Do you log tea?

awesomewastaken
awesomewastaken Posts: 92 Member
edited November 11 in Getting Started
Sorry if this is a silly question, but I drink a lot of tea per day (regular or flavoured green tea or matcha, probably a litre or two every day). I do not use sugar nor any other sweeteners, just the tea and water. But finding the specific tea brands or their nutritional information can be a bit tricky so I tried adding things from the database that sounded similar - until I found out a thing I had been logging wasn't even proper tea, but rather some energy drink.
Should I worry about the calories I get from tea or can I just leave it out (or add some quick calories to be sure)?

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  • LizN63
    LizN63 Posts: 129 Member
    Personally I wouldn't log tea unless it has milk or sugar in it. I drink black tea, but I would do the same for plain green. If it's flavoured I suppose it depends what it's flavoured with. Can you scan the barcode?
  • shrek1970uk
    shrek1970uk Posts: 83 Member
    Do you add milk to your tea? If not, you don't need to log just tea & water.

    Using milk, just log the milk. Measure how much milk you add to your normal cup of tea, & just log that everytime.

  • 47Jacqueline
    47Jacqueline Posts: 6,993 Member
    I log it as water, but tend to skip if I've had a lot of caffeine already.
  • shrek1970uk
    shrek1970uk Posts: 83 Member
    Yes you should definitely log the sugar!

    (Forgot about that lol)
  • CetteFaconChimique
    CetteFaconChimique Posts: 12
    I only log tea if there's milk and/or sweetener in it - because I always make my tea the same way, I put it in as one of my recipes, so it's very easy to log it.
  • JoseyNguyen
    JoseyNguyen Posts: 1
    I honestly just log it. Anything I say or put into my body I log, it helps me be accountable. I also have an app called Water Your Body because I tend not to drink enough water/liquids. You can just get that app,
  • sunnyside1213
    sunnyside1213 Posts: 1,205 Member
    It has no calories. I don't log it. Sometimes I count it as water. Sometimes not.
  • amusedmonkey
    amusedmonkey Posts: 10,330 Member
    Tea has 1-2 calories per cup, so unless you drink more than 30 cups a day (that would be about 8 liters.. so I doubt it) you don't need to log it.

    food logging, even very accurate logging, has a bigger margin of error than all the tea you drink.

    If it makes you feel better, log it. Otherwise, it really is not necessary.
  • jnv7594
    jnv7594 Posts: 983 Member
    I log it just because I am in the habit of logging everything. However, since it really adds nothing, or very minimal calories, you don't have to log it. It's just a personal choice on my part.
  • awesomewastaken
    awesomewastaken Posts: 92 Member
    I drink just the tea - teabag or loose leaves with water. No milk, sugar or anything.

    The flavoured ones are either Lipton Indonesian Sencha, Gurmans' Green Tea with Guarana or some Teekanne teas. They should be rather natural, not with artificial ingredients, so hopefully not too much junk (or calories) in them.
  • ArkMom35
    ArkMom35 Posts: 225 Member
    I log the tea bag just to log everything. I do count it as a cup of water too.
  • Codilee87
    Codilee87 Posts: 509 Member
    I log mine and make a note of what I used to sweeten it (usually honey or stevia). Tea is good for you and comforting and when you look back at your diary to try to see what works for you it is nice to see exactly what you consumed, even if certain things didn't have calories. I log my multivitamins too :)
  • SandyCoils
    SandyCoils Posts: 164 Member
    Codilee87 wrote: »
    I log mine and make a note of what I used to sweeten it (usually honey or stevia). Tea is good for you and comforting and when you look back at your diary to try to see what works for you it is nice to see exactly what you consumed, even if certain things didn't have calories. I log my multivitamins too :)

    I agree. I haven't had tea in the week that I have been on here, but I also log everything. I log my meds & vitamins too. I made a new section under my food log where I only log my meds. My gummy vitamins have cals & sugar, so I like keeping up with that. If I start picking & choosing the things I log, I will get too laxed and start omitting things that I feel may not matter, so I can't get in the habit of doing that.
  • ButYouGotMySoul
    ButYouGotMySoul Posts: 44 Member
    I log my tea, but only because I want to see how many cups I'm having in a day - I tend to lose track quite quickly. I also add ~1/2 tbsp honey, so that adds up quickly and it's good to know where I can cut back.
  • MoiAussi93
    MoiAussi93 Posts: 1,948 Member
    I don't. I use no milk or sweetener, so I don't see the need. If you want to track it to be aware of how much caffeine you're getting if it's caffeinated, that serves a purpose (that's the only reason I log my black coffee). But in terms of calories, only the stuff you add to it matters.
  • Papatoad194
    Papatoad194 Posts: 251 Member
    I only track calories, so if they have none. I don't track it, coffee , tea, water, all goes into water. This is me. This may change as I approach my chosen weight.
  • royaldrea
    royaldrea Posts: 259 Member
    I only log tea or coffee if I add sugar or milk to it. If not then I include it as water.
  • gobonas99
    gobonas99 Posts: 1,049 Member
    when I drink tea, I log the honey I put in it, and I also count the ounces of water for each glass. but the tea bag itself? nope.
  • amtru2015
    amtru2015 Posts: 179 Member
    if you don't add anything in, it has no calories. Its just flavored water.
  • mumblemagic
    mumblemagic Posts: 1,090 Member
    edited January 2015
    I have mine with milk but can't be bothered to log it. I know I should, but I'm losing weight without logging it so I don't worry.

    ETA: pure water and tea are the only things I don't log.
  • SamT0824
    SamT0824 Posts: 14 Member
    I just log it as water if I don't add anything to it. If I add milk or sugar or honey I log that but not the tea. It doesn't have calories anyway.
  • TX_Rhon
    TX_Rhon Posts: 1,549 Member
    I drink tazo green tea and count it as water since it's unsweetened. I only count it if I drink hot tea and add honey.
  • fitphoenix
    fitphoenix Posts: 9,673 Member
    I log the milk in my tea but I don't bother adding the tea itself. (And TBH, the milk is an approximation.) It's such a small amount that it's just not worth it to me. But clearly, based on all the answers here, whatever works for you is good!
  • ydailey
    ydailey Posts: 516 Member
    I also drink unsweetened tea. I log tea without caffeine (i.e. herbal or decaf) as water. I don't log anything caffeinated (i.e. black tea or coffee) even though it's unsweetened.
  • Sweet_Pandora
    Sweet_Pandora Posts: 459 Member
    I drink plain green tea and log it under my meals and snacks for tracking what I put in my body. I do not count it as my water.

    Karen
  • dewy333
    dewy333 Posts: 20 Member
    If the tea you are using has caloric information on the container (some do), you can manually add the calories for that. Otherwise, I agree with most of the group here, if you are not adding anything else to it (milk, sugar, sweeteners, ect..); don't bother. Count it as water. Don't sweat the small stuff.
  • dubird
    dubird Posts: 1,849 Member
    I have an entry for unsweet tea, but I don't normally log it since I use Equal to sweeten it. It does add sodium, but that's not one I'm worried about. If the box or bag or whatever you're using says 0 calories, I wouldn't worry about it unless there's a specific macro you need to monitor that it adds to.
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