Logging question

8oz in one cup. You could just do the math.

Grams are more accurate, though.

The best way to do it is to weigh every ingredient and total that up, then divide by how much you eat. When you split with others, it'll be harder. Is it possible to weigh out all the portions to find out what percentage of the total you eat?

I divide my food up into containers and then log .25 (or .2 or however many containers there are) each time I have one. Even if I eat more or less at different times, over the course of the week, I still eat it all, so it evens out.

This has to be so much harder for people who split with others! But you can still come close.

I'd break it down to ingredients to log it (creating a recipe, as GeorgeL583 mentioned). Or, just pick something in the database that roughly approximates the calories you'd expect (just this once) and make a mental note to actually log the ingredients separately while cooking this food next time. Especially if you eat it repeatedly - if you make it the same way each time, it's worth having it measured out in your myfitnesspal log.

For similar problems down the road you could try a specific food item weight to volume calculator (like this one).

Weight does not convert evenly to volume for every food. So the 8 oz = 1 cup thing doesn't work across the board. So be careful with that.

Consider cheese for example:

Cheddar
1 cup shredded= 4 oz (113g/3.99oz)
1 cup diced = 4.65 oz (132g)
1 cup melted = 8.6 oz (244g)

The 8 oz. to a cup thing is for liquid measurements, not the weight of solids. I also add the recipe, I log the entire recipe in total & designate how many it serves. Then when I have a serving, MFP does the math. If I have more than a serving I estimate if it's 1.5 servings, 2 servings, etc. & MFP again does the math. This way I don't have to try to figure it out each & every time I have that particular recipe, especially if my servings aren't always the same size.....