Unfamiliar number of calories

NonaEv

So tomorrow I'm invited to a dinner, but how will I manage to stick to my calorie goal when I don't know the number of calories that food has? How do you cope with that?

TavistockToad

Guesstimate.

callsitlikeiseeit

this is where logging your food every day, accurately comes in to play. You have to guess. the more you DO weigh and log, the more experience you have with foods, and the easier it is to 'guess'.

NonaEv

Yeah, I thought so. Thank you.

Timorous_Beastie

Personally, I don't bother logging things like that, but that's something I decided after logging for a long, long time. What I did when I did log everything was pick a chain restaurant meal that's similar, because chain restaurants seem to pack the most amount of calories into a meal as possible, so it's probably the worst case scenario.

berlynnwall

For one offs, like everyone said, I guesstimate and use a restaurant meal. One imperfect meal logging isn't going to mess you up that bad.

onyxgirl17

I agree with what has been said. Even if you have one of those meals a week, guesstimating should do the trick. I try to guess on the high end just to make sure.

NonaEv

Thank you everyone!