Carrying leftovers to the next day

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  • PAV8888
    PAV8888 Posts: 14,355 Member
    uvi5 wrote: »
    Next I need to find out for "pasta day" do I weigh my noodles raw or cooked? It would seem cooked would have water absorbed and add extra weight?

    About the only bad thing about your "fruit" plan is that you may not know for sure what was consumed in terms of macros on a particular day.

    You could put your fruit in as a recipe, and then log that recipe into MFP on the day you eat it. You could also log the items in a "clean" section with half the weights, and then copy the meal over to another day.

    As to how to best weigh things, I would think that if you have access to the item raw, you measure it raw. But that depends a bit on whether you have full access to the ingredient and also on the database entry you chose.

  • Nony_Mouse
    Nony_Mouse Posts: 5,646 Member
    uvi5 wrote: »
    Next week I will plan out for "pasta day" and fit it into my weekly deficit. I can't just do a few ounces of pasta and cheese topping. It's got to be a "real" plate, like mountainous! Otherwise it's not worth it to me. If I'm gonna do it, gotta do it right. Next I need to find out for "pasta day" do I weigh my noodles raw or cooked? It would seem cooked would have water absorbed and add extra weight.?? Oh look I'm hijacking my own thread he he

    Dry weight for your pasta (or raw if it's fresh pasta) :).
  • macgurlnet
    macgurlnet Posts: 1,946 Member
    uvi5 wrote: »
    macgurlnet wrote: »
    tomatoey wrote: »
    macgurlnet wrote: »
    You might get slammed if you did something like underate by an additional 500 calories several days in a row so you could binge like crazy on the weekend.

    150 under, though? Nah. If you're not hungry and/or wanna use those calories the next day, go for it!

    ~Lyssa

    ooooooh thank you :)

    I think we're guessing OP has a snack pre-logged that they won't be eating, hence "left over" calories.

    Could be wrong, though!

    ~Lyssa

    You got it right. Gonna save the fruit to go w/ burger for tomorrow, but not log the 150 calories, because they are already logged in for today. :smile:

    Depending on how nit-picky you are about accuracy...

    Option 1: do what you're doing
    Option 2: adjust what you've logged for today to be 1/2, then log it again tomorrow

    I tend to go with option 2, simply because I like an accurate picture of what I ate each day.

    But whatever floats your boat is totally fine. Well done! :)

    ~Lyssa
  • uvi5
    uvi5 Posts: 710 Member
    Thank you
  • carimiller7391
    carimiller7391 Posts: 1,091 Member
    Weigh out noodles dry. 2oz=1 serving and really is a lot of pasta.
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