Explain to me what I put in for meal size

gustergirl

I made a chicken mango salad. I went in and added all the ingredients to my lunch portion then remembered that meal. I estimate that it makes six cups total. So would I divide 100 by 6 which would be 16 so then I would put in .16 for my lunch??? I feel so silly but I really want to accurately put in what I am eating!! Thanks alot!

gustergirl

I made a chicken mango salad. I went in and added all the ingredients to my lunch portion then remembered that meal. I estimate that it makes six cups total. So would I divide 100 by 6 which would be 16 so then I would put in .16 for my lunch??? I feel so silly but I really want to accurately put in what I am eating!! Thanks alot!

MyaPapaya75

Correct divide it out .....I do the same thing dont feel silly ...your just taking control of your portions...when we slip up with that ...thats when we fall back into bad habits..good luck:drinker:

aprilvet

The whole salad, 6 servings, only had 100 cals??? There's a great website that I use to figure the calories in my homemade meals: http://caloriecount.about.com/
You go under Foods, select new recipe in the drop-down. You can then enter all of the ingredients and get the total calories, or cals per serving, depending on how you enter it. Good Luck!

gustergirl

The salad had black beans, mango, chicken, corn, cilantro and lime juice. Not much to it

12by311

Before you divided it into servings, it had 100 calories total?

SHBoss1673

The salad had black beans, mango, chicken, corn, cilantro and lime juice. Not much to it

yeah, anything with black beans and mango, ain't gonna be 100 cals for 6 servings unless there is only like 1 bean per serving.