I feel like this might seem obvious, but logging food for calorie counting became WAY easier when I realized that you don't need to log the ENTIRE recipe.

So, this might just be me being stupid but this has honestly been a game changer for me. I love to cook and I love trying out new recipes, I have at least one new meal every week. Entering recipes into MyFitnessPal was always so cumbersome until I realized that I'm not entering a recipe to recreate--I'm just tracking calories. I don't need to log all 20 spices I use in the recipe--they are three calories or less each, for like eight servings! So I stopped logging spices, garnishes (like green onions, cilantro or parsley) and only keep track of the vegetables, oils, proteins, grains, etc in the recipe.

Obviously, if you're paying attention to certain nutrients like sodium it might be important to log spices and added salt but for me, I'm only counting calories and it's been such a game changer. I made a curry yesterday and instead of having to enter thirty ingredients I only had four without the spices. Does it make it slightly, tiny bit less accurate? Yes but honestly, if I gain weight it's not going to be from spices and herbs that I'm ignoring. It allows me to let go of some perfectionism and is so much more realistic and sustainable. Just thought I'd share in case anyone else is struggling with the same thing. :)

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