Do you include Tea and Coffee in Food Diary?

TheBombshell
TheBombshell Posts: 9
edited October 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I find I have as many cups of either Tea or Coffee throughout the day as I like as it fills me up and stops me eating and do not log in diary.I have both with low fat milk no sugar.Just wonder if others do this.Do you think this is O.K?.

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  • ElizabethRoad
    ElizabethRoad Posts: 5,138 Member
    I try to log tea and coffee but I don't always do it. It's only 2 calories. But you should log the milk!
  • stanvoodoo
    stanvoodoo Posts: 1,023 Member
    Log it as tea or coffee if it has cafeine, sugar or milk

    You can log it as water if it has No Cafeine, No Carbonation and No Sugar.

    Take Care!!!
  • JediMaster_intraining
    JediMaster_intraining Posts: 903 Member
    i log coffee only because usually i put milk and sugar in it!

    tea i drink plain so it's zero cals! :)
  • MotivateMeg
    MotivateMeg Posts: 110 Member
    I always log the cream, but not the coffee since it has no caloric value.
  • retromomof2
    retromomof2 Posts: 44 Member
    Yes I do. I log it for my own knowledge but do not count in my water intake bc it is not decaff. My own personal choice.
  • kyrstensmom
    kyrstensmom Posts: 297 Member
    I don't always log the tea/coffee, but I do log whatever I put in it. I drink my tea plain, but I have to have creamer in my coffee, so I log that.
  • chef970
    chef970 Posts: 196 Member
    L log my coffee...25 cals
  • bigbugboo
    bigbugboo Posts: 161
    I log the milk but not the tea / coffee, and if I'm hungry I'll add / log a teaspoon of honey which is only 20 cals, but gives me an energy boost and satisfies a sweet tooth.
  • halfsizeheather
    halfsizeheather Posts: 45 Member
    yes i always log it. it's really quick and because i have milk with my tea it means roughly 14 cals- it soon adds up..
  • SueGremlin
    SueGremlin Posts: 1,066 Member
    I do! strangely, I do not log the milk in my coffee. I should log the milk and not the coffee, but whatever I am doing seems to be working just fine for me, so I'm gonna just go with what I'm doing.
  • kathiemcn
    kathiemcn Posts: 96
    I always log it...database says 2 calories each cup.
  • capriciousmoon
    capriciousmoon Posts: 1,263 Member
    I log tea, coffee, and diet soda too. They only have a small bit of calories (anything marked 0 is <5), but it does add up and it's useful to see how much you're taking in. If you're going to look back on your diary later to see what's working for you, you'll want it to be as accurate as it can be, right?
  • 2Bgoddess
    2Bgoddess Posts: 1,096 Member
    I log it. every little bit. and although you are not adding sugar to your coffee/tea, milk contains sugar. just sayin.
  • ReinasWrath
    ReinasWrath Posts: 1,173 Member
    yes
  • CoryIda
    CoryIda Posts: 7,870 Member
    My opinion: If you put milk in it, you should count milk, especially if you have several cups - you might put only a little milk in each time, but that adds up.
  • SugarDiva
    SugarDiva Posts: 403 Member
    I only drink decaf herbal teas and I log them as water. Sometimes I log the actual tea bag but it has nothing in it so I really only do it sometimes out of boredom LOL but on the odd occasion that I do have an actual decaf coffee, I log the milk and sugar.
  • Faeriegirl74
    Faeriegirl74 Posts: 187 Member
    if it passes my lips... it gets logged =)
  • StarGeezer
    StarGeezer Posts: 351
    I log both coffee and tea. For the coffee, I created a database entry with 1 Splenda and a tbsp of Coffee-Mate. For tea, I usually just put a packet of Splenda (4 cals), so I enter the tea bag and sweetener separately.

    I do log both coffee and tea as part of my daily water intake however. Some may differ, but basically if it's liquid, it goes in the water tally.
  • erinserin
    erinserin Posts: 79 Member
    I log everything but more so because I like to see how much Im having of things, when I seem to be craving them etc. than because of the calorie count.
  • HMonsterX
    HMonsterX Posts: 3,000 Member
    You can log it as water if it has No Cafeine, No Carbonation and No Sugar.

    Are you telling me that any of those things turn the water into a solid with no water content?

    Caffeine, carbonation, and sugar don't stop the drink having water in it, and being almost all water...therefore it contributes to your daily water intake.
  • Amber82479
    Amber82479 Posts: 629 Member
    Nope, I don't because it doesn't have any calories. If I added something that had calories, I would!
  • Alee4nia
    Alee4nia Posts: 168 Member
    i log everything even if it has zero calories....

    i would log the cream/milk...you would be surprised at a little bit of milk can add up to quite a bit of calories...
  • trelm249
    trelm249 Posts: 777 Member
    Yes. They both contain nutrients and calories. For example coffee has potassium.
  • ElizabethRoad
    ElizabethRoad Posts: 5,138 Member
    Are you telling me that any of those things turn the water into a solid with no water content?
    Transubstantiation.
  • jenny95662
    jenny95662 Posts: 997 Member
    i log it i actually make a recipie for my coffee or make it a meal so i can just click on it and get it in there fast lol same with tea although i dont use milk and i use fake sugar so tea does not cost me much in cals lol
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