Eating out?

I would say around 400 calories for three pancakes and syrup and butter.

We eat out a lot, and we're heading to a place for breakfast that we used to go to all the time. I was planning on getting pancakes, and I was wondering what the calories could be in that, as a rough estimate? You can choose from chocolate chip, cranberry, blueberry, and apples with cinnamon. It's a family restaurant in town, so unfortunately no nutritional facts posted anywhere :P

WHen I go to local places I usually find something similiar from a big chain restaurant that is similiar and check their cal counts.

Pancaks can be tricky....size, what you put in them, and the butter and syrup. Most of the serving sizes are very small for syrups and such so pay close attention to how much a serving is!

^ This is good advice. Of course you want to be as accurate as possible, but I typically try to overestimate my consumption by about 5-10% to account for inaccuracies.

That said.... I wanted this thread to be about something else.

We eat out a lot, and we're heading to a place for breakfast that we used to go to all the time. I was planning on getting pancakes, and I was wondering what the calories could be in that, as a rough estimate? You can choose from chocolate chip, cranberry, blueberry, and apples with cinnamon. It's a family restaurant in town, so unfortunately no nutritional facts posted anywhere :P

WHen I go to local places I usually find something similiar from a big chain restaurant that is similiar and check their cal counts.

Pancaks can be tricky....size, what you put in them, and the butter and syrup. Most of the serving sizes are very small for syrups and such so pay close attention to how much a serving is!

^ This is good advice. Of course you want to be as accurate as possible, but I typically try to overestimate my consumption by about 5-10% to account for inaccuracies.

That said.... I wanted this thread to be about something else.

We all did.

OP, remember that 1/4 cups of syrup has 204 calories and 1 tbsp of butter has 100. This might make your guesstimate more accurate if you go in with quantity amounts in mind.

Usually, from what I remember, one order gives 2 pancakes? Not sure on size though. Also syrup and butter is on the side, so I have control over that. I was thinking of logging 3 buttermilk IHOP pancakes to make up for any inaccuracies on the 2 I would be receiving? And then logging in whatever syrup I use (I don't often use butter. Don't see the need for it?)

I think you'd be safe to log anywhere from 2 1/2 to 3 IHOP pancakes as a rough estimate. I also don't put butter on pancakes because I just never saw a need for it. I find the syrup is usually a challenge to log accurately. If you're more familiar with ounces instead of cups, 1/4 cup is equal to 2 ounces. Some places (Cracker Barrel) actually bring you an individual bottle of syrup that's a perfect 1/4 cup--super convenient. I wish more places would do that.