Guessing at calories

alizesmom
alizesmom Posts: 219 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Ate out today and am having a hard time figuring out the calories. I've guesstimated how many calories each item had (using this app) and claimed the calories for a whole portion but only ate half. What do you do?

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  • juggernaut1974
    juggernaut1974 Posts: 6,212 Member
    alizesmom wrote: »
    Ate out today and am having a hard time figuring out the calories. I've guesstimated how many calories each item had (using this app) and claimed the calories for a whole portion but only ate half. What do you do?

    Pretty much that...unless the restaurant has published nutrition info.
  • kcjchang
    kcjchang Posts: 709 Member
    maybe this will help http://www.caloriecount.com/article/when_you_cant_measure_estimate_portions
  • hptravelgal
    hptravelgal Posts: 8 Member
    If you only ate half, change the portion amount/serving amount when you add it to your daily...(that's what I do...
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    hptravelgal wrote: »
    If you only ate half, change the portion amount/serving amount when you add it to your daily...(that's what I do...

    I think he means that he put a whole portion as a safety measure because he was just guessing the calories. That way he's covered in case his guess was an underestimation of the actual calorie count. It's a pretty common technique many of us use when eating out -- restaurants find ways to pack in extra calories that are hard to determine sometimes.
  • SuggaD
    SuggaD Posts: 1,369 Member
    I guesstimate...a lot. has worked for me.

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