Negative Food

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  • agthorn
    agthorn Posts: 1,844 Member
    No, I'm not talking about the "negative calorie food" bunk. Did you know that you can log negative QUANTITIES of food in your food log?

    So if, for example, you order a sandwich at a restaurant and you get it without cheese...you can log "-1 cheese slice" and it will subtract all the relevant calories, fat, carbs, protein, etc from your macros. You don't have to create a whole different entry in the database for "sandwich, no cheese"!

    OMG I'm so STUPID, I've been logging negative quick add calories and lamenting that it doesn't remove the macros (like when Idon't eat all of the bun on a burger) and it never even occured to me to log negative .5 hamburger buns. *bangs head on the desk*
    I've been on here for 8 months and it only occurred to me today to try this and see what happened! :smile:
  • rainunrefined
    rainunrefined Posts: 850 Member
    OP! You just won the MFP Nobel Prize.. just saying.
  • JaimeBrown5
    JaimeBrown5 Posts: 324
    What am I not understanding here?


    If I look up "Big Mac" and find that... and it adds the calories. It adds the whole beast for calories. Putting in negative amounts would negative out the portion I told it to deduct. To find the calories in the bun alone, for example, I would have to search "Big Mac bun" and add it as a negative 1.
  • KarmaxKitty
    KarmaxKitty Posts: 901 Member
    OP! You just won the MFP Nobel Prize.. just saying.

    AGREED
  • AnitaMcKenna
    AnitaMcKenna Posts: 77 Member
    :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou: :drinker: :drinker: :drinker:

    Well done you for figuring this out and many,many thanks for sharing!!!! :happy:
  • KimmehL
    KimmehL Posts: 373 Member
    Way cool tip--thanks for figuring that out!!:flowerforyou:
  • SavCal71
    SavCal71 Posts: 350 Member
    too. uber. cool.
  • mamagooskie
    mamagooskie Posts: 2,964 Member
    isn't it cool! I've done that before and its so handy!
  • sarah44254
    sarah44254 Posts: 3,078 Member
    OP! You just won the MFP Nobel Prize.. just saying.

    SO MUCH YES
  • anyonebutmehaha
    anyonebutmehaha Posts: 174
    oh cool beans. very helpful when i see something in database already that has all the ingredients i used... plus one extra. now i know how to fix. thank you!
  • Ali_TSO
    Ali_TSO Posts: 1,172 Member
    mind. blown.
    ME TOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • Reasie26
    Reasie26 Posts: 102 Member
    WAY helpful since I'm vegan and often order things off the menu "minus the cheese"!!!! THANKS!!!!!
  • Ambr
    Ambr Posts: 53 Member
    I had no idea about it, Thanks for sharing :)
  • agthorn
    agthorn Posts: 1,844 Member
    What am I not understanding here?


    If I look up "Big Mac" and find that... and it adds the calories. It adds the whole beast for calories. Putting in negative amounts would negative out the portion I told it to deduct. To find the calories in the bun alone, for example, I would have to search "Big Mac bun" and add it as a negative 1.
    You're not misunderstanding anything, that's exactly what you would do. You would have two lines in your meal log - one for 1 full big mac that has X amount of calories, fat, carbs and protein, and one for -1 bun that would subtract X amount of calories, fat, carbs and protein (a "big mac bun" might not be an exact entry in the database but you would certainly be able to find a comparable one). You enjoy your bunless burger and your macros are more or less perfectly recorded. Got your big mac without mayo? -1 serving of mayo. And so on. So you don't have a dozen entries in the database that are "big mac - no bun", "big mac - no cheese", "big mac - no mayo" etc. Just subtract whatever you left off.
  • bslic
    bslic Posts: 245 Member
    WOW you should win MFPer of the year for that!!! Brilliant idea!!!
  • Reasie26
    Reasie26 Posts: 102 Member
    Yeah, pretty sure that's right. Of course, "Big Mac Bun" may not be in the database. Probably more helpful for when you leave off a slice of cheese or mayo or something of that sort that would actually be in the database. I haven't checked though - it's possible that the bun is in there!!! If not, you could add it to the database, and then you (and everyone else) would have it in there to use!! :)
  • QueenStromba
    QueenStromba Posts: 57 Member
    I've been using this for a while to subtract the fibre from my carb total when I have to use a non UK entry for something (carbs on the nutritional info are net carbs here so mixing US and UK entries messes with your carb count). I just made an entry in the database where the only nutritional information is -1g of carbs and if I eat something with 7g of fibre that's a US entry I add 7 servings to that meal to give me the net carbs.
  • agthorn
    agthorn Posts: 1,844 Member
    WOW you should win MFPer of the year for that!!! Brilliant idea!!!
    Wow, MFPer of the year and it's only January 6th... :blushing:

    Thanks guys! Happy subtracting :bigsmile:
  • Ambr
    Ambr Posts: 53 Member
    I had no idea about it, Thanks for sharing :)
  • tuffytuffy1
    tuffytuffy1 Posts: 920 Member
    Absolutely BRILLIANT.
  • parys1
    parys1 Posts: 2,072 Member
    That is great! Thank you for sharing.
  • JaimeBrown5
    JaimeBrown5 Posts: 324
    Ohhhhhhh! I was thinking it was from within the entry itself, not as a separate entry! faaabulous!
  • thatsnumberwang
    thatsnumberwang Posts: 398 Member
    This is awesome. I just ate a bunch of cheese I didn't especially want from a Starbucks Bistro Box because I had logged it anyway. Hooray for clever discoveries!
  • MrsGreenTea703
    MrsGreenTea703 Posts: 300 Member
    SCORE! I love learning new things!
  • jules1984
    jules1984 Posts: 439 Member
    Negative Food is the BEST THING EVER!!! I can't believe I just figured this out! I am dairy free and every time I eat out or cook I leave out the cheese. I hated piecing together things like papa murphey's pizza or any entree anywhere. Now all I have to do is add the food and subtract the cheese!

    YAAAAAY!!!
  • kimmymayhall
    kimmymayhall Posts: 419 Member
    Thank you for reviving this post becuase I had no idea you could do this.
    It's coming up to the end of 2012 and I still think agthorn is the MFPer of the Year!
  • Slove009
    Slove009 Posts: 364 Member
    :noway: That is awesome! Thank you!
  • agthorn
    agthorn Posts: 1,844 Member
    Thank you for reviving this post becuase I had no idea you could do this.
    It's coming up to the end of 2012 and I still think agthorn is the MFPer of the Year!
    Well, thanks! I hope there's like a crown or something.
  • bluedevil005
    bluedevil005 Posts: 59 Member
    That's so good to know! Thanks for sharing... I've totally been annoyed by trying to re-enter a food without a few ingredients.
  • vlleonardi29
    vlleonardi29 Posts: 11
    Thank you for reviving this post becuase I had no idea you could do this.
    It's coming up to the end of 2012 and I still think agthorn is the MFPer of the Year!

    ^^^^^This!
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