Hotel buffets

lisajanewalker717

Hi everyone. I am going on holiday next week and although I want to enjoy myself I don’t want to undo my hard work. How do you calculate calories for food on the hotel buffet? Would you just try and search for the food and estimate it? Thanks

2011rocket3touring

try to sneak in a food scale, otherwise go gang busters on the veggies and proteins.

Tried30UserNames

Just estimate. I wouldn't bring a scale, but a smart phone or a pen and paper to keep track of what you're eating would be a good idea. If you try to remember later, you'll forget half the stuff you put on your plate.

If you're going to the omelet station, you'll be able to see how much oil they scoop into the pan (or ask them to use cooking spray). You can estimate whether it is a 2 or 3 egg omelet. You may not have the exact grams of each piece of bacon or sausage, but you can look up calorie estimates for bacon by slice or sausage by piece.

Here's a link to some handy ways to estimate portion size although there are tons of different ones on the internet: http://www.shape.com/healthy-eating/diet-tips/simple-tricks-estimate-serving-size

lisajanewalker717

Thank you