How adamant are you about logging in everything?

m16shane
m16shane Posts: 393 Member
edited November 12 in Food and Nutrition
I pretty good about if i eat I log it. From condiments to the big stuff. Though I bought some girl scout cookies and put them in the freezer. About once a day I take one, at worse two. Though I'm usually a few hundred under my calorie count, I sometimes feel bad about not logging the 30 to 60 calories lol. How adamant are you about logging in everything?
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  • SoDamnHungry
    SoDamnHungry Posts: 6,998 Member
    I'm pretty adamant about it. I don't bother logging mustard normally, and sometimes I just secretly eat a jelly belly and don't log it. Obviously I'm just terrible.
  • susannamarie
    susannamarie Posts: 2,148 Member
    Pretty adamant. Except cough drops. I figure if I'm coughing hard enough to need them I burned off the 15 calories just from coughing. :P

    Edited: Oh yeah, I also don't include things like cayenne, cinnamon, pepper, etc.
  • prism6
    prism6 Posts: 484 Member
    I do my best,knowing that whatever it is,if I am wrong by a bit,it still ain't a bag of chips and a six pack so it's all good
  • shawnadwyer
    shawnadwyer Posts: 49 Member
    I log everything I eat if I don't I feel like I cheat myself and my wonderful family here on mfp.
  • Zichu
    Zichu Posts: 542 Member
    I try to log in as much as I can, I try not to log in condiments. I only use a bit of black pepper and a bit of herbs everyday. With spices and such, I only used them like a couple of times a week, but I don't usually log them in.

    Otherwise I log in everything I can. I try my best to put in the ingredients for foods my Mom cooks as well and add all of the nutritional information up and come out with the results.
  • I log everything, including condiments, but i'm very particular about it :smile:
  • Tiff587
    Tiff587 Posts: 264 Member
    If I eat or drink it I log it!

    I find I don't snack on the silly little things I would have before as I usually decide it's too much hassle to log it so I don't eat it! It's silly but I feel logging every morsel makes me more aware of where I slipped up before with the one biscuit or sweet.

    Everyone is different though and you may find that knowing you have those extra calories works for you. This is for you after all!

    :flowerforyou:
  • MinnesotaManimal
    MinnesotaManimal Posts: 642 Member
    I ate 1/2 stick of sugar free gum this morning and yes I logged it.

    the only thing I don't log is my water because I drink 3-8 liters a day sitting at my desk. never been an isue.
  • MrsSWW
    MrsSWW Posts: 1,585 Member
    I don't log salt and pepper or sugarfree gum. That's it. Everything else gets logged, the good, the bad, the downright ugly.

    One good reason for logging things like herbs and spices is that if folk are loking at your diary they get a better idea of what you've cooked if they fancy making it themselves :wink:
  • gwynb041109
    gwynb041109 Posts: 85 Member
    I pretty good about if i eat I log it. From condiments to the big stuff. Though I bought some girl scout cookies and put them in the freezer. About once a day I take one, at worse two. Though I'm usually a few hundred under my calorie count, I sometimes feel bad about not logging the 30 to 60 calories lol. How adamant are you about logging in everything?

    Check the box usually in two cookies it's 120 calories at least :) I had some lol
  • TeenaMarina
    TeenaMarina Posts: 420 Member
    Everything. I say if you're going to do this, do it right.
  • jackpotclown
    jackpotclown Posts: 3,275 Member
    I log everything I can...I logged everything I ate and drank on my Vegas trip last week....and about half of all the walking around....but didn't include "pulling lever on slot machines" as exercise :smile:
  • jenrod1118
    jenrod1118 Posts: 150 Member
    I used to log everything! Then i went on a hiatus over winter, finally weighed back in and realized i maintained...without logging. I'm currently trying to get back used to logging everything again but i find myself struggling with it.
  • WhittRak
    WhittRak Posts: 567 Member
    Everything. I say if you're going to do this, do it right.

    Hell yes!
  • rbn_held
    rbn_held Posts: 691 Member
    I log everything except I forget about logging my water sometimes
  • CuteAndCurvy83
    CuteAndCurvy83 Posts: 570 Member
    I Log most things. However If I grab a grape or swipe an M&M or a breath mint, I don't log it. Mostly cause I don't remember.
  • NaeNaeJanae
    NaeNaeJanae Posts: 261 Member
    I'm more lazy....I don't log everything. Sometimes I go days without logging my food. Bad, I know!
  • Everything. I say if you're going to do this, do it right.

    I absolutely agree, you aren't being honest with yourself if you don't and are more likely to fail in other areas...
  • Happymom12
    Happymom12 Posts: 114 Member
    I log everything. If your going to do it do it right and fully. If you miss this thing and then that thing then you get to the point of whats the point of logging anything. I have seen just that here recently with some girls on here that are also personal friends of mine.
  • princeza9
    princeza9 Posts: 337 Member
    I'm almost obsessive about logging. I log it all- including spices, condiments, any kind of gum. I even logged by Dayquil/Nyquil when I had the headcold. But that works for me. :)
  • XXXMinnieXXX
    XXXMinnieXXX Posts: 3,459 Member
    I log everything except salt and pepper usually, but I'm feeling low at the moment and can't face it. Stupid I know... X
  • AmyLRed
    AmyLRed Posts: 856 Member
    i log it all, even gum or cough medicine.

    I am sure i forget some spices and such now and again, but i try to put it all in!

    If i allow myself to not log certain things (condiments, gum, whatever) sure they aren't a ton of calories, but then its like saying its not important to log it all, and i could lead myself down the path of self destruction, not logging this or that, then next month not logging xyz, etc.

    I annoy my husband :) He cooks a few times a week and i am always saying "WHICH Italian dressing did you use to marinate the chicken?" or "did you put butter on that already?" etc. he thinks its not a big deal and i don't need to know those things or log them, but they really can make a big difference for me! :)
  • MountainMia
    MountainMia Posts: 242 Member
    I started with the rule "if I bite it, I write it" and was losing great at first. Then I got lazy and would take 2-3 grapes and not log them, or snag a bite of my kids popcorn chicken without logging it. My weightloss has slowed. I don't usually eat back all my exercise calories (300-600) cals a day and I thought that would cover any "bites" of food, but the truth is I don't know. It's good to remember that some things like condements and spices (McCormiks blends especially) don't have many calories, but they are LOADED with sodium. ALL the women in my family have water retention issues, so sodium is definitely a factor that I should track.

    Also, if I know I'm going to have to go through the painstaking process of figuring out how much a "bite" of something is, I usually decide it's not worth it and find something good I can enjoy a whole serving of to save myself the hassle. LOG EVERYTHING!
  • k8lyn_235
    k8lyn_235 Posts: 507 Member
    i have trouble logging my ketchup use. i really need to do it, but i feel like - hey, i don't use *that* much.. but really, i probably use enough to make a difference in my log. ahh
  • 81Katz
    81Katz Posts: 7,074 Member
    Pretty good, I'd say about 95%. However I sometimes forget about spices or oils, some sugar free candies recently.

    The other day I stuck my hand into a container of cashews at least 5 times. I didn't log it. Might as well have written loser at the bottom of that page. Ugh, first time in a long time I had one of those "can't stop eating these" moments. :cry:
  • davidlbass
    davidlbass Posts: 159 Member
    I log everything, good or bad, including the McAlister's Peanut Butter Cookie I had for lunch, except spices. i do try to add salt, though, which I do through the recipes I have entered.
  • Dan112358
    Dan112358 Posts: 525 Member
    I log everything too. I find it prevents me from grabbing a handful of whatever when I'm digging around the kitchen. If I'm too lazy to log it, I probably don't really need to eat it.
  • I find I don't snack on the silly little things I would have before as I usually decide it's too much hassle to log it so I don't eat it!

    Definitely applies to me as well :)

    I will ease up on stuff that I know has no impact like black pepper, but even then, I log it
    Lemon Juice, Hot Sauce, etc
  • Slhuth
    Slhuth Posts: 43 Member
    I log everything...it keeps me in check!!
  • rukobaby
    rukobaby Posts: 33
    i log 90% of my food before i eat it
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