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Do You Log the Supplements You Take?

Pirate727
Pirate727 Posts: 2 Member
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Do you log the supplements (multi-vitamins, fish oil, etc.) you take? If so, how do you do it.
I'm wondering if it's necessary and if will mask the amount of nutrients I'm getting from food. I log protein powder and bars, but not vitamins. I appreciate any input.

Thanks.

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  • Fitwarrior7_Round_2
    Fitwarrior7_Round_2 Posts: 453 Member
    Yes. Use the mobile app and scan the bar code.
  • Carlos_421
    Carlos_421 Posts: 5,132 Member
    If it comes in a capsule, I don't log it. For those things, I know what I take and how often so I get nothing out of logging them.
    Shakes, bars and things like that, I definitely log because they're food.
  • CooCooPuff
    CooCooPuff Posts: 4,374 Member
    I log my supplement as a reminder to take it.
  • illyich
    illyich Posts: 195 Member
    Some supplements actually have a few calories. I'll usually log those. But I'm with CooCoo, I will log to help me remember to take it.
  • GUARDiAN_GUiLD
    GUARDiAN_GUiLD Posts: 163 Member
    edited January 2016
    Nah, I stop at Fish Oil and Vitamins. I'll log a teaspoon or two of creamer but one capsule of fish oil isn't gonna make a difference. This'll just add more aggravation and worries for me.
  • Michael190lbs
    Michael190lbs Posts: 1,510 Member
    my creatine has 50 calories I log it all C4 has 6 so it can add up
  • thrashscara
    thrashscara Posts: 72 Member
    I dont log my MV or fish oil, protein and other supplements i log :)
  • kimberlypedersen812
    kimberlypedersen812 Posts: 9 Member
    I will go my vitamins and supplements that they have been record. This way I can make sure that I'm hitting all my nutrient parameters. I take my meds at night so I know before then how I'm doing throughout the day. As my health becomes better, and I get more of my nutrients from my foods i'll be able to see which supplements I can cut back on. Plus is someone said earlier some of the supplements like fish oil do you have any calories.
  • Gisel2015
    Gisel2015 Posts: 4,200 Member
    edited January 2016
    Nope! I don't log vitamins or supplements, only the protein drink that I drink after strength training.
    IMOP it would be too OCD to do that, and not something that can be sustained for a long time. I don't care if they add calories, they are not that many and since I don't eat all my exercises calories (sometimes none of them) everything evens out. I have been in maintenance for over 5 years, so it is working, for me.
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    I mean...I'm taking a vitamin or a supplement because I'm not getting enough of something, so of course. I want to see accurate reports. Plus fish oil has calories.
  • nettasaura
    nettasaura Posts: 173 Member
    I only log my Vitamin C because it has calories and sugar.
  • amyk0202
    amyk0202 Posts: 666 Member
    I don't log my vitamins. I take a hand-full a day & I always pick the ones that don't have calories instead of the ones that do. I was shocked when I was researching to find out that the bariatric calcium chews have 20 calories each. You have to eat 6-8 of them to get the recommended supplementation for a WLS patient. That's 120-160 calories a day!
  • earlnabby
    earlnabby Posts: 8,171 Member
    Pirate727 wrote: »
    Do you log the supplements (multi-vitamins, fish oil, etc.) you take? If so, how do you do it.
    I'm wondering if it's necessary and if will mask the amount of nutrients I'm getting from food. I log protein powder and bars, but not vitamins. I appreciate any input.

    Thanks.

    I log my multivitamin because there are a couple of micronutrients I watch and want a fuller picture of my totals. The D and MSM does not get logged because any calories, carbs, etc are so few that it doesn't matter.
  • jimmmer
    jimmmer Posts: 3,515 Member
    If it's got calories in it I track it.

    I'm running a thin deficit - 150-200 cals, so I need to log everything, including supplements.
  • jenovatrix
    jenovatrix Posts: 219 Member
    I take vitamins and a probiotic. I only log the vitamin since it has calories.
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