What to do when you dont know how many calories a meal was?

fitnessfortash
fitnessfortash Posts: 44
in Food and Nutrition
I went out to a restaurant and I got a meal (sausage, mash & peas) but I dont know the calorie content which is really annoying me.
The meal sounds very high in calories so i dont know what to do ahhh
I cant ask the chef because I wont be going back so what should I do? (In terms of adding what I ate to my food diary too)

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  • JenMc14
    JenMc14 Posts: 2,389 Member
    Search the food bank or Google for a restaurant (or entry) that has a similar meals. Can you guesstimate the portion? Try adding each element individually, so something like 1 link sausage, .5 cups peas, 1 cup mash, etc.
  • neandermagnon
    neandermagnon Posts: 7,436 Member
    if it's a one off that's not likely to be repeated anytime soon, I'd just go right back to your usual eating plan, and for today, eat when you get hungry, and eat a normal healthy meal. Track what you can and make a note in the notes section that you also ate this high calorie meal.

    if it's something that'll happen regularly, find out the calorie content of meals from your usual restaurants, and log what you eat there, and stay within your calories for the day.
  • Shadowknight137
    Shadowknight137 Posts: 1,243 Member
    Estimate.
  • ZyheeMoongazer
    ZyheeMoongazer Posts: 343 Member
    I normally just guess. Most restaurants use a lot of butter, oil and full fat dairy, so I will pick something from the database that is higher in fat.
  • fitnessfortash
    fitnessfortash Posts: 44
    Ahh okay thanks for the help guys :)

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