counting calories in cooked food

midnightsun477
midnightsun477 Posts: 3
in Health and Weight Loss
I work away from home for two week at a time an stay at a 500 man camp. The food is already cooked. I try to guess how many calories in proteins by the size of a deck of card being 3oz method. Cooked rice by the cup, beans by the cup, etc. I am losing weight, but I would like to know that I am at least in a 20% or less margin of error. Does anyone have any tips or websites that may help me with this beginnings of an obsession of counting calories?

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  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    If you're losing weight, that's what counts. I don't think there's anyway you can know for sure whether you're within a 20% margin of error or not...hell, food labels and restaurants are allowed a good 15-20% margin of error.

    Just keep doing what you're doing...it's obviously working...stop obsessing about something you can't control.
  • jkwolly
    jkwolly Posts: 3,049 Member
    Bring in a small scale and weigh your food.

    People ask, just be honest.

    I have no shame when it comes to this, but then again I don't live in camp!

    Good luck!
  • ana3067
    ana3067 Posts: 5,623 Member
    jkwolly wrote: »
    Bring in a small scale and weigh your food.

    People ask, just be honest.

    I have no shame when it comes to this, but then again I don't live in camp!

    Good luck!

    I 2nd this. Just say you need to weigh things to make sure you properly hit your daily macro needs, which sounds more "manly" than needing to hit your calorie needs I guess?

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