Recording accurate proportions in adding food

Brenda61Carroll
Brenda61Carroll Posts: 1
edited February 9 in Introduce Yourself
In order to keep an accurate or true recording of the amount of calories, carbs, fat, sugar and protein you intake on any one food item, why are the options limited in serving size/amount? I can do the math but there's no way to actually enter the correct amounts in my daily recordings to know whether or not Ii am staying within my recommended levels of each category mentioned above.

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  • ingraha
    ingraha Posts: 99 Member
    I have found that I have to search for foods that can be measured in Grams. Then, I just weigh it.
  • geekyjock76
    geekyjock76 Posts: 2,720 Member
    Yep. Use a digital food scale and weigh all your food - even the packaged stuff since actual size varies from the labels.
  • jaxxie
    jaxxie Posts: 576 Member
    Digital Scale to measure everything that goes into your mouth and if you can't find what you are looking for you can create your own Diary Entry to reflect the accurate measurements. If you use your phone to scan a food, it will also automatically record the amount/serving size. I hope that helps.
  • RachyLovesRattys
    RachyLovesRattys Posts: 143 Member
    Digital scale absolutely (especially for odd things like peanut butter, oatmeal, cream cheese tubs...etc.

    As a bonus i'll add that I purchased mine at Bed Bath and Beyond with one of those 20% coupons you get in the mail for only $15. It's definitely not a fancy model (it's the Biggest Loser scale) but it gets the job done on the cheap :)
  • D_squareG
    D_squareG Posts: 361 Member
    I got my food scale from Amazon for 14.99 with free 2 day shipping. Measures in ounces, grams, pounds and can zero out the weight of the bowl you are using. Works great!
  • shapefitter
    shapefitter Posts: 900 Member
    Digital Scale to measure everything that goes into your mouth and if you can't find what you are looking for you can create your own Diary Entry to reflect the accurate measurements. If you use your phone to scan a food, it will also automatically record the amount/serving size. I hope that helps.
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