Logging what someone made for you??

SillaWinchester
SillaWinchester Posts: 363 Member
in Food and Nutrition
How do you guys log the food you eat when it's something someone else has prepared for you?

I often eat dinner at my friends house and her mom always cooks healthy meals (usually organic) with healthy drinks (various fruits and veggies with yogurt and coconut water).. so I'm wondering how I should log it? I am not going to ask "What brand of yogurt did you use?" or "How many strawberries did you put in here?"

What do you guys do?

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  • BreAnn267
    BreAnn267 Posts: 46
    I try to log it the best I can and leave some wiggle room. Luckily with my mom's cooking I know what brands she uses and her recipes, but with my in-laws it's a little harder. But I always log it the best I can.
  • seltzermint555
    seltzermint555 Posts: 10,740 Member
    I just take a stab at it. My best friend and her husband made dinner for us last night. I knew what was in the dessert because I made it. But they served cod with crème fraiche, couscous, steamed veggies, and a bread made with almond flour. Oh and homemade sangria.

    I'm sure my calories/macros weren't totally correct but I was able to choose a crème fraiche already in the MFP database and knew approximately how much fish I ate. Steamed veggies were easy. I went with a bottled sangria and the boxed couscous we usually eat even though she made it from scratch (spices etc). I peeked on her Pinterest for the almond bread recipe and found it in MFP and voila...pretty close. Being on MFP has taught me a lot about how many calories are in most foods so I can usually (not always!!) tell if the database entries I find are anywhere close to correct.

    IMO this would only become a serious issue if you weren't able to KIND OF know the amounts you ate (2 TBSP versus 1/3 cup etc), and/or if you ate at someone else's house several times every week. Good luck!
  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    Just make my best guess. With my Mom I know she's probably added something unhealthy so I quick add an extra 100 calories or so after I've added in everything I think is in there!
  • Kenazwa
    Kenazwa Posts: 278 Member
    To be honest, most of the time when I eat something that someone else cooked, I skip logging. However, I've also entered it into the data bank looking for something similar. There are, for example, a ton of entries for beef stroganoff (the last thing I remember looking up). I just picked one at random. I figured I was in the ball park at least, better than leaving my log incomplete.

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