Logging a bite?
Leana088
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Sometimes, like in the case of sweets, 1 or 2 bites is enough to satisfy my craving for it. How the heck do you log a bite of something?
Also I should mention, that sometimes the food is in grams, while other times it's just one unit, like "One ice cream cone". (Yes, I take one bite from an ice cream cone haha)
Also I should mention, that sometimes the food is in grams, while other times it's just one unit, like "One ice cream cone". (Yes, I take one bite from an ice cream cone haha)
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Sometimes, like in the case of sweets, 1 or 2 bites is enough to satisfy my craving for it. How the heck do you log a bite of something?
Also I should mention, that sometimes the food is in grams, while other times it's just one unit, like "One ice cream cone". (Yes, I take one bite from an ice cream cone haha)
Bite it. Spit it onto a scale, log it, then shove it back into your mouth. In the case of ice cream you may have to lick your scale to get it all back into your mouth.0 -
ncboiler89 wrote: »Sometimes, like in the case of sweets, 1 or 2 bites is enough to satisfy my craving for it. How the heck do you log a bite of something?
Also I should mention, that sometimes the food is in grams, while other times it's just one unit, like "One ice cream cone". (Yes, I take one bite from an ice cream cone haha)
Bite it. Spit it onto a scale, log it, then shove it back into your mouth. In the case of ice cream you may have to lick your scale to get it all back into your mouth.
Hahaha! Yeah, might not find it so appetizing after that anymore...
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ncboiler89 wrote: »Sometimes, like in the case of sweets, 1 or 2 bites is enough to satisfy my craving for it. How the heck do you log a bite of something?
Also I should mention, that sometimes the food is in grams, while other times it's just one unit, like "One ice cream cone". (Yes, I take one bite from an ice cream cone haha)
Bite it. Spit it onto a scale, log it, then shove it back into your mouth. In the case of ice cream you may have to lick your scale to get it all back into your mouth.
Hahaha! Yeah, might not find it so appetizing after that anymore...
Ya but seriously. Why would you just not weigh whatever it is before and after you bite it. Or maybe I am missing something.0 -
gotobedhungry wrote: »Depends on what it is... 1 or 2 bites of cheesecake or something could have 100 calories. Also depends on how big the bites are. I always overestimate to be safe.
A bite for me would be a teaspoon I suppose. If something is measured in grams that's fine, but an ice cream cone is measured by unit. Which decimal would I use for that.
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ncboiler89 wrote: »Sometimes, like in the case of sweets, 1 or 2 bites is enough to satisfy my craving for it. How the heck do you log a bite of something?
Also I should mention, that sometimes the food is in grams, while other times it's just one unit, like "One ice cream cone". (Yes, I take one bite from an ice cream cone haha)
Bite it. Spit it onto a scale, log it, then shove it back into your mouth. In the case of ice cream you may have to lick your scale to get it all back into your mouth.
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gotobedhungry wrote: »Depends on what it is... 1 or 2 bites of cheesecake or something could have 100 calories. Also depends on how big the bites are. I always overestimate to be safe.
A bite for me would be a teaspoon I suppose. If something is measured in grams that's fine, but an ice cream cone is measured by unit. Which decimal would I use for that.
Do you really need to be that accurate? I'm all for accuracy but if you take a bite of an ice cream cone and call it 0.05 (1/20th) servings are you going to be that far off?0 -
ncboiler89 wrote: »ncboiler89 wrote: »Sometimes, like in the case of sweets, 1 or 2 bites is enough to satisfy my craving for it. How the heck do you log a bite of something?
Also I should mention, that sometimes the food is in grams, while other times it's just one unit, like "One ice cream cone". (Yes, I take one bite from an ice cream cone haha)
Bite it. Spit it onto a scale, log it, then shove it back into your mouth. In the case of ice cream you may have to lick your scale to get it all back into your mouth.
Hahaha! Yeah, might not find it so appetizing after that anymore...
Ya but seriously. Why would you just not weigh whatever it is before and after you bite it. Or maybe I am missing something.
Because, how do you log one bite in mfp if the serving size of a cone in the database is: "1 cone". If the bite is 5 grams...is that like 0.10 of 1 cone or something?0 -
ncboiler89 wrote: »gotobedhungry wrote: »Depends on what it is... 1 or 2 bites of cheesecake or something could have 100 calories. Also depends on how big the bites are. I always overestimate to be safe.
A bite for me would be a teaspoon I suppose. If something is measured in grams that's fine, but an ice cream cone is measured by unit. Which decimal would I use for that.
Do you really need to be that accurate? I'm all for accuracy but if you take a bite of an ice cream cone and call it 0.05 (1/20th) servings are you going to be that far off?
Yeah, unless I was taking bites all day long I wouldn't even worry about it. How many calories could it be in the grand scheme of things?0 -
ncboiler89 wrote: »gotobedhungry wrote: »Depends on what it is... 1 or 2 bites of cheesecake or something could have 100 calories. Also depends on how big the bites are. I always overestimate to be safe.
A bite for me would be a teaspoon I suppose. If something is measured in grams that's fine, but an ice cream cone is measured by unit. Which decimal would I use for that.
Do you really need to be that accurate? I'm all for accuracy but if you take a bite of an ice cream cone and call it 0.05 (1/20th) servings are you going to be that far off?
That's what I've been trying to find out man! Hahaha 0 -
Presumably you eat the rest at some point, if so just log the whole thing once...0
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ncboiler89 wrote: »ncboiler89 wrote: »Sometimes, like in the case of sweets, 1 or 2 bites is enough to satisfy my craving for it. How the heck do you log a bite of something?
Also I should mention, that sometimes the food is in grams, while other times it's just one unit, like "One ice cream cone". (Yes, I take one bite from an ice cream cone haha)
Bite it. Spit it onto a scale, log it, then shove it back into your mouth. In the case of ice cream you may have to lick your scale to get it all back into your mouth.
Hahaha! Yeah, might not find it so appetizing after that anymore...
Ya but seriously. Why would you just not weigh whatever it is before and after you bite it. Or maybe I am missing something.
Because, how do you log one bite in mfp if the serving size of a cone in the database is: "1 cone". If the bite is 5 grams...is that like 0.10 of 1 cone or something?
Estimate. The little amount you are estimating is not going to make any difference at all. I mean how far off can you be? You're talking a few calories unless you REALY suck at estimating. Like I said, if I took a bite of 1 cone (to use your example) I would put something like 0.05 servings (or 0.05 cones) in MFP.0 -
ncboiler89 wrote: »gotobedhungry wrote: »Depends on what it is... 1 or 2 bites of cheesecake or something could have 100 calories. Also depends on how big the bites are. I always overestimate to be safe.
A bite for me would be a teaspoon I suppose. If something is measured in grams that's fine, but an ice cream cone is measured by unit. Which decimal would I use for that.
Do you really need to be that accurate? I'm all for accuracy but if you take a bite of an ice cream cone and call it 0.05 (1/20th) servings are you going to be that far off?
Yeah, unless I was taking bites all day long I wouldn't even worry about it. How many calories could it be in the grand scheme of things?
A teaspoon of nutella has 40 calories
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jump up and down for a few minutes and burn it off0
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I always log up, to be safe.0
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ncboiler89 wrote: »gotobedhungry wrote: »Depends on what it is... 1 or 2 bites of cheesecake or something could have 100 calories. Also depends on how big the bites are. I always overestimate to be safe.
A bite for me would be a teaspoon I suppose. If something is measured in grams that's fine, but an ice cream cone is measured by unit. Which decimal would I use for that.
Do you really need to be that accurate? I'm all for accuracy but if you take a bite of an ice cream cone and call it 0.05 (1/20th) servings are you going to be that far off?
Yeah, unless I was taking bites all day long I wouldn't even worry about it. How many calories could it be in the grand scheme of things?
A teaspoon of nutella has 40 calories
Ya. So if you miss it by half a teaspoon you are off by 20 calories. Not a big deal imo.0 -
Thanks anyhow
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measure spoon. zero out scale. put ice cream on spoon. weigh again. put in face.0
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i would eat the whole cone to avoid the problem.0
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Most of the time the box says how many grams one serving (so one cone) should be. Find out, weigh it and then get your decimal that way0
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themaybird wrote: »Presumably you eat the rest at some point, if so just log the whole thing once...
This. Log it all at once and then eat it throughout the week.0 -
I quick add cals for every snacking and tasting i do. Like 50 cals per bite. Curbs snacking :P thats for sure!
I also add it because that shiz adds up fast. Went to costco on a saturday and i'm 99% sure i had atleast a thousand cals in samples.0 -
I'm too obsessive so I had to stop taking bites of stuff. I measure or weigh everything before I eat it. It's the only way I can feel like I have things under control. Otherwise I'm like "Omg, I had food that I can't log, my whole day is ruined, eat all the things!"0
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ncboiler89 wrote: »ncboiler89 wrote: »Sometimes, like in the case of sweets, 1 or 2 bites is enough to satisfy my craving for it. How the heck do you log a bite of something?
Also I should mention, that sometimes the food is in grams, while other times it's just one unit, like "One ice cream cone". (Yes, I take one bite from an ice cream cone haha)
Bite it. Spit it onto a scale, log it, then shove it back into your mouth. In the case of ice cream you may have to lick your scale to get it all back into your mouth.
Hahaha! Yeah, might not find it so appetizing after that anymore...
Ya but seriously. Why would you just not weigh whatever it is before and after you bite it. Or maybe I am missing something.
Because, how do you log one bite in mfp if the serving size of a cone in the database is: "1 cone". If the bite is 5 grams...is that like 0.10 of 1 cone or something?
Are you talking about just the cone, or do you mean you are taking a bite of a cone filled with ice cream, thus eating ice cream and cone?0 -
LiftAllThePizzas wrote: »ncboiler89 wrote: »ncboiler89 wrote: »Sometimes, like in the case of sweets, 1 or 2 bites is enough to satisfy my craving for it. How the heck do you log a bite of something?
Also I should mention, that sometimes the food is in grams, while other times it's just one unit, like "One ice cream cone". (Yes, I take one bite from an ice cream cone haha)
Bite it. Spit it onto a scale, log it, then shove it back into your mouth. In the case of ice cream you may have to lick your scale to get it all back into your mouth.
Hahaha! Yeah, might not find it so appetizing after that anymore...
Ya but seriously. Why would you just not weigh whatever it is before and after you bite it. Or maybe I am missing something.
Because, how do you log one bite in mfp if the serving size of a cone in the database is: "1 cone". If the bite is 5 grams...is that like 0.10 of 1 cone or something?
Are you talking about just the cone, or do you mean you are taking a bite of a cone filled with ice cream, thus eating ice cream and cone?
I think she said "How the heck do you log a bite of something?"
I'm assuming she was using that as an example and probably is taking "1 or 2 bites" out of various foods.0 -
LiftAllThePizzas wrote: »ncboiler89 wrote: »ncboiler89 wrote: »Sometimes, like in the case of sweets, 1 or 2 bites is enough to satisfy my craving for it. How the heck do you log a bite of something?
Also I should mention, that sometimes the food is in grams, while other times it's just one unit, like "One ice cream cone". (Yes, I take one bite from an ice cream cone haha)
Bite it. Spit it onto a scale, log it, then shove it back into your mouth. In the case of ice cream you may have to lick your scale to get it all back into your mouth.
Hahaha! Yeah, might not find it so appetizing after that anymore...
Ya but seriously. Why would you just not weigh whatever it is before and after you bite it. Or maybe I am missing something.
Because, how do you log one bite in mfp if the serving size of a cone in the database is: "1 cone". If the bite is 5 grams...is that like 0.10 of 1 cone or something?
Are you talking about just the cone, or do you mean you are taking a bite of a cone filled with ice cream, thus eating ice cream and cone?
It's a cone ice cream. Or ice cream on a stick or something. Like a Magnum.0 -
LiftAllThePizzas wrote: »ncboiler89 wrote: »ncboiler89 wrote: »Sometimes, like in the case of sweets, 1 or 2 bites is enough to satisfy my craving for it. How the heck do you log a bite of something?
Also I should mention, that sometimes the food is in grams, while other times it's just one unit, like "One ice cream cone". (Yes, I take one bite from an ice cream cone haha)
Bite it. Spit it onto a scale, log it, then shove it back into your mouth. In the case of ice cream you may have to lick your scale to get it all back into your mouth.
Hahaha! Yeah, might not find it so appetizing after that anymore...
Ya but seriously. Why would you just not weigh whatever it is before and after you bite it. Or maybe I am missing something.
Because, how do you log one bite in mfp if the serving size of a cone in the database is: "1 cone". If the bite is 5 grams...is that like 0.10 of 1 cone or something?
Are you talking about just the cone, or do you mean you are taking a bite of a cone filled with ice cream, thus eating ice cream and cone?
It's a cone ice cream. Or ice cream on a stick or something. Like a Magnum.
My hat's off to you! I could in no way just take "a bite" of a double chocolate Magnum
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weigh the ice cream cone before you bite. call that number X. weigh the ice cream after you bite. call that number Y.
(X - Y)/X = Z
Enter Z into the "servings" field.
Problem solved.0 -
I would just quick add whatever I think the calories might be0
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lynn_glenmont wrote: »weigh the ice cream cone before you bite. call that number X. weigh the ice cream after you bite. call that number Y.
(X - Y)/X = Z
Enter Z into the "servings" field.
Problem solved.
Yep.
And I log everything. Interestingly, I've discovered that quite often, if it is going to be a pain to log for one reason or another, I lose interest in it.
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