Hello from DUBAI

jackymenhennet

Hi There, I have now been online for about a week and my dilemma is what am I supposed to eat. I am having a breakfast - usually a cereal (oats, wheatabix or Special K with Soy Milk) then I eat only fruit till supper which so far has been soup - chicken soup and now minestrone. I have no idea how to count the calories in my food or how much peach there is in a cup so I'm probably messing up my Food pages.

Anyone who can help would be appreciated :-)
jacky x x x

brina116

Hello! Hope your day is going well. Logging in your food ahead of time will give you an idea of the calorie intake. You can also get a calorie book.

oddyogi

Definitely invest in a food scale and a few sets of measuring cups and spoons!

Jenlwb

And hello to you from Bahrain! Enjoying ramadan too?!?

The database is massive, if you don't have any measuring cups, they are easily available, or you can use a tea cup as a rough guess, or google a conversion. You might also find the fruit listed by weight, there usually lots of different options. If you make the soup yourself then use the 'my recipe' option to log all the ingredients, split it into how many portions you've made, and voila, you have the calories! Of course if you buy it the cals should hopefully be on the package, but in this part of the world you never know. Some of my listings is guesswork, finding something that looks similar!

Seajolly

Definitely invest in a food scale and a few sets of measuring cups and spoons!

Yes, get measuring cups and spoons to portion out your food. Then you'll know what you're getting.