How do you log when leaving parts of food?

cryptobrit

By this I mean if for example you have a chippy fish and only eat half the batter. Another example is like I have just had a quorn toad in the hole. I am not mad about Yorkshire pudding style batter so I left half of the batter and ate what was left plus the 2 sausages. When logging this as say 2/3rds of a pack, it would be incorrect as I have not eaten only 2/3rds of the quorn sausages. If I had a pie or tart of some sort, and left all the crust edgings, or only ate the pastry underneath, again to log just a proportion of it would be incorrect.

Francl27

I'd just log 90% of the whole thing. In the end it's not a big deal, frankly... but I can't say it happens much here, as I typically don't buy/eat things that I don't completely like (and pie crust is the best part anyway!).

amyk0202

I don't usually eat things I don't like either. If I do, I just log the whole thing & be done with it--I'd rather overestimate than under. Since I weigh all my food beforehand, I could eat what I want & then weigh the portion that's left & divide it out. For me personally, I think that might be pushing me into obsessive behavior.

pie_eyes

amyk0202 wrote: »

I don't usually eat things I don't like either. If I do, I just log the whole thing & be done with it--I'd rather overestimate than under. Since I weigh all my food beforehand, I could eat what I want & then weigh the portion that's left & divide it out. For me personally, I think that might be pushing me into obsessive behavior.

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cryptobrit

Francl27 wrote: »

I'd just log 90% of the whole thing. In the end it's not a big deal, frankly... but I can't say it happens much here, as I typically don't buy/eat things that I don't completely like (and pie crust is the best part anyway!).

But it could be! If I eat a fish for example as hubby has got one of Emilio's lunchtime specials to save me cooking; there would be quite a difference logging saying 90% of the total calories, as opposed to just the fish with a quarter of the batter on. The batter will contain most of the calories and in particular fat. If I have the occasional Quorn pie or pudding, all that stodge is not what I like, but a little of it to compliment the quorn filling is fine. Maybe a bad example. If the makeup of the food item is similar then yes, I wouldn't bother. But when the difference is considerable such as the above example: fish with hardly any batter compared to fish with a load of greasy batter would definitely have an impact. In fact the difference between allowing enough left over for some delicious Green & Black's 70% cocoa solids choccy, yom yom.

Francl27

cryptobrit wrote: »

Francl27 wrote: »

I'd just log 90% of the whole thing. In the end it's not a big deal, frankly... but I can't say it happens much here, as I typically don't buy/eat things that I don't completely like (and pie crust is the best part anyway!).

But it could be! If I eat a fish for example as hubby has got one of Emilio's lunchtime specials to save me cooking; there would be quite a difference logging saying 90% of the total calories, as opposed to just the fish with a quarter of the batter on. The batter will contain most of the calories and in particular fat. If I have the occasional Quorn pie or pudding, all that stodge is not what I like, but a little of it to compliment the quorn filling is fine. Maybe a bad example. If the makeup of the food item is similar then yes, I wouldn't bother. But when the difference is considerable such as the above example: fish with hardly any batter compared to fish with a load of greasy batter would definitely have an impact. In fact the difference between allowing enough left over for some delicious Green & Black's 70% cocoa solids choccy, yom yom.

You could log half a piece instead of 90%. After a while, you know how many calories are in food, so you get better at judging... the macros will be off, but *shrug*.

I mean, I see your point, but as long as it's not an every day occurrence, it's not a huge deal really.

cryptobrit

I'd say a couple of times a week. I would probably guess it normally, or log it as the whole thing but maybe have a treat to make up for the extra logged that I didn't have :-)