What does quick added calories mean?

stargzrlily
stargzrlily Posts: 83 Member
edited September 23 in Health and Weight Loss
Just wondering. Thanks!

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  • Aaronc909
    Aaronc909 Posts: 26
    It simply adds a flat amount of calories to your meal. It does not calculate fats/carbs etc.
  • Pandorian
    Pandorian Posts: 2,055 Member
    if you don't have the time to enter each item from a meal but have the nutritional info from a pack (calories only) you can just enter the calories so that's tracked for the day. I don't believe it tracks anything but the calories but even that will help you stay under your caloric goal
  • jeeping_mom
    jeeping_mom Posts: 72
    Or, If you know the exact number of calories consumed (on the food tab) or burned (on the exercise tab) you can enter it without searching for the right food/exercise :)
  • jamie1888
    jamie1888 Posts: 1,704 Member
    when you just want to add some calories to your diary w/out logging the specific food. Like, you dont have time to log everything, but you know your meal was 400 calories. Then you just "quick add" 400 calories
  • STARG1RL
    STARG1RL Posts: 44 Member
    Because this site is mainly helping people "Count Calories" it's for those foods that you know the # of Calories for, but not necessarily anything else about! Hope that helps...
  • edorice
    edorice Posts: 4,519 Member
    If you had a food that you have no idea how many calories it had, you can use quick add to guesstimate. But I wouldn't make this a habit.
  • oxFaithxo
    oxFaithxo Posts: 160 Member
    i usually use that when I dont have time to add something in or if i am guestimating... :)
  • dwarfer22
    dwarfer22 Posts: 358 Member
    if you know the cals in something but don't want to mess with entering the name od a food, waiting for it to come up then selecting it plus the amount, you just add the cals. If I know I maybe nibbled on some candy, a cpl cheetos and a cpl pices of ham, I can add maybe 40 cals to my food log. Doesn't give fat, sugar, protein but it accounts for the cals. I also use it when I am away from comp and track cals on paper. Then I can just throw in my total cals for the day and be done.
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