IT IS SO HARD TO COUNTER CALORIES...
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penrbrown/moose - Can I just say that you've handled this beautifully considering all of the aggressive garbage that's being thrown around. I actually find it remarkable that despite how lovely you have been in your post and your replies, there are still people out there getting a happy by attacking you and others. You are an inspiration!
Just a summary guys, so far on a thread written for the purpose of having a friendly rant and some chit chat about entering individual ingredients on MFP we've had:
- Someone fairly aggressively attacked for trying to help (albiet with misguided information)
- A mildly interesting debate about fruit stickers
- OP's sanity brought into question
- Some people very affronted by the mere suggestion that you may spend a few more minutes a day logging your food than they do
- And now, some interfering busy body who cares very little about any of the above, and really isn't much of a clean eater
Just an observation...and an opportunity to commend OP on his/her graceful attitude to the angry people of MFP0 -
penrbrown/moose - Can I just say that you've handled this beautifully considering all of the aggressive garbage that's being thrown around. I actually find it remarkable that despite how lovely you have been in your post and your replies, there are still people out there getting a happy by attacking you and others. You are an inspiration!
Just a summary guys, so far on a thread written for the purpose of having a friendly rant and some chit chat about entering individual ingredients on MFP we've had:
- Someone fairly aggressively attacked for trying to help (albiet with misguided information)
- A mildly interesting debate about fruit stickers
- OP's sanity brought into question
- Some people very affronted by the mere suggestion that you may spend a few more minutes a day logging your food than they do
- And now, some interfering busy body who cares very little about any of the above, and really isn't much of a clean eater
Just an observation...and an opportunity to commend OP on his/her graceful attitude to the angry people of MFP
Oh. *blush* Thank you.. shucks...
*blush blush*
And about all of that... I wouldn't take it too seriously. I've been around MFP long enough to know that's just how this place is. Sometimes people are joking and I take them seriously, sometimes they're serious and I presume they're joking, sometimes they're serious and I know they're serious and so I back off... either way I think the best way to approach MFP is with a great deal of good humor because you just never know how people are going to react and I just don't think fighting is how I want to spend my day.0 -
you actually don't need to count calories if you eat clean.
Because clean foods = magical properties!
QFT0 -
OP - amusing rant
Overly sensitive sorts - bullying is obviously not what you think it is. "get a grip" is not a bullying comment. Freaking out over people rightly pointing out bad information seems fairly ridiculous.
OP - back on topic - rather than recipes, maybe save up lots of the various foods you like that are a PITA to enter so you don't have to keep finding them in the general database. Then, if you make something using those foods, just pick and choose from your list -- quicker than searching sometimes. I haven't saved recipes yet - but I do have some favourite meals saved that I found myself entering over and over, such as my salads and roasted vegetables and lamb. It saves me a ton of time to just add that meal then tweak what is different.0 -
you actually don't need to count calories if you eat clean.
Yes because you can't over eat on a clean diet? Just like you can't over eat on a bulk!?!0 -
penrbrown/moose - Can I just say that you've handled this beautifully considering all of the aggressive garbage that's being thrown around. I actually find it remarkable that despite how lovely you have been in your post and your replies, there are still people out there getting a happy by attacking you and others. You are an inspiration!
Just a summary guys, so far on a thread written for the purpose of having a friendly rant and some chit chat about entering individual ingredients on MFP we've had:
- Someone fairly aggressively attacked for trying to help (albiet with misguided information)
- A mildly interesting debate about fruit stickers
- OP's sanity brought into question
- Some people very affronted by the mere suggestion that you may spend a few more minutes a day logging your food than they do
- And now, some interfering busy body who cares very little about any of the above, and really isn't much of a clean eater
Just an observation...and an opportunity to commend OP on his/her graceful attitude to the angry people of MFP
Oh. *blush* Thank you.. shucks...
*blush blush*
And about all of that... I wouldn't take it too seriously. I've been around MFP long enough to know that's just how this place is. Sometimes people are joking and I take them seriously, sometimes they're serious and I presume they're joking, sometimes they're serious and I know they're serious and so I back off... either way I think the best way to approach MFP is with a great deal of good humor because you just never know how people are going to react and I just don't think fighting is how I want to spend my day.
Spot on!0 -
logging food is a pain in the *kitten*.
do you cook in big batches? I tend to make something like a curry, enter all the ingredients I used in the mfp recipe thing, and however many tubs it fits into = number of servings.
the annoying bit is I don't follow a recipe so its never the same twice.0 -
You guys seriously don't have the bar codes on the stickers?
Most of my foods don't have bar codes OR stickers. My meat is home grown. My vegetables usually lack any stickers. My bananas are the only fruit that has stickers on them and those stickers lack a bar code that scans.
since apples are different sizes, don't you have to weigh them whether you grow them or buy them?0 -
I can "eat clean" in unlimited quantities? That is great news. I'm going to go find a 16 ounce Porterhouse steak and pair it was a big pile of homemade mashed potatoes! Bring on the butter too.0
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you actually don't need to count calories if you eat clean.
I wish that was the case. I was a fat clean eater for many years.
Maybe if you were eating very calorie dense food and you switch to less dense food you could lose weight without counting but most people need to have some form of portion control to stay on track with their weightloss goals.
To answer the original question: I have gotten in the habit of weighing my meat and any higher calorie produce. Things like spinach or cucumbers I don't bother counting but more dense items like fruit or potatoes can really add up.0 -
How is it any different from those of us who cook our own meals from scratch but don't eat "clean?"
All food you buy has a bar code on it, even fruit. Scan your foods, weigh against the serving size. It takes a matter of seconds.
Not different at all! And what foods are you buying???? Mine don't come with bar codes. >.<
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Mine don't come with barcodes either ]0 -
you actually don't need to count calories if you eat clean.
You are joking.....right ?0 -
WHEN YOU'RE EATING CLEAN!
You have to work so much harder. All the calorie numbers aren't neatly on a package. YOU HAVE TO ACTUALLY ENTER YOUR RECIPES!
*throws stuff around* RAWR RAWR RAWRRRRRRR
*huff huff*
But for serious. It's not easy.
Couple of points of advice after struggling with clean eating for years.
1) NEVER guess how much your food is. Always enter your recipe into the recipe maker provided by MFP.
2) Remember how much better you feel when you aren't eating packaged food.
3) Do not binge eat chocolate (unless you want to).
That is all. I'm out. *wanders off to enter more recipes* RAWRIOWEILJSKLFJI
You must have posted this for ME!! Thank YOU so much!! The mpf recipe maker totally never crossed my mind. I've been scratching my head at mfp a few times, trying to figure out how to enter the food I've made (all veggies and fruits with some snacks). But you have RESCUED me!! THANK YOU for your super informative post, you are a life saver!!
And, yes, chocolate (chips or dark) with peanut butter is my weakness.0 -
What makes you think all "clean foods" are low calorie? Avocados, bananas, grass feed beef, quinoa, all considered "clean" by most of the 5 million definitions of "clean eating," and all pretty calorie dense.Until a farmer who eats his wife's homemade meals every day gets fat. 5000 calories of clean food is still 5000 calories. Just because it comes fresh from a meat market and is made with natural ingredients doesn't mean you'll automatically lose weight.
Sorry if that seemed like I was saying she was right beyond those narrow confines.0 -
All food you buy has a bar code on it, even fruit.
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Not where I shop, they don't.
Fortunately, I have a food scale.0 -
Is this real life?0
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you actually don't need to count calories if you eat clean.
You really are high.0 -
All food you buy has a bar code on it, even fruit.
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Not where I shop, they don't.
Fortunately, I have a food scale.
I have a bar code on my *kitten*. Wanna see?0 -
How is it any different from those of us who cook our own meals from scratch but don't eat "clean?"
All food you buy has a bar code on it, even fruit. Scan your foods, weigh against the serving size. It takes a matter of seconds.
What fruit do you buy (with the exception of berries in clam shell containers) that has a barcode on it? PLU#, yes, barcode, no ...0 -
OH OH! I want to add my own rant!!!!
When creating recipe's, why the heck am I not able to:
A) Use my phone to create recipe's so I can scan bar codes to enter ingredients?
Modify the quantity of an ingredient instead of having to delete and re-add it?
C) Provide serving sizes in grams or ounces?
Seriously, why is this so difficult????
BTW, I want to purchase fruit with bar codes too! The fruit I get only has the PLU code sticker on it.
Wow, I feel so much better now!0
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