Calories help!

munchkin1982
munchkin1982 Posts: 4
edited September 28 in Health and Weight Loss
ok, so to work out the calories in a homemade meal (from scratch) I'm guessing you work out the quantities of ingredients used and then divide those by the number of portions made??? Is that right? ;-)

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  • baisleac
    baisleac Posts: 2,019 Member
    Use the recipe calculator on the site. http://www.myfitnesspal.com/recipe/box
  • cillytilly
    cillytilly Posts: 243
    I love the recipe calculator because I cook a lot of my own meals and it helps to make sure I am getting it right.
  • Jill_newimprovedversion
    Jill_newimprovedversion Posts: 988 Member
    Use the recipe calculator on the site. http://www.myfitnesspal.com/recipe/box

    I LOVE that tool. Use it all the time.
    HAPPY BAKING!!!! ;)
  • disneyval
    disneyval Posts: 18
    Yes. It's a pain in the butt but if you have a meal you eat a lot, you only have to do it once!
  • munchkin1982
    munchkin1982 Posts: 4
    Thanks guys! I'm kinda new to this and hadn't really paid attention to that before now! Sorry! If any of you would like to add me as a friend... please, go ahead!

    Now that I have used the tool, my calories intake for that meal went up from 174 to 247... however, for a risotto meal, I don't think that is too bad at all! Certainly beats a ham sandwich that would have been more calories than that! ;-) x
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