Salad calories

ameliab193
ameliab193 Posts: 3
in Food and Nutrition
So I've been guestimating my salads seeing as MFP doesn't have my specific type - how many calories would you say are in the following salad?
Iceberg lettuce; cucumber; celery; red pepper; carrot

Have it as a side to most meals (no dressing! ruins it) and add turkey to it for my lunch (2ish slices).

SO what do you think?

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  • drop_it_like_a_squat
    drop_it_like_a_squat Posts: 377 Member
    There's no way to tell you how many calories this has since your not stating any information about how much of each ingridient you use.
  • ameliab193
    ameliab193 Posts: 3
    All I know is for lunch I have about 3 cups, evenly distributed, sorry :(
  • sozisraw
    sozisraw Posts: 418 Member
    100 cals would cover it easy without dressing , its very hard to eat over 100 cals of those ingredients, I eat a lot of raw vegan and am
    always logging salad items. :)

    Turkey just look up.

    Get electronic scales that zero with a bowl put on and weigh it all. Every item is on mfp log that you state.
  • SteelySunshine
    SteelySunshine Posts: 1,092 Member
    130 if the servings of turkey are decent proportions, less if it's really thin turkey slices.
  • obsidianwings
    obsidianwings Posts: 1,237 Member
    Why don't you just log each ingredient, or create a salad recipe with the ingredients and amounts you use.
  • Lobster1987
    Lobster1987 Posts: 492 Member
    Log each ingredient separately and save it as a meal. Easy peasy. And that's low calorie. I hope that fills you up. I would need to eat a ton of those ingredients to fill me up!
  • Joehenny
    Joehenny Posts: 1,222 Member
    BUY A FOOD SCALE
  • _Zardoz_
    _Zardoz_ Posts: 3,987 Member
    Weigh each ingredient and then log them. Guestimating will always be wrong.
  • drop_it_like_a_squat
    drop_it_like_a_squat Posts: 377 Member
    BUY A FOOD SCALE

    Only way to truly know how many calories you eat.
  • Xiaolongbao
    Xiaolongbao Posts: 854 Member
    Why don't you just log each ingredient, or create a salad recipe with the ingredients and amounts you use.

    This.
  • knkmfp
    knkmfp Posts: 295 Member
    I don't bother logging calories for lettuce and cucumber. Pepper, carrots and celery I would enter per piece (ie 1/2 carrot, stick of celery).
  • 3laine75
    3laine75 Posts: 3,069 Member
    i have entered, seperately, everything i have in my salad and saved it as a meal. i was surprised at the difference between a generic MFP salad - around 30 cals and mine - 117 cals. once you've entered it all once, its easy enough to just go into 'my meals' and click on 'my salad' and at least you know your getting something accurate.
  • IbiH
    IbiH Posts: 250 Member
    There is a the following option which I use 'Generic - Garden salad with tomatoes,cucumber, and iceberg lettuce' approx 33 cals a cup, then I add other items that I include too, such as olives and onions. It's worked for me for over 16 months.

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