Do you record the calories from your supplements and vitamin

ChinniP
ChinniP Posts: 166 Member
edited September 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Just wondering. :tongue: I noticed my fish oil is 20 calories. I haven't even looked at the others. I haven't been logging that. :frown: It should be free! :grumble:

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  • hush7hush
    hush7hush Posts: 2,273 Member
    I used to log it.
    But I feel like as long as I leave a little left over at the end of the day, it doesn't matter.
    Personal preference, I guess.
  • milaxx
    milaxx Posts: 1,122 Member
    vitamins no, but i record when i used flaxseed powder or spirulina
  • Losingitin2011
    Losingitin2011 Posts: 572 Member
    I don't log mine. It is all personal preference.
  • LuckyLeprechaun
    LuckyLeprechaun Posts: 6,296 Member
    I don't. My vitamins are 7 calories each, and I reason that I didn't get to be overweight by eating too many vitamins LOL

    BUT in the beginning, for folks new at this, it is a great idea to log every little thing, to get used to the habit and to bring your attention to your food intake. It helps change your mindset and you learn a LOT about hidden surprise calorie bombs! For example, I love black olives on my sandwich at Subway. WHO KNEW they are so high? I certainly didn't, before I started logging.

    Now, I don't log anything that is <20 calories. So things like the lettuce on my sandwich, the baby carrot (or three) I sneak when my hubby has some, little bits like that, I just don't log.
  • foodforfuel
    foodforfuel Posts: 569 Member
    I started logging mine, not so much for the calorie count, but for when I look at my nutrition reports. I was shocked to see how low my iron was before adding a supplement. It looks much better now. That's why I log it.
  • JustBreathe418
    JustBreathe418 Posts: 355 Member
    I started logging mine, not so much for the calorie count, but for when I look at my nutrition reports. I was shocked to see how low my iron was before adding a supplement. It looks much better now. That's why I log it.

    I log mine for the same reason, for nutritional purposes. Although I wish that MFP would allow me to keep track of more vitamins and nutrients other than just the usual 4!
  • Cccaroline
    Cccaroline Posts: 196 Member
    I try and log everything I eat - no matter how many calories it is. I find all the little bits add up.
  • littlemissanguissette
    littlemissanguissette Posts: 248 Member
    I started logging mine [made a separate little category for "Supplements" in my diary] because I want to make sure I'm getting enough vitamins and minerals, plus there are calories in there and I'm at the point where I was fed up with my lack of loss [mostly due to my diet] that I am now tracking EVERYTHING.

    Plus I can go back and be, "Yeah, I took my vitamins today!" because I tend to forget heeh
  • Losingitin2011
    Losingitin2011 Posts: 572 Member
    I started logging mine, not so much for the calorie count, but for when I look at my nutrition reports. I was shocked to see how low my iron was before adding a supplement. It looks much better now. That's why I log it.

    I log mine for the same reason, for nutritional purposes. Although I wish that MFP would allow me to keep track of more vitamins and nutrients other than just the usual 4!

    Hmmm that makes a lot of sense actually :-)
  • amberlilies
    amberlilies Posts: 41 Member
    some--the fish oil i don't but the wheatgrass i do because it's higher and part of my fiber intake.
  • jakemg
    jakemg Posts: 42
    I log my multivitamin so I can feel better about meeting certain nutritional requirements. That goddamn potassium is tough for me to hit.
  • AllyS7
    AllyS7 Posts: 480 Member
    I log my Vitamins. Just so I can see myself hitting the micronutrients and other vitamin levels. Also, technically my Calcium supplement is 20 calories, so if I take one every day for a week that is 140 calories in a week. I just want to make sure that I'm accountable.
  • dustyhockeymom
    dustyhockeymom Posts: 537 Member
    I started logging mine [made a separate little category for "Supplements" in my diary] because I want to make sure I'm getting enough vitamins and minerals, plus there are calories in there and I'm at the point where I was fed up with my lack of loss [mostly due to my diet] that I am now tracking EVERYTHING.

    Plus I can go back and be, "Yeah, I took my vitamins today!" because I tend to forget heeh

    I have been thinking of trying to find a way to do that too for purposes of knowing whether or not I took it. I am going to steal your idea.
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