Tracking Condiments
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Tmochava
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Does anyone measure and track sauces? Like BBQ sauce, ketchup, and mustard. I never have but should I be doing so?
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Yes I track it and what an eye opener....lots of calories in those things. Now I don't use as mmk much if at all2
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Also what about hot sauce? It has a sodium content but no calories and I figure I drink enough water to flush the sodium out of me.2
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Depends on your goals. If you have a large deficit, it won't hurt you to miss 10 here, 25 there. If you're near the end then every little bit adds up and can wipe out a deficit.0
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I don't track plain mustard despite the sodium, or my beloved sriracha sauce because I use such tiny quantities. I'm not overly concerned about my sodium intake. BBQ sauce, ketchup - that can be an upwards of 30 calories per tablespoon. Worth tracking that for sure!1
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Yup, track everything. Especially things like mayo, there's soooo many calories.1
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I don't really use condiments but when I do I use very little and usually don't bother to add calories. I mean (and this isn't really a condiment but whatever), there are a few calories in the two pickle slices I add to my sandwich but not enough to really throw me off. But if you're adding large amounts of sauce to your food daily I would track it.1
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Yes on sauces. No on things like salt, pepper, and dried spices like basil. Too bothersome and almost no calories in those.1
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I use my food scale to weigh ketchup and sauces.0
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The only condiment I don't track is mayo.. That's free right?!0
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Yes, my food scale zeroes out. So let's say I have chicken nuggets. I'll do this:
1. Put empty plate on scale.
2. Zero out scale.
3. Add frozen chicken nuggets
4. Log weight of chicken nuggets.
5. Microwave nuggets.
6. Put plate and microwaved nuggets on scale.
7. Zero out scale.
8. Add bbq sauce / ketchup / whatever to plate.
9. Log sauce.
I have the most accurate calorie intake data possible using this method. It doesn't help me lose weight necessarily, but I struggle to see weight loss no matter what I do. In any case, nobody should say I'm not logging as accurately as possible (they do, but shouldn't).1 -
I don't track ketchup, barbecue or soy sauce. I do track mayo, orange chicken sauce (I bought the bottle from panda express lol), and any other kinds of dressings (like ranch).
edited to add: I also make sure that I use a minimal amount of the sauces I don't track.0 -
Sauces yes ... Spices naa1
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I weigh/log all condiments.0
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Some of the condiments have noticeable calories. I looked up the mcd's bbq sauce and the one little tub was 45 calories. I track my hot sauce because sometimes I use it a lot and the sodium.....
I don't eat a lot of sauces/spreads because I usually mix up something of my own with some plain yogurt (weighed, logged), but the ketchup and bbq sauce does add up.0 -
If you don't log condiments, you'll probably be left wondering why you haven't seen results. 2 tbsp of ranch dressing is 140 calories. It's also not very much when it's properly measured out.1
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For the very reason kandell mentioned... I log everything.
the way I see it..if Im going to log my 50 calories of spinach, why woudlnt I log my 120 calories of mayo..or what have you? Not to mention, I want to weigh it to make verrrry sure if Im going to log that many calories, Im getting every gram of that condiment in there LoL3 -
log EVERYTHING! I wouldn't sleep well knowing I had eaten something I hadn't logged. If you look at my diary there are quite a few <5 calorie entries. They all add up.
I do the same as midwesterner85. I put the bowl/plate on the scale, hit zero, add first ingredient and log then zero and add next ingredient. I also have a scale that weights fluids so I can weight a solid then change to fluid oz and add liquid.2 -
I'll only track condiments with significant calories. That means I'm not logging mustard, sriracha sauce, but I am logging mayo or Miracle Wipe. If I'm getting towards the end of the day and I have plenty of excess calories in my budget, I may get lazy and skip it.0
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The only thing I don't log is a squiggle of yellow mustard on my sandwich. I definitely log mayo, ketchup, and ranch.0
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I'll only track condiments with significant calories. That means I'm not logging mustard, sriracha sauce, but I am logging mayo or Miracle Wipe. If I'm getting towards the end of the day and I have plenty of excess calories in my budget, I may get lazy and skip it.
Im pretty sure that was auto-correct hard at work, but Im giggling at Miracle Wipe. I'll have to start calling it that from now on!3
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