Go out for dinner & now it's time to track

sugarpeas · February 2015

How do you go about tracking food after eating at a restaurant?
A lot of chains will have nutritional information on their website, but independent restaurants often don't.
I went to a vegetarian place tonight and had a burger that was a portabello mushroom, and fries. I generally just try to vaguely guess because I don't eat out too too often anyway.
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techgal128 · February 2015

Yeah, I just do what you do. Find something similar and log it. Sometimes on special occasions (like a birthday), I will just eat what I want and not count the calories. As long as you make up for it later, you're good.

TavistockToad · February 2015

Just have a look on the database to get a rough guesstimate - that's what I do.

shannonstube · February 2015

I try to find a restaurant chain that has something similar and use that info. We go out for breakfast at local places almost every weekend and I usually just use the Eat n Park entries from the database to get an idea.

honkytonks85 · February 2015

Guesswork + use similar existing entires BUT it's impossible to know because the chef could put different sauces/cook with more oil etc etc.
I always overestimate if I'm eating out.

jmbond06 · February 2015

I usually just enter all the ingredients separately. So if I had a mushroom burger I would enter the bun, the mushroom, the ketchup, etc. Then tack on like 300 calories to be safe. I always overestimate when I don't know the calorie count.

echmainfit619 · February 2015

After a few months of logging my food into MFP, I find that I order simpler foods at restaurants just to make it easier to log.

moto450 · February 2015

I suggest looking it up on their website before you Even go. Otherwise you will be caught off guard with the calories. You can decide what to get that fits into your day beforehand

Go out for dinner & now it's time to track

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