Negative Food

agthorn
agthorn Posts: 1,844 Member
edited October 7 in Food and Nutrition
No, I'm not talking about the "negative calorie food" bunk. Did you know that you can log negative QUANTITIES of food in your food log?

So if, for example, you order a sandwich at a restaurant and you get it without cheese...you can log "-1 cheese slice" and it will subtract all the relevant calories, fat, carbs, protein, etc from your macros. You don't have to create a whole different entry in the database for "sandwich, no cheese"!
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  • caveats
    caveats Posts: 493 Member
    :heart: you, agthorn. That's an awesome discovery. I've often wondered why you couldn't just add a main food item and subtract for the holds -- seems so logical, yeah? Now we know how! Thanks!!! :drinker:
  • VAMommyAgain
    VAMommyAgain Posts: 400 Member
    How?
  • Mollydolly10
    Mollydolly10 Posts: 431 Member
    I had no idea, never even thought of it! AWESOME!
  • rockerbabyy
    rockerbabyy Posts: 2,258 Member
    i had no idea! but its very good to know :D
  • agthorn
    agthorn Posts: 1,844 Member
    When it asks you for the quantity (servings) it will let you put a negative number.
  • sexforjaffacakes
    sexforjaffacakes Posts: 1,001 Member
    mind. blown.
  • _SusieQ_
    _SusieQ_ Posts: 2,964 Member
    That is a nice discovery. Thanks for sharing.
  • Kimsied
    Kimsied Posts: 223 Member
    Thanks! That is a helpful idea.
  • LeenaRuns
    LeenaRuns Posts: 1,309 Member
    This is awesome!!!! I had no idea, thank you!
  • katiejneely
    katiejneely Posts: 52
    Very cool, thanks for sharing!
  • lemonadem
    lemonadem Posts: 398 Member
    Didn't know that, thank you!
  • nighthawk327
    nighthawk327 Posts: 79
    This is great, thanks for sharing!!
  • KimberlyWIOG
    KimberlyWIOG Posts: 36
    That's so helpful! Thank you!
  • hausofnichele
    hausofnichele Posts: 531 Member
    whaaat! THANK YOU for sharing!!!
  • ElizabethRoad
    ElizabethRoad Posts: 5,138 Member
    Brilliant!
  • GeoJenna223
    GeoJenna223 Posts: 68 Member
    Bump. Coolest thing ever. you can even do it for your own recipes after they are saved.
  • LATeagno
    LATeagno Posts: 620 Member
    Can i use this when I have the stomach flu?

    Like... log a sandwich, then when i puke it up, log negative one sandwich? lol
  • JeSuisPrest
    JeSuisPrest Posts: 2,005 Member
    Awesome....thanks for sharing!
  • Faye_Anderson
    Faye_Anderson Posts: 1,495 Member
    Can i use this when I have the stomach flu?

    Like... log a sandwich, then when i puke it up, log negative one sandwich? lol


    Or log a visit to the bathroom :laugh:
  • court182
    court182 Posts: 307
    Good to know...thank you!
  • TeresaC79
    TeresaC79 Posts: 316 Member
    I'm confused how that works. How does it know which ingredient to delete
  • SusanneWhittington
    SusanneWhittington Posts: 339 Member
    awesome, thanks for sharing!
  • agthorn
    agthorn Posts: 1,844 Member
    I'm confused how that works. How does it know which ingredient to delete
    You enter whatever ingredient you left out in your food log as a negative quantity.
  • agthorn
    agthorn Posts: 1,844 Member
    Can i use this when I have the stomach flu?

    Like... log a sandwich, then when i puke it up, log negative one sandwich? lol
    I think at that point I'd probably just delete the whole sandwich? :smile:
  • armaretta
    armaretta Posts: 851 Member
    this discovery might have changed my life!
  • MaryAnn678
    MaryAnn678 Posts: 182 Member
    Through the quick add calories, on the computer, add the negative (-70) for the no cheese on an item. On phone it's under the Quick add button when you look up the food item put in the negative amount.
  • agthorn
    agthorn Posts: 1,844 Member
    Through the quick add calories, on the computer, add the negative (-70) for the no cheese on an item. On phone it's under the Quick add button when you look up the food item put in the negative amount.
    You can do a negative "quick add calories" but it will only change the calories and not the macros. It would still have the carbs/protein/fat etc as if you had eaten the cheese. Some people track their macros more closely. (also, even if you don't care that much about macros - unless you've looked it up before, it takes longer to look up a food ingredient to see how many calories it is, go back to the screen that has the "quick add" selection on it, and enter the calorie number you just looked up).
  • CindyBailey1991
    CindyBailey1991 Posts: 1 Member
    Bump
  • Marig0ld
    Marig0ld Posts: 671 Member
    OMG I was just thinking about how I could log a sandwich without the bun...and stumbled upon this post! THANK YOU!!! :-D
  • tameko2
    tameko2 Posts: 31,634 Member
    No, I'm not talking about the "negative calorie food" bunk. Did you know that you can log negative QUANTITIES of food in your food log?

    So if, for example, you order a sandwich at a restaurant and you get it without cheese...you can log "-1 cheese slice" and it will subtract all the relevant calories, fat, carbs, protein, etc from your macros. You don't have to create a whole different entry in the database for "sandwich, no cheese"!

    OMG I'm so STUPID, I've been logging negative quick add calories and lamenting that it doesn't remove the macros (like when Idon't eat all of the bun on a burger) and it never even occured to me to log negative .5 hamburger buns. *bangs head on the desk*
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