How do you figure out pizza?

IslandDreamer64
IslandDreamer64 Posts: 258 Member
edited December 2024 in Food and Nutrition
I get thin crust pizza from a local (not chain) pizza place. I never eat the crust (the part you hold), and up to one inch of the pizza that's closest to the crust (no toppings there!)

So how the heck do I figure out the nutritional information for that???


Any and all ideas welcome!

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  • urloved33
    urloved33 Posts: 3,323 Member
    pizza is so chuck full of calories I have only eaten eat twice since I found out.
  • stephyj528
    stephyj528 Posts: 93 Member
    usually i try my best to compare it to a name/store brand bc theres lots of thin crust pizzas maybe next time youre at the store just guesstimate size and toppings and go from there. no matter what even if we count every little piece of what we eat cals are NEVER EXACT. good luck :)
  • beckajw
    beckajw Posts: 1,728 Member
    usually i try my best to compare it to a name/store brand bc theres lots of thin crust pizzas maybe next time youre at the store just guesstimate size and toppings and go from there. no matter what even if we count every little piece of what we eat cals are NEVER EXACT. good luck :)

    ^^ This is what I do too.

    Also, I would just count the calories for that small piece you aren't eating. However, many of the chain restaurants give the weight of the serving. So, you could weigh your piece, then weigh the remaining and calculate the calories based on that.
  • EnchantedEvening
    EnchantedEvening Posts: 671 Member
    I usually input everything separately and try to estimate as best as possible. Thin crust, mozzarella cheese, toppings, etc.
  • taiyola
    taiyola Posts: 964 Member
    I would just enter in a thin slice of whatever topping pizza you'd had, and then go by the slice and enter in like 0.75/0.8 of the slice for each slice you have...

    It's not going to be 100%, but just be a bit under for the day or the next day.
  • acpgee
    acpgee Posts: 8,015 Member
    Not an answer to your question but...

    Main variable in pizza calories is the amount of olive oil used. I've happily got a local pizzeria that seems to be rather stingy with the oil (as far as I can taste, at any rate). We also ask for half the regular amount of cheese.
  • wolfchild59
    wolfchild59 Posts: 2,608 Member
    Just use the equivalent size pizza and toppings from a chain restaurant that lists their nutritional info and then enter it as slightly less than a whole piece of that. Just because it's not a chain doesn't mean it's going to be any better for you than the chain places so just go ahead and use their info to give you a best guess kind of thing. :)
  • IslandDreamer64
    IslandDreamer64 Posts: 258 Member
    I'll just give it my best guess then! The only problem is that my whole day has been a "best guess" scenario.

    :laugh:
  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    I pick the closest pizza I can find from a place that is listed. And I wouldn't try and account for the 2 bites I didn't eat - that'll cover any calories you might be off in your estimations.
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