Love me some Avocados!

Angela26point2finisher
Angela26point2finisher Posts: 105 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Avocados are one of my favorite fats. Taste great, filling, nutritious... Here's my issue- I never know how many calories to mark down. I buy and consume the standard Hass Avocados found in my local grocery store. Earlier this year, I was using 80 Calories as a 1/2 of a whole avocado (whole avocado having 160 Calories). Today when I searched for 1/2 avocado it gave me 160 Calories! What gives? Maybe I need to be weighing these bad boys instead of just having 1/2...

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  • Lizzy622
    Lizzy622 Posts: 3,705 Member
    I've been logging it as 80 also. I hope that is right.
  • danimalkeys
    danimalkeys Posts: 982 Member
    weigh what you eat, they can vary a good bit in size. Then search for a USDA type of entry in the database.
  • Angela26point2finisher
    Angela26point2finisher Posts: 105 Member
    I will definitely try that tomorrow. I need to stop being lazy with my avocados, I weigh just about everything else on my handy little food scale.
  • TheGymGypsy
    TheGymGypsy Posts: 1,023 Member
    I believe a standard hass avocado is 250 calories, that makes each slice 125 calories. That's how I log it. Unless your avocado is TINY, it's probably not 80 calories since they are high in (good) fats.

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