Check the nutrition!

korgscrew

Was looking through my diary and found that on a few days i had gone over on Carbs by about 400 or so!!

Then i looked more closer and found that the 150g chicken breast i had been putting in had....wait for it!!

564g of Carbs!! Thats imposible seeing as the chicken only weighs 150g!!!

So, now ive added my own chicken breast info from the packet and it has 0g of carbs :-)

Just a word of warning! XD

Danny

BigBoneSista

I verify all of mine with the packaging. Especially since companies tend to change their nutrition values and somethings differ from the States & Europe. I've gotten into the habit of not just trusting the confirmations the items get in the databases.

ItsTerriC

I've found that to be an issue too. You really have to watch which entries you choose for your diary. It would be so much easier if members who add foods to the database would be super cautious about their facts.

jadejavu

Thanks for the heads up, Danny. I've also spotted a few errors in some of the foods listed in the database and ever since then, I've been googling and double checking my intake to be as accurate as possible.

One thing I didn't realize at first is that most of the foods listed in the database are by other 'myfitnesspal' members so it could be a hit or miss.

A good tip, especially if you eat out a lot like me, is to check the website of the restaurant before you go out. Most of them tell you what the calorie count is for their meals.

I hope this helps out my other fitness pals trying to lose weight.

Thanks.

bmontgomery87

Good tip.

I've added a few meals before, and wondered why my protein was too low for the day. Went back and checked the nutritional facts, it had 0s for everything. Just had the calories listed.

fitterpam

I aways double check and then confirm it. Not only does it let people know that more than one person has agreed with it, but it also puts it to the top of my list when I'm looking for it again (and it removes the * so I know I've already verified it). When taking something new out of the list, I tend to check the ones with the most confirmations first. Plus, as someone already stated, the values of processed food differ from country to country, state to state. I know corn flakes, for example, has the highest sodium values in Canada - there was a newspaper article a few years ago.