OCD about checking nutrition facts on MFP database

slynn217
slynn217 Posts: 21
edited September 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Am I the only one OCD about checking nutrition facts to make sure MFP's database is correct? I've seen a many items that have NI facts in the database & it's caused me to always have to check & make sure...which sucks since that was suppose to be the convenient part. Kinda wish someone would go through & clean the database info up but I'm sure it's impossible since there's so much!

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  • myukniewicz
    myukniewicz Posts: 906 Member
    i do the same thing!!! and i have found a couple that aren't accurate, that i have had to change. :frown:
  • Melis25Fit
    Melis25Fit Posts: 811 Member
    I agree. That's really frustrating for me as well. I usually double check it always and then go back and re-enter things. Quite time consuming, but good to know the exact cals I'm putting in my mouth!
  • kaymd
    kaymd Posts: 470 Member
    I have edited a few things myself.
  • happy115
    happy115 Posts: 68
    I have a question. Some of the ingrediants don't have a (*) next to them - are they the "official" calories?
  • myukniewicz
    myukniewicz Posts: 906 Member
    I have a question. Some of the ingrediants don't have a (*) next to them - are they the "official" calories?

    good question... i have wondered the same thing... i would assume so??? lol i guess those are the ones the MFP inputted??
  • DJJW
    DJJW Posts: 519 Member
    I'm worried about how accurate the exercise calorie loss is too. My bike says one thing and MFP says another (in my favor) so I'm nervous about my first weigh in.
  • edorice
    edorice Posts: 4,519 Member
    I wish there was a way to delete the wrong information. It can be frustrating. I don't feel like i have OCD about it. Once I have it corrected on my side I have that information saved for me. I don't get too annoyed by the wrong info though.
    This is a free site and overall very helpful.
  • Aeriel
    Aeriel Posts: 864 Member
    I think the ones that are missing the * are the ones either MFP entered or the ones you've entered yourself.

    Whenever I find something wrong, or just a little wrong, I correct it and usually make a notation for Canada or Canadian. Sometimes the minor differences are just which country the product is entered from. I see small variations between Canadian versions and US versions all the time. :smile:
  • rbsteen
    rbsteen Posts: 1
    I do ALL the time! Calorieking.com is my fav resource! :)
  • frogmommy
    frogmommy Posts: 151 Member
    I have also come to realize that package information changes on brands that I use often. I suspect that is part of it, however, it doesn't stop me from checking things multiple times ;)
  • willimh
    willimh Posts: 227 Member
    Don't let it bother you cause the sight is free and it is easy to make the adjustments. As for the exercise calories being accurate, they are not but, they aren't that far off either. The best thing you can do for yourself is get a HRM, body media, body bugg etc just something to take the guessing game out of the equation. A pedometer that counts your steps and calories burned may work as well, just make the investment.
  • calell83
    calell83 Posts: 43 Member
    I always check too, especially when it is something I have not entered yet. Of course I am getting to the point where I pretty much know the calorie information for the foods I eat on any type of regular basis so it is a bit easier now.
  • Niveous
    Niveous Posts: 294 Member
    Nope, you're not the only one. I always check. It's important to me that I know what I'm putting into my body, and I'm especially 'particular' about tracking my nutrition. If you asked my boyfriend though, he would tell you that I'm OCD about it, since he commented on this very thing just the other day. :P
  • fromaquasar
    fromaquasar Posts: 811 Member
    I think one of the great things about this site is that the community regulates the accuracy of our calories, which means unusual or regional foods or brands are here when they aren't in other sites (when you don't live in the US or UK it is hard to find sites for your brands of food calories!) Just think every time you check and correct you are making the site stronger! THANKS!
  • myukniewicz
    myukniewicz Posts: 906 Member
    i am a little sketchy about the exercise calorie amounts too, but i am confident that they are close enough
    plus, i am getting a HRM for Christmas!!! *does happy dance* im stoked about that by the way ha ha
  • DJJW
    DJJW Posts: 519 Member
    i am a little sketchy about the exercise calorie amounts too, but i am confident that they are close enough
    plus, i am getting a HRM for Christmas!!! *does happy dance* im stoked about that by the way ha ha


    Jealous:)
  • edorice
    edorice Posts: 4,519 Member
    I do ALL the time! Calorieking.com is my fav resource! :)

    Thanks!
  • utamore
    utamore Posts: 53
    Agree agree agree...

    (1) I take some solace in the idea that MFP has GOT to be better than nothing. Sure it's probably 100 cals off here or there (was my hardcore ashtanga yoga session really only 300? Does this generic turkey sandwich entry really match up with the gigantic bread slices this restaurant uses?), but at least it gives us something to work with.

    (2) Gotta be a bit OCD to be counting calories in the first place. I try to add new stuff that's not on here, even if it's homemade, using precise calculations from the ingredients boxes. Like everyone else here I'm sure there's plenty of wrong stuff. For instance, I noticed that one of the most popular recipes on allrecipes.com for Frogmore Stew lists sodium in the thousands but that doesn't take into account what gets drained... whatev. I just try and live with close is close enough...
  • booch221
    booch221 Posts: 51 Member
    The database is becoming too large and is unwieldy. I wish there was a way to get just the MFP information first and then the user generated entries.
  • binary_jester
    binary_jester Posts: 3,311 Member
    Umm I lower them all. I figure if MFP says my Double Whopper is only 10 calories...it is only 10 calories. Right? joke.gif
  • LotusF1ower
    LotusF1ower Posts: 1,259 Member
    I always doublecheck when I use a food or drink for the first time, after that it is saved in my own foods. I roughly eat much the same things to be honest, have approximately twenty foods that I tend to stick to (mainly because I love them so much :laugh: )

    Regarding exercise, I only do running and know how many calories I burn for that. If I were to do some other form of exercise, I would see what MFP says it is, compare it to another exercise calorie site I have and then use commonsense.

    The one thing I do not do is become obsessed that my exercise calories may be out by 10 or 20, because that is not going to make much of a difference in the grand scheme of things.
  • anovasjo
    anovasjo Posts: 382 Member
    I'm getting OCD about plain ole BEING on MFP all the damn time. I snack a lot, so I always log in right after I eat anything at all (so I don't forget portions etc) and then I end up posting on the forums for an hour.
    :embarassed:
  • vickthedick
    vickthedick Posts: 136 Member
    Depends. I did Weight watcher for a long time so i have a fairly good concept of how things stack up caloriewise, however if something looks off I will go straight to restaurant website when available.


    As for exercise calories, my best advice is not to eat them back.
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