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Cheat food calories

Sycoholic
Sycoholic Posts: 282 Member
edited January 23 in Food and Nutrition
Has anybody else noticed that quite a few "cheat foods" seem a bit low on the calories on MFP? Is it possible that the calorie amount went up for so many of these foods or that people are misreporting them on purpose?

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  • avababy05
    avababy05 Posts: 930 Member
    I don't really trust the database so I tend to eat under.

    Sometimes I check a couple different sources
  • sting5
    sting5 Posts: 408
    I also check a couple of different online sources to check calories....Or I just pick the one that has the least calories...just kidding!
  • BeachIron
    BeachIron Posts: 6,490 Member
    If you mean by "cheat food" pretty much every damn food in the database, then yes. I found sirloin steak listed the other day listed at 15 calories an ounce.
  • alward215
    alward215 Posts: 8 Member
    I use the barcode scanner on with the mfp app on my phone, in hopes that the figures are correct. Although I am not the greatest at measuring out my servings.
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