MFP and Supplements
For those who use My Fitness Pal, do you count any calories from your supplements? I purchased all "chew" type supplements before surgery to take for the first 90 days. This has helped me since im only 6 weeks out but its 220 calories for everything! Yikes! I try to keep my calories to 600-800 per day, but with the added supplement calories I either end up hungry or my total is pushed up to 900-1000.
Do you count them? I am working out and tracking with a fit bit (love it!) and I don't let myself get hungry. Maybe im worrying too much about the numbers. The weight is still coming off and Im feeling good!
I wont be buying all chews again once these are gone! :)
I don't use MFP and don't regularly track calories, but when I track them, I track everything. Why wouldn't you count them? Those calories do get absorbed just like any other calories.
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I do track them on MFP. You can look me up there if you like, my username is christylhall. I made a separate meal called "Vitamins" and then it is very easy to add them every day. I have a combo of soft chew and regular chewable vitamins and swap them around so I don't get tired of one flavor. At my current stage (5 weeks out) the calories and carbs from my vitamins can sometimes be more than a meal, so it's important to me to have that included in my daily totals.
I count them 53 calories every day. 220 seems like way too many. I'd find another option.
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Highest weight was 475. RNY on 08/21/12. Current weight: 198.
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on 5/31/14 12:00 am
I also use MFP. I track all my vitamins -- the additional benefit is that it makes sure I don't forget.
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