Adding drinks to the daily food log
Cajunman13
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Hi all. I'm new to the site and trying to figure things out. 2 questions then... 1) Are coffee and diet green tea considered water for recording purposes? If not, how do I add non-water drinks?
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They are. And you can log any drinks the same as you do food.2
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I don’t count fluid intake but I go by my pee color. If it’s light, I’m all right!12
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If it enters my mouth....it goes in the diary....supps, liquids, solids, vitamins. Im an all or none kinda gal tho.5
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I would not consider coffee water. And I would log any non-water items to my diary anyways.8
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Coffee goes in the food diary as coffee. Even black coffee has potassium. Tea goes in the food diary as tea. For both, include the candy treatment you add to it. Milk goes in the food diary as milk.
On the water tally, I add coffee, tea, water, ice, but not milk. If I were an alcohol consumer, I'd account for the water component of the drink in my water tally, and log the booze in the food diary.
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I log anything I drink except water as food. Coffee, tea, juices, alcoholic beverages, etc.4
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I never log tea or water, if I would drink black coffee, I wouldn't log that either. But since I only drink some sort of coffee that includes lot of milk, I certainly log that1
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I generally don't log black coffee or tea. I only log it if I start adding things to it (ex. creamer, honey, etc)1
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I made a category for drinks. But I don't log coffee or tea (I take them black) so my drink section is usually alcoholic stuff.5
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Soda, Tea, coffee, etc
Are 99.99% water. So yes, they count.
But, regarding hydration, unless you're supplementing B, a pale straw color is what you're aiming at. Clear, is slightly overhydrated, and yellow is dehydrated, Grey, brown, black, red. Those are bad.1 -
I don’t track zero calorie drinks here, although I do keep half an eye on my daily caffeine intake. If you wanted to track water (which I consider unnecessary, but usually harmless) it certainly wouldn’t hurt if you wanted to track zero calorie beverages as water - the dehydrating effects of caffeinated drinks has been wildly overstated, which the health benefits of still water have been largely overstated. The only beverage that has a net dehydrating effect is alcohol and most people get plenty of liquid without making an effort to chug still water.2
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I only count water as water and log everything else I drink like I would food.3
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I made a category for drinks and log everything that I drink there (with the exception of water which I never remember to log anyway.) Although it's only a tiny number, filter coffee and some fruit/herb teas still have a few calories and I just like to see a complete diary!0
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Thank you all for the input. I'm trying to get the hang of this and the diary is certainly helping.1
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I most certainly log my coffee and milk because calories and sodium/potassium. Diet coke too for similar reasons and why not. I don't bother to record my total water intake. I've never fainted from lack of hydration and generally my pee color looks ok... http://www.ncaa.org/sites/default/files/Assess+Your+Hydration+Status.pdf0
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I log my tea, coffee, fruit juice and other drinks alongside the meal they accompanied (as others have said, these drinks all contain a mix of nutrients other than water). I hadn't thought about creating a category specifically for drinks (i.e. those consumed at other times) - good idea, I'll do that. I'm not clear whether MyFitnessPal makes a water allowance each time I add a drink - I don't think it does, but I'm not completely sure. Currently I'm adding the drink(s) and then adding the corresponding guesstimate(s) for water to its specific category. Does anyone have any more thoughts about this?0
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I’m pretty sure the water log element of MFP is for personal interest and information only. It has no part in any calorie calculation obviously and since there’s no ‘goal’ relating to water consumption built into MFP I don’t think ‘it’ cares a jot!2
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BarbaraHelen2013 wrote: »I’m pretty sure the water log element of MFP is for personal interest and information only. It has no part in any calorie calculation obviously and since there’s no ‘goal’ relating to water consumption built into MFP I don’t think ‘it’ cares a jot!
When I first started MFP I did fill this out, but stopped when I realized I consistently drank plenty of fluid every day and that it was not useful for me to use.
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