Adding drinks for food diary
KirstieRann
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I'm new to MyFitnessPal and wondered how you people add hot drinks to your food diary? I only really drink tea besides water and it's coming up as 50 calories? Is this correct - how do others calculate hot drinks pls?
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I think black tea is generally considered to be 0 calories (or as close to 0 as makes no difference), so I'd weigh any milk and sugar I put in and just log those ingredients separately.0
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Plain unsweetened tea can't be 50 calories, that must be an incorrect entry. Or maybe it's someone's entry who had put sugar in their tea...? -- Anyway, for me, when I drink hot tea the tea comes up as 2 calories (lol) and I measure out a teaspoon of sugar. Same with my coffee, I measure 1.5 T of my favorite sweetened creamer. Although unsweetened black coffee does seem to have calories. Not many and I'm not worrying about that (it's like 7 or something), although I do track just so anyone looking at my diary knows what the creamer goes with. lol
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Leaf tea will only have a couple of calories and I don't bother logging it. It's the milk / sugar / creamer that add calories so they get measured and logged.0
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I drink a lot of tea! Since it's 0 calories for black tea, I don't log it (personal preference). I don't take sugar in my tea, but I do take milk. For me, it's easier logging my tea milk all together under snacks. For example, I may put a half cup of milk in the fridge and use it in my tea throughout the day, so I will then add .5 cup of milk in snacks. It's easier than measuring it out each time, and keeps my calories more accurate throughout the day.0
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THanks everyone - I think I will do the same as LovingLife_Erin and set aside my tea milk and count it that way!0
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