Difficulty counting calories

melissastrine11510

Does anyone else find it difficult to count Calories on dishes you make? There has to be an easier way! Please share!!

LifeWithPie

Use the recipe builder. Weigh all your ingrediants on a food scale. Easy peasy.

melissastrine11510

Is it on the app? Never seen or used it?

Danp

I count the ingredients then divide by the number of servings.

So if I'm making a stew that serves 4 I'll count all the ingredients I use to make it, then divide that amount by 4 for each time I have it as a meal.

Alternatively I'll make a batch of something, again counting the calories in each of the ingredients then weigh the whole lot. Then I'll know how many calories are in 1g, 100g, etc and can log according to the weight of serving when I eat it.

sgtx81

go to your food then click on the "my foods" or the "my meals" to add them and then just stick to the recipe you added.

sgtx81

but don't use the food database here, you'll be better off using nutritiondata.self.com The one here is very unreliable.

diannethegeek

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1399829/step-by-step-guide-to-losing-weight-with-myfitnesspal

AnnPT77

sgtx81 wrote: »

but don't use the food database here, you'll be better off using nutritiondata.self.com The one here is very unreliable.

Gosh, I'm glad I didn't realize that sooner . . . if I'd known the MFP database was so horribly unreliable, it probably would've prevented my losing nearly a third of my bodyweight in less than a year. Since I thought it was close enough for gubmint work, the placebo effect kicked in and I succeeded anyway.

Seriously, OP: If you keep your common sense engaged, you can use the MFP database and succeed at weight loss. The link Dianne posted above is on point, and includes guidance about setting up your own recipes.

PixelPuff

... Basically, just keep an eye on the nutritional data of what you bought and are using versus the entries in the database. Many are good, but many are also not quite right (especially many user-made ones).

Lounmoun

In the app to make a recipe
Go to your diary. Add food. Go to the recipe tab. At the bottom it will say create recipe. Go to that and enter your ingredients and save as a recipe. Then you can log it.

I have used the MFP database and there are some bad entries but not enough to make me not use it at all. Just look at the entries you use to see if they make sense. You can double check with the usda food database or elsewhere if you are unsure.
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1234699/logging-accurately-step-by-step-guide/p1
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10621050/how-to-use-the-usda-food-database-mfp-food-database-for-accurate-logging#latest

TavistockToad

melissastrine11510 wrote: »

Is it on the app? Never seen or used it?

go into 'recipes, meals & foods' in the app