Use Subtraction

spikku

Hmm, so I had a Spicy Chicken Sandwich from Wendy's today, but without mayo...

There are a couple versions of this sandwich created by members in the database, but none that matched what I had (missing sodium, 1/2 bun, stuff like that).

So, just to try, I created a food entry called:

Wendy's - Subtract Mayonnaise

It *Subtracts* 1 mayo serving from Wendy's. It actually works great, and can be used for any Wendy's sandwich with mayo

That way I'm not making a new food entry for everything I get without mayo!!!

Just sharing the knowledge. Maybe everyone knew about this already, I just think it's very useful.

spikku

Hmm, so I had a Spicy Chicken Sandwich from Wendy's today, but without mayo...

There are a couple versions of this sandwich created by members in the database, but none that matched what I had (missing sodium, 1/2 bun, stuff like that).

So, just to try, I created a food entry called:

Wendy's - Subtract Mayonnaise

It *Subtracts* 1 mayo serving from Wendy's. It actually works great, and can be used for any Wendy's sandwich with mayo

That way I'm not making a new food entry for everything I get without mayo!!!

Just sharing the knowledge. Maybe everyone knew about this already, I just think it's very useful.

LeelaStar

That's AWESOME!! I never thought of doing it that way. Thanks for sharing! :happy:

shorerider

Pretty cool to think of that! Thanks!

Phoenix_Rising

now that's using your noggin!:drinker:

spikku

I didn't think putting negative values in the nutrition info would actually work... but it did! I hope the myfitnesspal.com programmers don't change it! :P

Phoenix_Rising

Eh, a good possibilty they came back and went, "Hey, I didnt' know that would work. Cool! I mean, wait, of course I knew that...."

2day4ever

What a great idea! I have had this same issue with restaurant meals and I never thought of calculating this way. Thanks!!!!