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Are Tiny Tastes Sabotaging Your Efforts?

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Earlier this month the Things I don't tell the Nutrition Tracker about... thread caught my attention.



The fun listing of things not entered into a food tracker brought a chuckle on first reading.



  1. Licking/spooning up pan drippings when I have cooked something especially yummy.
     
  2. Bites I take off my kids' plates.
     
  3. The sample foods I eat at the grocery store.
     
  4. Just how much I heap each tablespoon of cheese ball.
     
  5. The fatty pieces of meat.
Another thread participant shared that she doesn't track cough drops even though 10 provides 150 calories. Another offered that they don't track condiments, sugar or butter. Do all these licks, tastes and bites matter?

This educational video from the UNL Extension in Lancaster County Nebraska takes this question a step further to help increase awareness that tiny tastes can total big calories over the winter holidays. Look at this cute three and a half minute video about the potential impact that tiny tastes throughout the day can have.



Could tiny tastes be sabotaging your weight loss efforts?

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