Do you include your vitamins in calorie/carb totals

Morning everyone!

I am curious as to the "norm" here. My plan has me taking lots of supplements. All together they add up to about 80 calories and a few carbs even though they are sugar free. Are all of you including those in your daily calorie/carb/macros count?

I am on soft foods, almost three weeks out, and eating 750-900 (once) calories. I've hit my first stall...so I'm looking at everything very carefully to ensure I'm going at this 100% on point.

I know I'm right on track for a stall. Just curious is all.

Many thanks,

Rachel 

Yep, I count my supplement calories and when I track every day it automatically gives me a breakdown of my macros.  When I was in the soft food stage I believe I was eating around 600 -700 calories.  I hit a plateau at 3 weeks too. Hang in there, if you follow your plan you will lose.

Soho,

Thanks. That's good to know.  I'm tracking everything.  I figure when we put so little in our mouth it's good practice to do so.

It's amazing me that I can get in 800 calories. But wow...these dense proteins slow you down fast !

Rachel

WOW, Soho, look at you!!  LOVE the new pic, you are looking so great!!!  You go girl!!

Thank you so much, Cathy!!  You made my day.  Hope you're having an awesome day.

Yup - if it enters my mouth, it gets tracked.  

I agree, though I admit I don't track water, since that is not a problem for me (120+ oz. a day, easily).

I count my calcium chews - they only have 15 calories, but they have some carbs so I include them to keep track of my carb total. For the first month my vitamin chews were my biggest source of carbs (something like 14g each twice a day). Those and the calcium chews were messing up my carb goal, so when I finally had the option of moving on to swallowed vitamin capsules, I went to those instead.

Nope- I don't and never have. To me that falls in the category of over complicating this. 

Absolutely. Everything that goes in my mouth that isn't zero calorie gets counted. It can add up, fast. At this point, 80 calories is a very significant percentage of your daily total.