MFP Calorie Counter

shanolap
shanolap Posts: 1,204 Member
edited September 20 in Food and Nutrition
I just discovered that you could negatively count calories in MFP. I want to make a recipe but omit the EVOO. I entered the EVOO as -.05 TBS (per serving) and it deducted 60 calories and 7g of fat. That rocks!!!! It will make it so easy to swap ingredients !!!

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  • sweetrevenge
    sweetrevenge Posts: 188
    I don't understand but I want to. What do you mean?
  • nursee67
    nursee67 Posts: 503
    Hmmmm...good to know!
  • StarryEyedGirl
    StarryEyedGirl Posts: 585
    I am not understanding it either. can you explain what you did?
  • LongMom
    LongMom Posts: 408 Member
    Neat!

    What she's saying is, if you have a recipe and it calls for Oilve Oil, but you don't add it, you can put an entry into MFP for NEGATIVE the item you're eliminating.

    So if the recipe calls for 0.5 tbsp's of EVOO, you can put -0.5 tbsp EVOO into your diary and it will subtract the calories from your diary :)
  • shanolap
    shanolap Posts: 1,204 Member
    Thanks LongMom for explaining it for me! I love cheese and this will allow me to easily calculate the difference betweeen whole fat cheese and low fat cheese without having to calculate the whole recipe.

    It really takes MFP to a whole new level of cool!
  • SnuggleBunny
    SnuggleBunny Posts: 55
    Wow! That's awesome. I will definately be doing that from now on. Thanks!
  • tutujoli
    tutujoli Posts: 104 Member
    Yep! I use it on special days (Birthday, christmas, etc) to give myself a small "celebration" allowance. If you type in "Holiday Allowance" in the food database, it will give you 300 extra calories for the day. ;) It keeps me honest when i have a "treat" day.
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