Cheeseburger confusion please help

science24

Yes, i have eaten a cheeseburger from a local rest and it is not a ptty but actual ground beef with a slice of cheese and seseme seed bun, I do not know how to add it. I looked up applebee burgers(not applebees btw) and it was 700 calories I do not see how this burger can be 700 calories when it just had ground beef, meat ,cheese and bun....Can anyone help me figure this out I do not know what to put

Raynne413

I hate to say it, but for a restaurant Cheeseburger, that is probably accurate, maybe even a little on the light side.

GBrady43068

Depending on the size of said burger, how lean it was, what type of cheese was on there, how dense the bun was and the condiments added to it..yeah, it's entirely possible it was 700 calories.

Doesn't mean I'll stop eating cheeseburgers but a lot of the time, I find I have to "budget" to make them fit my calorie allotment that day.

ValGogo

sounds about right....The bun alone is almost 200, ok, maybe 150. The cheese is prob an easy 150 because it's not going to be a light slice or a Kraft slice but a couple slices of cut cheese, so that's 300 already and the meat is probably 250-300. Then you fry it on a greasy griddle, unless it's flame broiled. OK, maybe 600 calories.

Francl27

Bun 150
Cheese - one slice is typically 110-120 calories
Beef - typically it's 80% beef I think, and then it depends on the size of the patty... 4oz for a smaller burger... most restaurants use 6oz patties I believe... so 300/500 calories just for the beef.

There you have your 800 calories, without counting condiments and sauce.

science24

I cant figure out what to put down, Like what cheeseburger should I use because its a local restaraunt

eimaj5575

Just put 850-900 to be safe and call it a day. Its just one meal. Over estimate and move on.

Raynne413

I cant figure out what to put down, Like what cheeseburger should I use because its a local restaraunt

Just use something comparable, like a plain Cheeseburger from Chili's, or Applebee's, or Red Robin, or IHop. There are a ton of places to choose from. Unless it was a specialty burger, it shouldn't be too different from those places.

science24

It was a plain cheeseburger with nothing on it but cheese, supposadly grilled , but I worry about the sodium and sugar and etc to thats why I dont know what to put down

AllOutof_Bubblegum

Sounds pretty accurate to me. When I make cheeseburgers at home, using the leanest beef I can buy and only exactly 1 oz of cheese, it works out to about 600+ calories. 700 cals for a restaurant burger is very probable, if not underestimated.

StacyReneO

That sounds about right, maybe a little light actually (it's probably more like 800-900k). You are looking at 200-300 alone for the bun, 100 for cheese and you are looking at probably at least 1/3 lb.s ground beef used in the burger (about 300k for and 80% lean burger) and another 70-90k for whatever they use to bind the meat (sometimes eggs and breadcrumbs).

randomtai

This cheeseburger is missing bacon... I can see where the confusion comes into play.

flatlndr

This cheeseburger is missing bacon... I can see where the confusion comes into play.

^^^ You're hired as my personal meal planner!!!

999tigger

I would just enjoy it first.

Just add the components or just add a burger from a similar restaurant.

Gonna make some of these at the weekend.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/ricotta_beefburger_25500

gypsy_spirit

It was a plain cheeseburger with nothing on it but cheese, supposadly grilled , but I worry about the sodium and sugar and etc to thats why I dont know what to put down

One meal. One day. If you're off by a few calories - you just are. Sometimes we have to estimate things. There is no other solution and no one on MFP will be able to tell you exactly how many calories you ate. Chalk it up and move on. You really are overthinking this.

ChildrenCryinNCoffee

Just because they list it on the menu as 100% Beef or Angus, doesn't mean it always is. Some places add filler to make the burger patty larger and heavier, to avoid too much shrinking while cooking. Also, you don't know the lean count of the meat. Also, you don't know the exact seasonings used, nor the sodium content. Nor the ounce weight of the cheese. Was is a white sesame bun? wheat? sourdough? pretzel? Different dough=different amount of calories, fat and sodium.

Anyways, point being, it's definitely at the higher end of the caloric scale, 700+.

EmotionalEater84

Good GAWD! If you're worried about it that much you shouldn't have EATEN the damn thing .. sorry, truth hurts.

F00LofaT00K

Just put 850-900 to be safe and call it a day. Its just one meal. Over estimate and move on.

When I eat at a local place without nutrition info available, I do this. Don't make things too difficult.

akoivisto

When it doubt, over compensate for what you've think you may have eaten if you cannot accurately weight it. ^Like what they said. Bam.

EG: I had a burger at a local greasy spoon? I assume the worst.

giggitygoo

I would estimate close to 650 for a "grilled" burger with cheese only from a restaurant.

I can easily make a turkey sandwich at home that's 500. Toppings, bread and cheese add up fast.

HeidiCooksSupper

Coincidently, we're having homemade cheeseburgers on homemade rolls tonight so I just entered it:

4 oz. 80/20 beef: 290
1 oz. cheddar: 110
1 roll: 234

That's 634 for a relatively lean and puny cheeseburger with nothing on it yet.

kender54

I would log each individual item of the burger instead of trying to log a different restaurant's burger. Log a bun (the kind you think it was), the cheese (the kinda and how large a serving you think that was), and the burger.

999tigger

Bet youll get fillet o fish next time....

science24

So wanting to have it down correct is an issue for you? Maybe you should of kept your comment out of the thread since obviously I did not ask you if I should have ate it, I asked for help trying to get it as close as i possibly could to the right content.


Everyone else thank you very much for your help

science24

lol Bet I will make ti at home the next time

djc315

Estimate how much of each thing there was and add each ingredient on its own. how big was the patty? probably 5oz if it was a restaurant. so, add 5oz ground beef (about 350 calories would be my guess). it was on a sesame bun? search sesame bun and add that (i would guess about 250 calories there). what kind of cheese? i would search that cheese and add 2oz of it. (probably about 200 calories)

I would guess the 700 calories is a little low, but it isn't that big of a deal. My estimates when I break down a cheeseburger from a local restaurant is almost always about 800-1000 calories, I just try to eyeball each ingredient and add them on their own instead of trying to find a one size fits all meal in the MFP lists.

science24

Thank you, yeah the calories didnt worry me to bad as I usually have a good 5 hundred to spare, the sodium worried me a bit lol but it says its around 9 hundred so I figured that sounds about right. or I hope it does anyways lol

billr9mm

Isn't MFP awesome? It really does raise awareness. You don’t think anything can possibly contain that many calories when in fact it does. Like one of the other posters said just pick a comparable burger from within the MFP database. It does not have to be an exact match, it rarely is. When you first start tracking (especially restaurant food) it’s an eye opening experience. If you are worried about how many calories and sodium you just consumed chock it up to a learning experience and move on.

Raynne413

I'd say 900mg for sodium sounds a bit light. Unfortunately, that's the WORST thing about eating out. Just drink lots of water, and you'll be fine. Vitamin C also works as a mild diuretic, so that might help too.

science24

Yeah bro it is crazy how I see food now, Like I used to eat a bag of chips a night for snack and after looking them up i realized the bag of chips themselves was over my daily allowance for everything, So everything else I ate was adding to the fat lol Very eye opening.

Raynne413

Yeah bro it is crazy how I see food now, Like I used to eat a bag of chips a night for snack and after looking them up i realized the bag of chips themselves was over my daily allowance for everything, So everything else I ate was adding to the fat lol Very eye opening.

I really think one reason for Americans being so heavy is a lack of education about nutrition. I had no idea until I first started counting calories that one of my "meals" at times would be more than I needed to eat in a day. I wish nutrition was a required course in schools.