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What are "quick added calories"

healthyliving4mee
healthyliving4mee Posts: 63
edited December 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
? ? ? Have seen this on peoples diet logs!

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  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,462 Member
    On your Food Diary, in the first meal, click "Tools" you'll see "Quick add calories" - it's just that...for when you are guessing, or trying to save time, etc.
  • michellematteson
    michellematteson Posts: 134
    If there is a food in which you know the calories but none of the other nutritional info, you can add the calories to make sure you are under your goals without adding a new entry to the database. For example, I e-mailed a wine company to see if they had the nutritional info of their wine. They said they only have the calories, not carbs, fat or protein. I generally just add the calories then when I drink that wine. Doing it once and awhile is ok, but if you are not watching the other stuff in your diet it can spell trouble in my opinion.
  • Anna800
    Anna800 Posts: 639 Member
    Today we had cookies in my office. I tore off a tiny piece of one. So I use quick calories to log it as 20 cal.

    Other people may use it to hide eating at McDonalds.
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