food logging

shakybabe

I had 50g of egg mayo on my toast so started a new food called 50g egg mayo... the serving size of course was 50g, but it won't accept it, it wants me to write half a cup cooked or something?.. no idea how to do fractions on my mac keyboard anyway and it wasn't half a cup cooked!

Why can't I add the exact weight I used?

End up having to use quick cals but then when go back to food logs later I can't remember what food they were when I had to to use this.

I had the same problem yesterday trying to add something.. a banana i had i knew was exactly 105 cals.. when I put bananas in search it was giving me higher cals.. tried to make one of my own it wouldn't cos they were already listed.

Whats point in having a custom item if you can't add your own weight or descriptions?

KellysDiet78

I've experienced this before too.. its a pain in the ar8se !!
How many calories was in the 50g of egg mayo and i will try entering it from here ?

sgha

Okay, I hope I can explain this okay. When I need only 1/3 of a cup of something and the serving size only has the option of a cup, in the serving box next to it, I will put in .30 of a serving. I think you will need to find out how much 50g equals to a a half cup. Just measure out 50g. and put it in a 1/4 measuring cup, or whichever cup it goes in best. Or, I use Ask.com a lot. I d ask " How many grams are in a 1/2 cup?", and take it from there. I sure hope this answer isn't too confusing. Good luck.

KellysDiet78

Hi, just so you both know .. you dont need to put a cup size.. I have just added this for you ... if you search under the food database and type "egg mayo (50g)" it will come up.. I didnt know how many calories to put, so I just added 150 as a test.. and its working..
If you let me know how many calories etc I will go in and edit the other details..
Hope this has helped :-)

sgha

Thanks for the info, KellysDiet78. That's exactly why this site works. Everyone helps each other.

KellysDiet78

sgha.. it certainly does :-)
I only know because i've experienced it before and had to play about to get it to show what I wanted ...
great pic by the way...

KellysDiet78

sgha.. it certainly does :-)
I only know because i've experienced it before and had to play about to get it to show what I wanted ...
great pic by the way...

sandislim

The serving size is to help you measure in 'portions' so what ever portion that is you type in. It doesn't have to be a cup it could be anything. So if 50g of egg mayo is approx 2 tablespoons - then put 2 tablespoons in the serving size. If you have 50g of biscuits and that equals 2 biscuits you type 2 biscuits in the serving size and if you have 100g of blueberries and that equals 1 cup then you put 1 cup in the serving size. Similarly if you bake something and it weighs 400g but you only want to count half of that towards a serving size you type in 1/2 portion, or 1 portion if there is 2 portions in the whole thing.

shakybabe

hi

It worked out as 117 cals

Thanks