Calories unknown for local restaurants, advice on how to count these calories?

Roxiegirl2008

I will look to see if the place has a nutrition listing on their website. I may not be completely correct but I will give me a good idea of what I need to create a new food. If they don't have one or if we choose to go to a different place I just put in the food item in the search and choose the one that is the highest one listed and go from there.

Francl27

Oooh food porn!

middlehaitch

Just ball park the calories, a few days going over, if you do, won't harm your long term goals.

A word of warning: I haven't splurged on deep fried food for about a year, lost the taste for it, and decided to have a plateful of chicken wings, onion rings, and fries at a party this weekend. They went through me so fast I almost didn't bother counting the calories. My body wasn't used to so much fat in one sitting and rebelled.

Moral of the story: be aware there may be unforeseen consequences if you have not eaten too much fatty foods recently.

Cheers, h.

flabassmcgee

Where can I find a recipe for that sammich?? Cap'n Crunch dust?? Sign me UP.

PearlAng

Looks great! And have others have stated, I too believe that life and food should be enjoyed.

Either way, I have two jobs---I work in a bakery and also a deli/sandwich shop. Neither are chains, and everything is home made. So when estimating calories for places like this, I usually get a number in my head and search for the home made version in the database (ie chicken salad) and then try to size the portion until I think the calories are accurate. I tend to overestimate a bit too, just in case. Then I add the foods that I know for sure (ie two slices of Ginsburg rye bread) and that's how I'll log my lunch

cwolfman13

Actually, stuff like that is perfect for a ski day. I've guestimated my TDEE for a typical day on the slopes is around 6,000 calories...not going to hit that sucking on celery sticks.