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    If You're Going to Add Something to the Database ...

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    • Posts: 849 Member
      If you search "Lisa" there are countless "Lisa's Home made __ " That is what really bugs me. Why not just add it to their own inventory of recipes, and not the public data base. Someone should find this Lisa person, and tell her to knock it off.
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    • Posts: 216 Member
      If you search "Lisa" there are countless "Lisa's Home made __ " That is what really bugs me. Why not just add it to their own inventory of recipes, and not the public data base. Someone should find this Lisa person, and tell her to knock it off.

      Um...it's not me:)
    • Posts: 3,037 Member
      I share your frustration. An 6 oz ribeye steak for only 160 calories? Yeah, I think not. Also, it would be nice if people would NOT share their own personal recipes and if people would search for foods in different ways before adding it again. There are often numerous entries for the same product.

      I love the database and I love that we can add foods to it ; however, because of all the mistakes, redundancy, and personal recipes it is VERY frustrating to search through.
    • Posts: 1,517 Member
      Sometimes, I add entries with lower-than-accurate calorie counts, or edit existing entries to lower the calorie counts? Why? It helps me keep my intake below my goal, and feel better about myself. it also prevents my friends from getting on my back about going over my calorie goals.

      :angry:
      NOW it makes sense!
    • Posts: 172
      Dear recipe sharers:
      Instead of adding your recipe to the database as a food, perhaps you might consider adding it to the shared Recipe database as a recipe???
      Thanks!
    • Posts: 177 Member
      Aye Freaki'n men to that.
    • Posts: 3,037 Member
      I only enter calories if a food isn't already in the database as that's all I count. If other people are interested in the other values, they can enter it. If everyone contributes then it will all be there in the end. I do correct values when they are wrong. Yesterday I changed one that said 101 calories to 34 because that's what the packet said.

      If you are entering in a DATABASE that everyone uses then you should enter ALL the information. Otherwise, just use your own food and recipes entries. Also, were you careful that the packet you were comparing to was exactly the same product and the SAME SIZE?
    • Posts: 1,946 Member
      I agree with the original post. However, the devils advocate in me says that sometimes the entered data was correct (at the time) but was changed later by the manufacturer. I have noticed this to be the case on several occasions. For example Snickers recently lowered the number of calories in each candy bay (both regular and king size)
    • Posts: 172
      Sometimes, I add entries with lower-than-accurate calorie counts, or edit existing entries to lower the calorie counts? Why? It helps me keep my intake below my goal, and feel better about myself. it also prevents my friends from getting on my back about going over my calorie goals.
      If you felt the need to lie about your intake, couldn't you please just adjust your portion size instead???
    • Posts: 3,037 Member
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      I've done this, but because both my husband and I use the site and when I cook it's faster for him to log if it's in the database than for him to enter the recipe in as well.

      Please, find another way.
    • Posts: 1,237 Member
      Sometimes if its that there is actually incorrect info it might be that the product has actually changed. Bugs me more when people don't fill all of the nutritional info out. Fine if you don't care how much protein is in your food, but don't click to share with the database unless you have filled out all the info.
    • Posts: 806 Member
      Aww... so I guess my cookies can't have one calorie in it no matter how badly I wish they did.

      In all seriousness though, I hate it too. I want to know exactly what I'm eating, and I don't always have time to check to the labels. But I do have common sense... if something has bread in it I'm not expecting it to be 10 calories.

      I also agree that it's frustrating when people add "____'s stir fry"
    • Posts: 437 Member
      I agree any time I cant find what I'm eating and I do have all the info I put it in Cals, Carbos, Fiber ...
    • Posts: 1,894 Member
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      Thank you!! So glad I am not the only one with that issue!! Do you know how many times i've made something, then had to measure out 1/2 cup by 4 people, and if there's anything left over add a 1/8 of a cup etc etc to know what the measurement is if i were to theoretically serve X to 4 people? Most of the time I don't..which probably explains a lot lol!

      Unless you and your partner are both doing MPF then the only serving size you need to enter is how many servings your recipe would make if you were going to be the only one eating it. It doesn't matter how much your partner or your son or uncle Joe will eat. For example, when I make a meal and put it in my reciper builder, I look at the amount it makes and say a serve of that FOR ME would be, say, 1/6 or 1/8 or 1/10... so then I put in the serves section 6 or 8 or 10. It doesn' matter how many people it actually serves, just how many serves it would be FOR YOU.

      If you are entering a recipe straight from a book, it usually gives a serving size the recipe will make. Use that and stick to that when you are serving yourself.
    • Posts: 744 Member
      I agree totally and I think that the creators of the site should filter through at some point. There really doesn't need to be 20 different entries for the same product.

      And really, if it's wrong, please PLEASE just edit instead of adding it again.
    • Posts: 3,037 Member
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      I use the "RECIPE" function for that. Then, if I need to change an amount or add or subtract an ingredient, I can just modify the 'recipe' for that item. Seems a lot easier to me than trying to remember what you had in it when you created the entry.

      For those who are eating the same thing as friends or partners, I enter the recipe in mine and log it in my diary. My friends can look at my diary on the computer or in their app (on their iPod or iPhones) and just 'copy' my meal to their dairy. They don't have to enter the recipe separately at all.

      Thank you for being so kind and thoughtful in how you use the database. Now if we could all do that.... I never make anything the same way twice so I am always editing my recipes; it would be just stupid to put them in the database.
    • Posts: 1,237 Member
      Sometimes, I add entries with lower-than-accurate calorie counts, or edit existing entries to lower the calorie counts? Why? It helps me keep my intake below my goal, and feel better about myself. it also prevents my friends from getting on my back about going over my calorie goals.
      Please tell me this is a joke to wind people up? Because its the stupidest thing I have ever read.

      jlapey, with stuff like that I just measure how many ladlefuls there is, 1 ladle=1 serving. You could do the same with cups if you prefer.
    • Posts: 2,096 Member
      Sometimes, I add entries with lower-than-accurate calorie counts, or edit existing entries to lower the calorie counts? Why? It helps me keep my intake below my goal, and feel better about myself. it also prevents my friends from getting on my back about going over my calorie goals.

      You're the reason I'm getting fat......fcker!
    • Posts: 5,922 Member
      I think half the problem is foods having different values in different countries.
    • Posts: 10 Member
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      Please, find another way.

      I guess you could always add it in one account, and then friends can just add the total calorie count? I guess that's not helpful if you want to track protein and carbs as well, but there's one way around it??
    • Posts: 1,237 Member
      I think half the problem is foods having different values in different countries.
      I think this is partially the case to, I try look for things with the name of my country in them if possible.

      I am sick of peoples recipes to, there is a brand over here called Pams and when I search fro stuff I often get pams homemade recipes. One day I am going get angry and edit all the values for her haha
    • Posts: 58 Member
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      HAHAHA! I got a good laugh out of this. Totally off topic here, but I've seen your posts in a few threads and you remind me a lot of my older brother. You even look like him in your profile pic. This comment is exactly the kind of thing he would say...

      Regarding the original post, though, I don't use the public database at all. I have created my own personal database for everything I use...

      @NikkiSixxGuns...Your brother looks like a fruit pie? ;)
    • Posts: 849 Member
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      Please tell me this is a joke to wind people up? Because its the stupidest thing I have ever read.

      jlapey, with stuff like that I just measure how many ladlefuls there is, 1 ladle=1 serving. You could do the same with cups if you prefer.
      No need to be rude.
    • Posts: 1,237 Member
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      No need to be rude.
      Thanks for confirming that
    • Posts: 9,377 Member
      Is it bad that I'm more upset when people spell things incorrectly?

      I cried when I started to add something that had chocolate misspelled. CRIED! Also, I'm pretty sure a half cup of egg whites has more than 6 calories.
    • Posts: 9,377 Member
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      I guess you could always add it in one account, and then friends can just add the total calorie count? I guess that's not helpful if you want to track protein and carbs as well, but there's one way around it??

      You can copy your friends' meals from the app, the same way you would copy a meal from your own diary to today's. Only works if you have the app, though.
    • Posts: 9,377 Member
      Just realized you can copy your friends' meals from the website, too. Soooo, there you go.
    • Posts: 2,273 Member
      Sometimes, I add entries with lower-than-accurate calorie counts, or edit existing entries to lower the calorie counts? Why? It helps me keep my intake below my goal, and feel better about myself. it also prevents my friends from getting on my back about going over my calorie goals.
      I see what you did there.
    • Posts: 17 Member
      Since 90% of everything listed is wrong, I've given up using the database. I create a new food for everything I eat, using my name. BUT to prevent cluttering up the database, I do not check the box that says "Let other members use" or whatever it says. So only I can see it and no one gets annoyed.
    • Posts: 2,384 Member
      I hate going to add a something to my diary and all I see for the nutrients is n/a

      :noway:
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