Food scale logging

EdwardMH2

Ok today I weighed my first meal and it came up higher in some numbers listed than those of items I used to just search for a close match on meal logging, and the scale does not even calculate some things so how do I best log weighed food? Take the scal at its word and skip reporting the missing stuff? Add the missing stuff from the searched entries for a more detailed log or average the weighed andd searched numbers?

kimny72

I'm not sure I understand your question?

All the scale tells you is the weight of what you put on the scale, and yes, you should take the scale at it's word for that.

If accuracy is your goal, you should not be logging a generic recipe item. You should be weighing each ingredient and either logging them individually or using the recipe builder.

So if you are making a sandwich, don't make a sandwich, weigh it, and then use an entry for a chicken sandwich. Weigh the bread and log that. Weigh the chicken and log that. Weigh the cheese and log that. Weight the tomato and log that. Look for entries that are the brand name you are using, or use the usda entries which you can usually find by including the word "raw" or "cooked" in the search terms.

Sorry if I misunderstood what you were asking!

kimny72

For example:

Aramark - Two Eggs Over Medium, 184 g which is giving you 360 calories. A typical extra large egg (56g) is @ 80 cals. So it would take over 4 eggs to get to 360 calories. This entry is probably a recipe that includes the oil they used,, but how much oil? There's no way to know, so - don't use that entry. Log eggs, oil, and anything else you used separately.

EdwardMH2

My scale calculates some factors.

JeromeBarry1

That's an impressive spend. What's the "Food Code" for? Are you eating something in the codebook or no?

kimny72

I've never seen anything like that, but the numbers on your scale make more sense than the Aramark entry. Assuming all you put on the scale is what the food code stands for, it's probably giving you USDA values anyway, I would think.

EdwardMH2

I try to match the code closest to what I eat.