Do you log the small nibbles you take in your MFP diary?
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No. But I'm also not being successful at losing weight. Go me. If you don't have much wiggle room, log your bites people.3
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No..I try and over estimate the calories during the day by a bit..I also lift light weights..2 sets in the a.m. and 2 sets in the p.m. I don't log those calories burnt..which allows me a lil wiggle room.
If you're trying for exact..you'll be off by a bit as it is..both in calories and calories burned..don't fret it..unless it's a medical condition, you're an athlete in training and have to make weight..or..you're obsessed with accuracy. Or you are trying to lose weight and aren't for some reason..then those "nibbles" might actually add up to a serving or more during the day.
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Yes. Yesterday I stirred a pot of sloppy joe mix and licked the fork, only after I had calculated that my prior burger had been logged as more calories than I actually ate. I lost 0.2 lb from Monday morning to Tuesday morning.0
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BLTs - bites, licks and tastes - add up for me. I'm a grazer. If it's loggable (eg a few peanut m&ms), I log. I won't necessarily weigh it out, however.0
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If I'm being really strict, yes... it really depends on how big of a nibble, really lol. If its just 1 chip or 2 then no.0
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I don't, but for me they are few and far between. I'm not going to gain over one single mini marshmallow over the course of a week. But if I was taking an M&M every time -- or every other time -- I gave one to my toddler (like a previous poster), I would definitely log that.0
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I don't log coffee or nibbles or even samples given away. However, I'm not trying to lose. If I were, I'd log as much as possible.0
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I always log, but I just do a quick add and overestimate if anything but don't drive myself crazy scanning or looking for that food0
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Yes--I log everything--even a bite or nibble. Every calorie counts!0
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Just like @Anniebotnen said:
Nope, I don't but I don't nibble much or too frequent either. If try something while I am cooking, I don't log it; I get a small cracker when I get a glass of water, I don't log it. I do log my afternoon snacks and my meals, but that is more food and calories. I have been maintaining for almost 6 years, so all is good.0 -
I log every single bite. Nibbles can add up very quickly. Of course, I don't really nibble a lot. I EAT.0
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Not usually. Mainly it's when I'm cooking and am testing for seasoning, I'll take a minute bit on my fingertip to flesh it out on my tongue. When I nibble I really take small bits just to taste. If it feels like its heavier than 1 oz I log it.0
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Yep. I try to over estimate and log. I have logged exactly 1 m&m and 1 almond before.
Do you actually mean one single M&M or one pack of M&Ms?! And one tiny almond!? I don't do that, but I find myself reading the serving size on everything now and might log 0.33, 0.5, or 0.66 of a serving if I just had a biscuit or two.0 -
If I nibble a lot, I log it as a Costco graze. If I nibble a little, I don't count it any more than I count steps outside of the steps I'm taking for a planned walk.0
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As much as humanly possible, I do.0
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Seems a little obsessive compulsive to log every bit of food you eat. I just ate four baby carrots. I'm going to log that? Nope, I'll pass.1
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I do my best to.
I'm a cook. So nibbles are part of my job. Right now (as I do have a lot of weight to lose) I estimate 100-200 cal a day for nibbles, and do my best to eat 100-200 cal under my daily goal to account for it. I know I'll have to tighten that up in the future, but it's working for me right now.0 -
Seriously, we can label it this way, but if it works, it works.gonetothedogs19 wrote: »Seems a little obsessive compulsive to log every bit of food you eat. I just ate four baby carrots. I'm going to log that? Nope, I'll pass.
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I log everything.0
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If it has calories, log it, especially considering what most people nibble on are high calorie foods like chips or lollies, it adds up fast.
Record on a piece of paper the weight of the foods you nibble on then at the end of the day add up the calories, you might be surprised to find that 100 calories of snacks was more like 400.1 -
When something as small as a hard candy can be 30 calories ... yep, I log all the little bits and pieces.
It's good incentive not to bother swinging by the reception candy dish and grabbing one or two ... too much of a pain to log them.3 -
For me personally, if I tried logging every time I licked the spoon or tasted an ingredient when cooking I'd very quickly find myself obsessing and would give up. But I don't nibble otherwise, unless its already planned, and I'm trying to build a framework within which I can eat rather than an exact count. So it works for me, but might not for someone being strict with their calories.0
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gonetothedogs19 wrote: »Seems a little obsessive compulsive to log every bit of food you eat. I just ate four baby carrots. I'm going to log that? Nope, I'll pass.
Or maybe people just like to be as accurate as possible with their data? Seems a little haphazard to throw false labels onto what works for others. If you don't like it, don't do it then. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is a legitimate condition and shouldn't be used to describe someone who simply wants to be accurate. It's like calling someone who is having an off day Bipolar or someone who is simply an introvert Antisocial. I'd be a jerk to type "Not logging everything you eat, even if it's a taste, is pretty lazy to do." I know some people can be more flexible with not logging tastes, especially when they have more weight to lose therefore a larger margin of error to play with. You can easily say you don't prefer something without having to passively insult those who do.5 -
If You Bite It...Write It.
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Actually...if I'm being perfectly honest, I suppose if I get to the end of the day and I know I've been right on with my logging all day and I have enough room for something, I'll just eat it.0
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When I did log my food the only nibbles I didn't log was when I was baking which meant the odd licking the bowl leftovers of cake batter. What I did though was add a few hundred quick add calories to cover that. That worked a treat for me.0
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It depends on how many calories I had that day. My goal is 1200-1300. If I only pre logged 1900 calories for the day or wasn't hungry enough to eat something, I don't bother logging nibbles. I don't nibble on anything that would be extremely high calorie (I usually have a couple chocolate chips or maybe a couple pieces of cereal or something like that) so I know that it wouldn't take me over 1300 or even over 1210 honestly. But if I'm at 1280 calories, I log everything. This isn't really set in stone though because sometimes my calories for the day are low and I log nibbles anyways. I guess it just depends on if I feel like it and if it's necessary on that specific day
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I do log them for the most part, yes. Nibbling adds up FAST. Also, by accounting for them, I'm less likely to nibble things for the sake of nibbling.
I think it's all a part of being honest with yourself when logging- that's one of the major problems people face when they're struggling to lose weight with MFP. Many people (my father included), drastically underestimate what they're actually eating.
If you're not going to be honest, the only person you're doing a disservice to is yourself.3 -
It depends, I don't bother logging cups of coffee and I don't bother logging a handful of nuts or a couple of boiled sweets. Everything else I log. I'm set at 1200 calories a day but I don't weigh my food, so non of my logging is accurate, I know I actually consume more than 1200 which is why it's set so low. I have lost a pound a week doing this, so it's working for me.0
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What 100 calories of nuts looks like ...
http://www.thekitchn.com/a-visual-guide-to-100-calories-of-nuts-snack-tips-from-the-kitchn-2017783
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