant and dont know that the ones i use have cals??), i dont log my splenda intake (yeah i know artificial sweeteners are bad).. i dont log my gum.. and usually forget to log an occasional mint after mexican dinner. other then that i log everything. even my vitamins.

    oh i havent been logging my melatonin vitamins lately because i didnt know i was gonna use them.. but usually i have at least 30 calories left over so technically they are accounted for. just not logged.

    oh and coffee. but isnt coffee zero calorie unless you add stuff? i dont log tea either.. or any zero cal drinks.

    I don't know what spices you use, but I was logging some recipes and googled the calories for the spices I used out of sheer curiosity and it was pretty surprising (we're talking up to 30 cals per tablespoon - don't recall which though). Coffee is about 5-8 calories per cup (just black) from what I understand, but I may be mistaken.

    Yes some spices may be up to 30 calories per tablespoon - but who ever eats a tablespoon of a spice in one time?? - the tiny bit of pepper you sprinkle on your food or the pinch of nutmeg in your cake recipe - not going to make any difference to your calorie intake that day.

    To be fair, I make nearly everything I eat from scratch, so I use a lot of seasoning. I'm also Italian.

    I don't track the freshly squeezed orange/grapefruit juice I make.
  • sculli123
    sculli123 Posts: 1,221 Member
    Black coffee is the only one I can think of. It's barely got any calories though.

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