watermelon red

Jennyprano

I have just had a slice of watermelon, 53g to be exact.
Ive just put it on food diary as 1 cup, and it came up 46 cals ??

is that correct, I was expecting it to be about 1 cal ?? : $

xarge

Why don't you put it in grams? Choose the 100g serving and put 0.56 to the box. 53 grams of watermelon is around 16 calories.

Jennyprano

Thank you, I am new so help is appreciated xxx I thought it seemed a lot

xarge

Thank you, I am new so help is appreciated xxx I thought it seemed a lot

It seems like you already have a scale and that's the best investment I find it easier and more accurate to stick to grams when it comes to logging food especially with fruits and vegetables. 1 cup of chopped carrots visually makes less sense to me than 128 grams of carrots (two medium sized~). Same goes for measuring with spoons. I'm used to cups and spoons more in baking, I guess. It doesn't matter too much as long as you are in an error margin of 5-10 calories (which is true for vegetables or fruits) but estimations can be really deceiving with calorie dense foods like oils or nut butters etc.