When entering my own foods - serving sizes

NeuroticVirgo

I have a question, when you enter your own food, how can you make more than one serving size for it? Like I've seen foods in the system that will for instance say...Cookies...Serving 2 cookies...but you can also choose serving 1 cookie, or serving whole bag 10 cookies...etc.

So how can I do that?

WalkingGirl1985

One serving will say 1.0. You can change those numbers--like highlight over it, then delete and put in 2.0 or whatever. Does that help?

NeuroticVirgo

Like for instance look up Ranch Rice Cakes...it gives you 3 options under servings, but if I were to enter the information, it would only let me enter 1 option. (10 rice cakes = 1 serving) vs (10 rice cakes, 1 rice cake, and 1 bag)....if that makes sense.

WalkingGirl1985

Okay--I see that. 1 serving would equal to 10 rice cakes..so say if you had 20..put in 2.0. better?

OR..if you had 5 or 1/2 a serving, you can put in 0.5 or 2.5 rice cake 0.25...

NeuroticVirgo

Ya, that's what I do now....it just bugs me...I want it to SAY the different servings (this would be my neurotic kicking in lol).

Like for subway, I want to enter my foot long sub, but then be able to choose either foot long, or 6"...not have to put .5 of a foot long...if that makes sense. I'm just being picky...I saw it on other foods entered and I don't understand how to do it. /

But I'll have to survive with decimals lol.

halobender

This is how to do what you're asking:

Food > Database > (Search your food, ie, rice cakes) > Edit

Enter in the information (such as if the only option is choosing 10 rice cakes, change the serving information to fit the desired result) and then click "save".

So I just tried this and it didn't just add it to "My Foods," but also to the main database.

Lyadeia

This is how to do what you're asking:

Food > Database > (Search your food, ie, rice cakes) > Edit

Enter in the information (such as if the only option is choosing 10 rice cakes, change the serving information to fit the desired result) and then click "save".

So I just tried this and it didn't just add it to "My Foods," but also to the main database.

I will have to go do this now, cause it is really annoying how most of the chicken breasts, for example, are in 4 ounce servings or grams...and I typically eat 6 ounces or so, and have no idea how many grams that is without changing the settings on my scale.

meagalayne

Awesome! Thanks for the advice, Halo!

NeuroticVirgo

Woot! Thank you.

halobender

No problem; the more people who understand how to do this, the better this Web site is going to work for everyone Plus there's so often that I don' t like the servings for my foods. Hopefully others will be annoyed enough to edit things into a format I prefer. Haha!