How to record homemade smothies on myfitnesspal diary

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Claire8614
Claire8614 Posts: 157 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Hi

I was wondering how i would record a homemade smoothie on myfitnesspal diary.

Would it be the individual ingredients, ie..

Raw Apple with Skin
Orange with Peel
Yogurt

or would it just come under apple,orange and yogurt smoothie.

Would the calories be any different because its blended instead of eating the fruit on its own. I was just wonder because the digestive side is slightly different because of the food being blended.

Hope that makes sense.

Many thanks

Claire

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  • marionacat
    marionacat Posts: 3 Member
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    I'd just put the whole ingredients separately because the calories are exactly the same no matter how you eat them
  • TashTag
    TashTag Posts: 109
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    Hi Claire

    I post each ingredient on its own. Depending on the quantity and size of what i have used. everyone is different I guess. When you have done it enough it gets easier and quicker. x
  • Dstny1957
    Dstny1957 Posts: 51 Member
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    You can enter the food in "my meals" name it, and then use that entry whenever you make the smoothie.
  • rodduz
    rodduz Posts: 251 Member
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    Add them individually and then I click 'remember meal' for ease of adding the same smoothie next time round.
  • SezxyStef
    SezxyStef Posts: 15,268 Member
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    you can build a recipe as well I use that all the time.
  • _Zardoz_
    _Zardoz_ Posts: 3,987 Member
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    weigh the ingredients and then Just enter them into the recipe builder
  • rodduz
    rodduz Posts: 251 Member
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    I find the recipe builder pretty lame mind, don't know why but it doesn't find foods from the database as well as the normal function.
  • queenbea77
    queenbea77 Posts: 404 Member
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    Agree - log individual ingredients and create remember meal or if you do the same all the time create a recipe
  • riadhdeb
    riadhdeb Posts: 211 Member
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    Just put them as is individually
  • Claire8614
    Claire8614 Posts: 157 Member
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    Thank you x
  • trisH_7183
    trisH_7183 Posts: 1,486 Member
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    I'd just put the whole ingredients separately because the calories are exactly the same no matter how you eat them

    This
  • 47Jacqueline
    47Jacqueline Posts: 6,993 Member
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    I calculate my own smoothies by the ingredients. If I make it often, I make a macro out of it in the meal planner, so I don't have to look everything up all the time.

    Places like Jamba Juice are listed in the database.
  • whovian67
    whovian67 Posts: 608 Member
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    Add it under recipes and serving size for 1 or 2.. I name everything after myself so it's easy to find : Like Tandi Bullet Blackberry Smoothie...

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