Why won't the MFP app let me add my own serving weight?

JamesArthur3933

I'm new to MFP and am put off straight away logging my food because the app won't let me add my own portion/serving wieghts. An example below..

I wanted a roast beef sandwich for lunch and scanned the packet of sliced beef. The beef weighs 90g. my slice weighed 30g.

The packet scanned fine using my Android mobile but the serving size MFP makes me choose is 100g or 1g.

Is the only way to get around this to enter 30 servings of 1g? I hate the idea of having 30 servings. I just think it's stupid how you can't enter a custom amount.

Anyway I decided just to chuck the whole of the beef on (90g) and log the full packet. I'm under by 10g.

cmriverside

Yes, enter 30 X 1

yirara

Click on the weight given and if you chose 100g then enter the amount of 0.3. If it's 1g then enter 30. Simples.

lynn_glenmont

JamesArthur3933 wrote: »

I'm new to MFP and am put off straight away logging my food because the app won't let me add my own portion/serving wieghts. An example below..

I wanted a roast beef sandwich for lunch and scanned the packet of sliced beef. The beef weighs 90g. my slice weighed 30g.

The packet scanned fine using my Android mobile but the serving size MFP makes me choose is 100g or 1g.

Is the only way to get around this to enter 30 servings of 1g? I hate the idea of having 30 servings. I just think it's stupid how you can't enter a custom amount.

Anyway I decided just to chuck the whole of the beef on (90g) and log the full packet. I'm under by 10g.

Entering 30 is entering a custom amount.

When you used the whole packet and selected 100 g as the serving size, you should have typed 0.9 into the field for the number of servings (the leading zero isn't necessary; I just put it there to be sure people saw the decimal point).

MargaretYakoda

JamesArthur3933 wrote: »

I'm new to MFP and am put off straight away logging my food because the app won't let me add my own portion/serving wieghts. An example below..

I wanted a roast beef sandwich for lunch and scanned the packet of sliced beef. The beef weighs 90g. my slice weighed 30g.

The packet scanned fine using my Android mobile but the serving size MFP makes me choose is 100g or 1g.

Is the only way to get around this to enter 30 servings of 1g? I hate hthe idea of having 30 servings. I just think it's stupid how you can't enter a custom amount.

Anyway I decided just to chuck the whole of the beef on (90g) and log the full packet. I'm under by 10g.

You’re not having 30 servings though.
You’re having 1 serving that weighs 30g.

AnnPT77

When you enter 30 servings of 1 gram, it just shows up in your diary as 30 grams. Same deal if you enter it as 0.3 servings of 100 grams. The weird number of servings is just a temporary expedient in the moment of adding, not how it shows up in your diary long term.

Maybe it's just me, but I don't understand why this is a big deal.

ETA: Calorie counting made me better at mental math, remembering numbers, and some other related skills. That seems like a bonus, to me, not a flaw.

JamesArthur3933

Thank you everyone, got it I thought for a minute that 30 serving of 1g would create a huge list of those 1g