the database.

I don't know where it came from, so... I rank my nutritional info like this:

1. use the info on the packaging
2. use the info on the Web site if it's a restaurant
3. use a close option in the database (I look for similar items with the most confirmations from other users
4. forget the nutritional info and just add a description in the "notes" section of the diary so I can at least look back and see what I had

Also, if you're cooking you should weigh your meats raw. The cooked weight will vary because of juices lost. I don't eat fish, so I don't know if it makes that much of a difference.

If you weighed it after cooking enter this into the search:

Fish - Salmon, Atlantic, wild, cooked, dry heat

Its 182 cals per 100 g (I am European for my sins) and you will notice there is no * before the name so is an MFP rather than a user entry

I have posted this before, it is a bit of a compilation of multiple different posts. The links included at the bottom are great reads. I was using MFP for at least 6 months before I stumbled across them so it is a personal goal to pass them onto newer users. I Never select Homemade or Generic.

rabbitjb wrote: »

There are always a range of choices and one inevitably has by weight

If I can't find an existing Food Database entry in grams I pick one that has Nutritional Values closest to the food based on Manufacture Label - cross referenced to un-biased nutritional information from the USDA web site at and then edit it by adding a 100 gram reference and confirm the nutritional values based on Manufacture Label again cross referenced to USDA database ( MFP seems to automatically add a 1 gm value in the database). HINT if 2000 people have confirmed the nutritional value of an item it's a good choice, if 4 people have its questionable.

http://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/search

@ blankiefinder and @ ‌arditarose Nailed it when it comes to Logging accurately and selecting food using the search feature.

blankiefinder wrote: »

if I haven't found an entry that lists the grams, I keep looking for a different entry. This [ Enter Food ] item is already listed a bunch of times. Better to edit and correct one that is already there than add to the database mess that exists now.

arditarose wrote: »

Weigh your eggs and find the appropriate entry. Two eggs at 50 grams is typically 140 calories. If you cooked them with olive oil, add that as well.

Don't log 2 eggs as it is a subjective number, where 50 gm. is very concise.

Read the information at these MFP post. They have links to multiple very good reads.

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/833026/important-posts-to-read/p1

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1234699/logging-accurately-step-by-step-guide/p1

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/10118-eat-train-progress

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1069278/acronyms-and-terms-for-new-mfp-members-v-6/p1

Another good trick is to pre-log your food wherever you can. If you log something before you eat it, then you won't have any surprises and you can adjust your portions or your choices if need be. In this case it seems like it worked out, but there can still be things you eat that have WAY more calories than you expect and then you're forced to eat less for the rest of the day and/or workout more and/or just live with an overage. It's just a good habit to plan ahead. As you get more and more used to logging and have a better idea of how many calories things are, especially things you eat frequently, it might not be as important, but if I don't know how many calories are in something off the top of my head I ALWAYS look it up before I eat it - and I've been logging for almost 3 years.

Lasmartchika wrote: »

Search for raw Atlantic salmon... as you weighed it raw. Find the entry without the asterisk since those are most accurate (asterisk ones are entries members have entered). Then you'll have your calorie count. :flowerforyou:

Good to know!