Pizza for dinner and I need help!
FitnessLover001
Posts: 188 Member
I am going home for the weekend and my mom said we were having Marketside pizza (from walmart) for dinner and pepperoni, meat lovers, and supreme are the choices. Now I know I may be a little too obsessive over my weight and healthy dieting but when you begin to see results, you can't help but make it an addiction. So even though it is going to be pizza night, I still want to stay near my calorie limit. So I need to know how to actually measure out the pizza. It says 1/5 of a pizza is 360 calories. But a 12 in pizza cuts into about 8 slices….so how many slices do I get if I only want to eat 1/5 of the supreme pizza? I suck at math, so basically I need any math genius to help me out.
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Well, 1/5 = 8/40 & 1/8=5/40. So 2/8=10/40, which is more than 1/5 or 8/40. So you want to stay slightly under two 1/8 pieces.0
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If there are 5 servings at 360 calories each in a pizza then there are 1800 total calories (5×360). Divide 1800 by 8 and you get 225 calories per slice. I would just eat 2 slices for a total of 450 calories (who cuts a pizza into fifths- no one). If you really want to you could have 1.5 slices for 340 but half slices are so puny.0
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thank gawd this is just a simple math thread - and not one of those terribad cauliflower pizza crust threads.0
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great now I want pizza shakes fists at the heavens lol I suck at math too but do you have a food scale maybe you could weigh it instead.
*** not the whole pizza it should say how much it weighs then you could weigh one slice idk if that even makes sense....0 -
eat less for breakfast and lunch and bank some calories for more pizza!0
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I have pizza every Friday. It's great. I've lost 21 lbs since Christmas. Don't let one meal bother you
Enjoy the pizza. 0 -
thank gawd this is just a simple math thread - and not one of those terribad cauliflower pizza crust threads.
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thank gawd this is just a simple math thread - and not one of those terribad cauliflower pizza crust threads.
^this
I trust that the MFP community will more than adequately address this math problem...
...so I'll just back slowly out the same door through which I walked in.0 -
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The biggest problem I see here is you're having Market side pizza from Walmart. Your mom probably has enough time to pick up real pizza by this weekend.
noticed this too …..0 -
I eat pizza very often. Just eat lightly up until dinner.
Why not make this super simple and just cut the pizza yourself into 5 equal slices?
I personally weigh out each slice, that way if my grams are over I just cut off a sliver. It is easier for me. But, alternatively I would just cut it into those five slices.0 -
aint no one got time for that!I eat pizza very often. Just eat lightly up until dinner.
Why not make this super simple and just cut the pizza yourself into 5 equal slices?
I personally weigh out each slice, that way if my grams are over I just cut off a sliver. It is easier for me. But, alternatively I would just cut it into those five slices.0 -
If she's like my mom she probably bought the pizza three weeks ago when she heard that I might come visit0
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I eat pizza very often. Just eat lightly up until dinner.
Why not make this super simple and just cut the pizza yourself into 5 equal slices?
I personally weigh out each slice, that way if my grams are over I just cut off a sliver. It is easier for me. But, alternatively I would just cut it into those five slices.
LOL@cut pizza into 5 equal slices. I consider myself quite the math nerd...and my geometry skills are solid...but woe be unto anyone who attempts to cut a pizza into 5 equal slices.
Better would be to cut the pizza into however many slices of various sizes, but weigh however many slices you eat and use math to figure out how many servings you had (based on the weight provided for a serving size on the package).
(I'm still LingOL at 5 equal slices...because I've tried this before...and it is not pretty. :laugh: )0 -
Okay, another option...
The entire pizza is 1800 calories. So 1800/8=225
If you cut the pizza into 8 slices, it is 225 calories per slice. You could have two slices for 450 calories or 3 slices for 675 calories.
If you cut it into 6 big slices it is 300 calories per slice. You could have two slices for 600 calories.0 -
I guess I must have some mad skills then lol.0
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I eat pizza very often. Just eat lightly up until dinner.
Why not make this super simple and just cut the pizza yourself into 5 equal slices?
I personally weigh out each slice, that way if my grams are over I just cut off a sliver. It is easier for me. But, alternatively I would just cut it into those five slices.
LOL@cut pizza into 5 equal slices. I consider myself quite the math nerd...and my geometry skills are solid...but woe be unto anyone who attempts to cut a pizza into 5 equal slices.
Better would be to cut the pizza into however many slices of various sizes, but weigh however many slices you eat and use math to figure out how many servings you had (based on the weight provided for a serving size on the package).
(I'm still LingOL at 5 equal slices...because I've tried this before...and it is not pretty. :laugh: )
You ain't never seen a pentagon before cracka? damn.
BANNEDFORLIFE.0 -
I eat pizza very often. Just eat lightly up until dinner.
Why not make this super simple and just cut the pizza yourself into 5 equal slices?
I personally weigh out each slice, that way if my grams are over I just cut off a sliver. It is easier for me. But, alternatively I would just cut it into those five slices.
LOL@cut pizza into 5 equal slices. I consider myself quite the math nerd...and my geometry skills are solid...but woe be unto anyone who attempts to cut a pizza into 5 equal slices.
Better would be to cut the pizza into however many slices of various sizes, but weigh however many slices you eat and use math to figure out how many servings you had (based on the weight provided for a serving size on the package).
(I'm still LingOL at 5 equal slices...because I've tried this before...and it is not pretty. :laugh: )
You ain't never seen a pentagon before cracka? damn.
BANNEDFORLIFE.
You think a pizza cut into 5 equal slices has anything to do with a pentagon???
Bro, DYEGeometry?0 -
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eat less for breakfast and lunch and bank some calories for more pizza!
Exactly.
and this is just a simple math question that anyone over the age of 10 or so should be able to figure out.
I just love it when people say the "suck at math" when anything with numbers comes up. Most times they just dont even think it out.0 -
You think a pizza cut into 5 equal slices has anything to do with a pentagon???
Bro, DYEGeometry?
If each of the sides of the pentagon is tangent to and centered with respect to the circle, then yes. Quite precisely.
DYEChryslerLogo?0 -
1,800/8 is how many calories each slice is if you divide it into 8 slices.0
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If she's like my mom she probably bought the pizza three weeks ago when she heard that I might come visit
Bwaahaahaa.... so true!0 -
Solution: Eat all the pizza. Less math, more delicious.
'Cause every pizza is a "Personal Pan" if you're determined.0 -
eat less for breakfast and lunch and bank some calories for more pizza!
Exactly.
and this is just a simple math question that anyone over the age of 10 or so should be able to figure out.
I just love it when people say the "suck at math" when anything with numbers comes up. Most times they just dont even think it out.
I'm sorry I ruffled your feathers with such a "simple math question that anyone over the age of 10 or so should be able to figure out." You didn't have to comment, maybe I just wanted second opinions. And yes, I did calculate it out, I just wanted to make sure I was accurate. Hope you have a great Wednesday!0 -
If she's like my mom she probably bought the pizza three weeks ago when she heard that I might come visit
Bwaahaahaa.... so true!
Haha exactly, my mom buys everything in advance! Glad she is not the only mom out there that does that!0 -
You think a pizza cut into 5 equal slices has anything to do with a pentagon???
Bro, DYEGeometry?
If each of the sides of the pentagon is tangent to and centered with respect to the circle, then yes. Quite precisely.
DYEChryslerLogo?
Have you ever tried to freehand a pentagon???
I have.
It's not pretty.
Maybe I could buy/make some pentagon templates that I could lay on the pizza, mark the corners and the center and connect the dots from there. I just need some templates in common pizza sizes.
But without a template, this pentagon talk is worthless.0 -
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eat less for breakfast and lunch and bank some calories for more pizza!
Exactly.
and this is just a simple math question that anyone over the age of 10 or so should be able to figure out.
I just love it when people say the "suck at math" when anything with numbers comes up. Most times they just dont even think it out.
I'm sorry I ruffled your feathers with such a "simple math question that anyone over the age of 10 or so should be able to figure out." You didn't have to comment, maybe I just wanted second opinions. And yes, I did calculate it out, I just wanted to make sure I was accurate. Hope you have a great Wednesday!I am going home for the weekend and my mom said we were having Marketside pizza (from walmart) for dinner and pepperoni, meat lovers, and supreme are the choices. Now I know I may be a little too obsessive over my weight and healthy dieting but when you begin to see results, you can't help but make it an addiction. So even though it is going to be pizza night, I still want to stay near my calorie limit. So I need to know how to actually measure out the pizza. It says 1/5 of a pizza is 360 calories. But a 12 in pizza cuts into about 8 slices….so how many slices do I get if I only want to eat 1/5 of the supreme pizza? I suck at math, so basically I need any math genius to help me out.
Hmmmmmmmmmm
Logic aptitude and math aptitude are highly correlated.0 -
You think a pizza cut into 5 equal slices has anything to do with a pentagon???
Bro, DYEGeometry?
If each of the sides of the pentagon is tangent to and centered with respect to the circle, then yes. Quite precisely.
DYEChryslerLogo?
Oh snap0
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