Restaurant Food

Barelmy
Barelmy Posts: 590 Member
edited September 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
How do you guys generally go about logging calories from restaurants? I'm a vegan, so it's harder to find the calories for generic portions of whatever I've had. Any tips?

I'm wondering about something specific, so if anyone's brilliant about guessing calorie content from vague descriptions, I can give you that info.

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  • NightOwl1
    NightOwl1 Posts: 881 Member
    If I can't find any nutritional information online, I log a similar item from a chain restaurant to try to get an approximate calorie count. If I can't find a similar item, I would try to log just the generic items that make up the meal, but understand that it may be higher because of what they choose to cook the food in.
  • SKismet
    SKismet Posts: 137
    Did you try searching online for the nutritional info of the restaurant's menu? I know not all are available, but it's a start!
  • Barelmy
    Barelmy Posts: 590 Member
    I did. It was the <a href="http://www.thewarehousecafe.com/menus.html">Warehouse Cafe</a> in Birmingham, and the nutritional information doesn't seem to be available.
  • kelligonzales
    kelligonzales Posts: 391
    Calorieking.com has a lot of information.
  • jen0619
    jen0619 Posts: 414
    Random and off topic but I just went to a completely vegan restaurant the other day and the food was to die for!
  • LuckyLeprechaun
    LuckyLeprechaun Posts: 6,296 Member
    LOL when I tried a vegan restaurant I was RAVING! It was delicious! It's called the Cafe Gratitude, and it is divine. I could not follow such a regimented eating plan always, but that experience sure opened my eyes that vegan does not equal boring or dull!
  • taletreader
    taletreader Posts: 377 Member
    I do what nightowl1 does as well - while eating, I estimate sizes/weight of the main components as well as approximate calories. I'm aware there's a large margin of error, especially about hidden oils and fats.

    You can look at my food journal of Jan 7, when I did exactly that -- my work department went to a vegetarian restaurant. I had a lentil soup (noting that it was very lean), eggplant cutlets with a small pat of dauphinoise potatoes, an espresso with a single sugar, and a spoonful of a colleague's crème brulée. (Also, before that we got pizza brought in and a glass of champagne. It was a hard-to-log day, but I was making sure I got exercise in, ate small portions, and tried my best to estimate.)

    (BTW, I'm a total meat eater, but eating out at vegetarian or even vegan restaurants is lovely. I also have a vegetarian friend who's an excellent cook... mhhh,)
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