Milk?

alisonkling
alisonkling Posts: 9 Member
edited December 3 in Health and Weight Loss
Ok, dumb question. If I were to use a cup of milk on my cereal and only drink half of it would I still count the whole cup toward my calorie goal or only half a cup?
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  • brower47
    brower47 Posts: 16,356 Member
    Only half. You only count what you consume.
  • ValerieMartini2Olives
    ValerieMartini2Olives Posts: 3,024 Member
    Why pour a whole cup if you're only going to consume half? Just pour a half cup
  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    I'd think if you're just drinking milk from the bowl it would be hard to determine you're drinking exactly 1/2 a cup. Why not just use 1/2 a cup on your cereal?
  • cbelc2
    cbelc2 Posts: 762 Member
    I guess you could measure what's left in the bowl.
  • alisonkling
    alisonkling Posts: 9 Member
    I guess I just always thought of it like gum. You don't really "consume" gum, but you still count it toward your calorie goal
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    alisonkling wrote: »
    I guess I just always thought of it like gum. You don't really "consume" gum, but you still count it toward your calorie goal

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  • cerise_noir
    cerise_noir Posts: 5,468 Member
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    cbelc2 wrote: »
    I guess you could measure what's left in the bowl.
    This. Only log what you consume.
    I find 1/2 cup if milk to be just right with cereal. 1 cup is overkill.

  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    So i take it you like to add plenty of milk but don't like slurping the excess out of your bowl once all the cereal is gone?
    Only solution is too add less milk or add more cereal. But i don't see the point of logging one cup of milk if you're only consuming half, unless you leave it in your diary as a buffer.
  • abadvat
    abadvat Posts: 1,241 Member
    Noel_57 wrote: »
    alisonkling wrote: »
    I guess I just always thought of it like gum. You don't really "consume" gum, but you still count it toward your calorie goal
    Are you sure it's milk you're using in that cereal, and not vodka? :o

    Hurg - plain wrong, vodka and cereals is really not nice - throw in a white Russian instead of plain vodka!
  • abadvat
    abadvat Posts: 1,241 Member
    alisonkling wrote: »
    I guess I just always thought of it like gum. You don't really "consume" gum, but you still count it toward your calorie goal

    sorry to bust your gum bubble but a pint of milk is 25 gr of carbs, 15 of protein and anywhere between 0 to 10 gr of fat... might be worth relooking your tracking if want to achieve goals!
  • ogtmama
    ogtmama Posts: 1,403 Member
    Christine_72 wrote: »
    So i take it you like to add plenty of milk but don't like slurping the excess out of your bowl once all the cereal is gone?
    Only solution is too add less milk or add more cereal. But i don't see the point of logging one cup of milk if you're only consuming half, unless you leave it in your diary as a buffer.

    Or measure what's left
  • my58vw
    my58vw Posts: 18 Member
    I rarely ever drink what is in the bowl either... so I just measure the difference, then toss it away.
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    eveandqsmom wrote: »
    Christine_72 wrote: »
    So i take it you like to add plenty of milk but don't like slurping the excess out of your bowl once all the cereal is gone?
    Only solution is too add less milk or add more cereal. But i don't see the point of logging one cup of milk if you're only consuming half, unless you leave it in your diary as a buffer.

    Or measure what's left

    Yeah true, and then what, pour it down the sink? What a waste. OP just add 1/2 a cup tomorrow, problem solved.
  • SueSueDio
    SueSueDio Posts: 4,796 Member
    The "chocolate milk" that's left in the bowl after I've eaten the last of the cereal is awesome and I make sure to consume every last drop! But I only put 1/2 cup in the bowl in the first place, it's the perfect amount for one portion of the cereal (30g).

    If you're adding a whole cup, is your cereal swimming in milk? Do you prefer it that way rather than risking it being a bit too dry? If you really don't want to drink it but don't want to use less at the start, then measuring what's left before throwing it away is probably the best (if wasteful!) answer I think.

    Or, as Christine suggested, carry on counting it as a full cup and leave those extra calories as a buffer in case of inaccurate logging. But personally, if I'm logging a full cup of milk I want to drink a full cup of milk! :)
  • alisonkling
    alisonkling Posts: 9 Member
    I don't actually use a full cup of milk in my cereal! I was just using it as an example :smile:
  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,423 Member
    You should log what actually goes in your body.

  • BoxerBrawler
    BoxerBrawler Posts: 2,032 Member
    Milk is for baby cows
  • ogtmama
    ogtmama Posts: 1,403 Member
    Christine_72 wrote: »
    eveandqsmom wrote: »
    Christine_72 wrote: »
    So i take it you like to add plenty of milk but don't like slurping the excess out of your bowl once all the cereal is gone?
    Only solution is too add less milk or add more cereal. But i don't see the point of logging one cup of milk if you're only consuming half, unless you leave it in your diary as a buffer.

    Or measure what's left

    Yeah true, and then what, pour it down the sink? What a waste. OP just add 1/2 a cup tomorrow, problem solved.

    I like all the cereal to get dunked in milk but I don't like the taste of cereal milk...weird, I know.
  • MissCaroline71
    MissCaroline71 Posts: 24 Member
    bpetrosky wrote: »
    I said, milk, huh, good god, y'all
    What is it good for?
    Lucky Charms and Corn Flakes, say it again

    Milk, huh, whoa-oh-whoa-oh, Lord
    What is it good for?
    Chocolate milk and ice cream, listen to me

    Sheesh! MissCaroline71 says Relax! Its not a war - you really should live in the pleasuredome along with two tribes!

    ;)
  • fr33sia12
    fr33sia12 Posts: 1,258 Member
    I add milk to my cereal weighing what I add to my bowl, but there's always some left, even if it's a small amount I weigh that and subtract from the weight I added to the bowl.
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    Totally baffled also about why you would use one cup of milk in your cereal if you only drink half.
  • Alluminati
    Alluminati Posts: 6,208 Member
    I would add the cup of milk, log the calories, eat the cereal, then see how much milk is left over and minus that, leave the bowl on the floor, do the macarena, then check if any milk sloshed out, then relog the original amount, then measure what's left, then toss it. At that point you have logged all the milk calories but didn't really drink them all... so tack that on to an apple or crackers (whatever your next snack is) and minus the difference from that. See? Simple.
  • mrs_sjlarsen
    mrs_sjlarsen Posts: 76 Member
    cushman5279 wrote: »
    Milk is for baby cows

    ^^^ This! Milk.... ewwww...
  • ogtmama
    ogtmama Posts: 1,403 Member
    Francl27 wrote: »
    Totally baffled also about why you would use one cup of milk in your cereal if you only drink half.

    I like wet cereal and not crumbly milk.
  • Rosefern1
    Rosefern1 Posts: 42 Member
    I like enough milk in my cereal to get it all soaked, but not soggy. 3/4 cup does fine. I give what I don't consume to my dog. Nothing wasted. And I just count calories for the 3/4 cup and use it as a buffer.
  • BusyRaeNOTBusty
    BusyRaeNOTBusty Posts: 7,166 Member
    But post-cereal milk is delicious. Why wouldn't you drink it? Yum.
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