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i absolutely love....

JennsLosing
JennsLosing Posts: 1,026
edited September 2024 in Food and Nutrition
How you can enter all the ingredients of your recipe and portion it out and it shows you approx. how many calories are in it!!! What do you Love Love Love about this site?

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  • LuckyLeprechaun
    LuckyLeprechaun Posts: 6,296 Member
    if every day were like today...in 5 weeks
  • loxleys
    loxleys Posts: 230 Member
    i love everything about this site!
  • Katbaran
    Katbaran Posts: 605 Member
    I try to enter each ingredient in the quantity I have it (or plan to have it) and let the computer tell me how much of everything it is. For example, I had a wrap the other day. I entered the wrap itself, then the lettuce, sprouts, tomato slices, etc. I also did that with stuffed peppers I made at home. There were fewer total calories in my homemade peppers than any of the processed frozen ones. Feel free to look at my diary. I mostly cook from scratch and try to avoid the processed stuff. Not always, but about 90% of the time.

    What I love about this site is that I can see exactly what I'm eating and where I need to boost the fresh veg and fruit and still not go over my calories for the day. I've only been on this a week and I've eaten lots more food than I usually do and lost weight. I make better choices when I have it all laid out in front of me.
  • Aimee_PD
    Aimee_PD Posts: 177 Member
    if every day were like today...in 5 weeks
    me too!! now if i could only do every day like that day for 5 weeks! lol THATS my problem!
  • FaeFae
    FaeFae Posts: 243 Member
    the motivation and information!!
  • JennsLosing
    JennsLosing Posts: 1,026
    if every day were like today...in 5 weeks
    me too!! now if i could only do every day like that day for 5 weeks! lol THATS my problem!
    lol me too!
  • I also love this site, and how ironic that you write in about keeping track. My sister is a pro at entering recipes, and while I have entered a few the one i entered today is not going the right way. Based on the spag sauce I used and the number of people it should feed and the ground turkey, I am getting something like 60 calories per serving this has to be wrong.
  • Charrisse
    Charrisse Posts: 163
    I LOVE the "if every day was like today"... VERY motivating! I also love the food data base and all the great people. This site is exactly what I have been looking for and is amazing.
    Im feeling addicted and obsessive now hahaha
  • kbairdphillips
    kbairdphillips Posts: 275 Member
    the support, the food database, and the if every day was like today!!!
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