How many cals do you log for salads?

lacurandera1

When I eat a salad....I log the quantity i am using of the individual items.....

F00LofaT00K

Weigh each item and log it....

I do this. It's the only way to get a decent caloric estimate. Otherwise you're just guessing.

Anonycatgirl

I agree with weighing most things but honestly? Lettuce and spinach? I'm not going to bother to something weighing something that has 20 calories in a 2-cup serving, because if I accidentally take "too much" WHO CARES? I can tell 2 cups from 5 cups, and that's about when it would start making a difference.

snazzyjazzy21

I agree with weighing most things but honestly? Lettuce and spinach? I'm not going to bother to something weighing something that has 20 calories in a 2-cup serving, because if I accidentally take "too much" WHO CARES? I can tell 2 cups from 5 cups, and that's about when it would start making a difference.

Except if you consume a lot of low calorie items, they add up.

F00LofaT00K

Question - is there a site you can enter ingredients and then get a nutritional (or just calorie) count for the food based on volume, not portion. I can measure out one cup. I am not able to look at a big pot of food and see if my portion is 1/10 or whatever. I suppose I could figure out how many cups were in the large serving but I don't see that happening :P

MFP??

sillyvalentine

You should log how many it actually is. Make a recipe if you want to or add each ingredient separately.

Chezzie84

Weigh each item and log it....

This is what I do

This is what I do too.

ga7045

it is actually a good question because it is something this person is trying to figure out. not "weird" at all.

ga7045

I agree, some of these people are so ridged they cannot think outside of the box. thank you for brining some other opinions to the discussion. there is more than one way to do almost anything.

_Terrapin_

Weigh each item and log it....

This is what I do

^^this^^ and I add dressing, olives(good fat uh oh yes I said good), and a protein salmon, chicken, tuna, beef. . . . .

hookilau

Ive started making up salads for lunches etc.

Just with stuff like been sprouts, tomatoes, carrots, onion, lettuce etc

If I add cheese obviously Ill add them cals onto it.

Wont usually have dressing, as juicy tomatoes are enough

How many cals should I log? Its just a serving size. 150?

:laugh: all of them! :blushing:

I stopped logging a long time ago, but have recently started again just to see where I'm at.
I weigh everything out in grams, so it makes things pretty easy :drinker:

TrailNurse

I seem to eat the exact same thing on every salad so I weigh the items the first time and then add them as a MEAL on MFP so I don't have to keep adding items individually.

hookilau

I seem to eat the exact same thing on every salad so I weigh the items the first time and then add them as a MEAL on MFP so I don't have to keep adding items individually.

yes, me too....I put a bowl on the digital scale, zero it, then add a handful of this, zero it again, a handful of that, etc.

I end up with a list that looks like 15g frozen peas, 45 g cucumber etc.

Then I just check off the items on my 'recent foods' list or 'most used' (I forget, but it's there) and change the amounts as needed.
Easy peasy :drinker:

empireman85

I do the same using "meals" and saving the most common three combinations. Then just add or delete the different items. I have a simple salad (mostly no no stuff like greens, carrots, cucumber, celery), salad with cheese and egg, salad with olives cheese eggs croutons etc. Then it's really easy to just delete each item.

Fsunami

Thanks! Will have to do it next time. Not used to making up my own sorts of things. Generally buy packaged

Youre welcome to look at my diary if you want. Without cheese & without dressing (and with 8 oz of pork tenderloin), runs about 350