Cheeseburger confusion please help

I hate to say it, but for a restaurant Cheeseburger, that is probably accurate, maybe even a little on the light side.

sounds about right....The bun alone is almost 200, ok, maybe 150. The cheese is prob an easy 150 because it's not going to be a light slice or a Kraft slice but a couple slices of cut cheese, so that's 300 already and the meat is probably 250-300. Then you fry it on a greasy griddle, unless it's flame broiled. OK, maybe 600 calories.

I cant figure out what to put down, Like what cheeseburger should I use because its a local restaraunt

Just use something comparable, like a plain Cheeseburger from Chili's, or Applebee's, or Red Robin, or IHop. There are a ton of places to choose from. Unless it was a specialty burger, it shouldn't be too different from those places.

Sounds pretty accurate to me. When I make cheeseburgers at home, using the leanest beef I can buy and only exactly 1 oz of cheese, it works out to about 600+ calories. 700 cals for a restaurant burger is very probable, if not underestimated.

This cheeseburger is missing bacon... I can see where the confusion comes into play.

I would just enjoy it first.

Just add the components or just add a burger from a similar restaurant.

Gonna make some of these at the weekend.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/ricotta_beefburger_25500

Just because they list it on the menu as 100% Beef or Angus, doesn't mean it always is. Some places add filler to make the burger patty larger and heavier, to avoid too much shrinking while cooking. Also, you don't know the lean count of the meat. Also, you don't know the exact seasonings used, nor the sodium content. Nor the ounce weight of the cheese. Was is a white sesame bun? wheat? sourdough? pretzel? Different dough=different amount of calories, fat and sodium.

Anyways, point being, it's definitely at the higher end of the caloric scale, 700+.

Just put 850-900 to be safe and call it a day. Its just one meal. Over estimate and move on.

When I eat at a local place without nutrition info available, I do this. Don't make things too difficult.

I would estimate close to 650 for a "grilled" burger with cheese only from a restaurant.

I can easily make a turkey sandwich at home that's 500. Toppings, bread and cheese add up fast.

I would log each individual item of the burger instead of trying to log a different restaurant's burger. Log a bun (the kind you think it was), the cheese (the kinda and how large a serving you think that was), and the burger.

Estimate how much of each thing there was and add each ingredient on its own. how big was the patty? probably 5oz if it was a restaurant. so, add 5oz ground beef (about 350 calories would be my guess). it was on a sesame bun? search sesame bun and add that (i would guess about 250 calories there). what kind of cheese? i would search that cheese and add 2oz of it. (probably about 200 calories)

I would guess the 700 calories is a little low, but it isn't that big of a deal. My estimates when I break down a cheeseburger from a local restaurant is almost always about 800-1000 calories, I just try to eyeball each ingredient and add them on their own instead of trying to find a one size fits all meal in the MFP lists.

Isn't MFP awesome? It really does raise awareness. You don’t think anything can possibly contain that many calories when in fact it does. Like one of the other posters said just pick a comparable burger from within the MFP database. It does not have to be an exact match, it rarely is. When you first start tracking (especially restaurant food) it’s an eye opening experience. If you are worried about how many calories and sodium you just consumed chock it up to a learning experience and move on.