Question on adding to diary

shumanskyb
shumanskyb Posts: 2 Member
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
I often make home made burgers. My question is does the homemade burger option for meal include the bread or just the meat?

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  • concordancia
    concordancia Posts: 5,320 Member
    Only the person who originally put it in would know. You would be better off creating your own recipe using the tools on MFP. Then you will know exactly what it includes.
  • revolucia78
    revolucia78 Posts: 196 Member
    concordancia wrote: »
    Only the person who originally put it in would know. You would be better off creating your own recipe using the tools on MFP. Then you will know exactly what it includes.

    I second that advice. The "generic" or homemade options in MFP database aren't very reliable because they are put in by users so only they know how they prepared it, etc. I would create a recipe in MFP and then portion it out to determine how many calories are in your burger.
  • shumanskyb
    shumanskyb Posts: 2 Member
    What tools are you referring to?
  • concordancia
    concordancia Posts: 5,320 Member
    When you are looking at your diary, there is a secondary menu under FOOD: one of the options there is RECIPES.

    So you have light blue menu that says HOME FOOD EXERCISE REPORTS APPS COMMUNITY BLOG
    And a darker blue menu that says FOOD DIARY DATABASE MY FOOODS MY MEALS RECIPES SETTINGS. Choose RECIPES from this menu and follow the on screen instructions.
  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    If you made it yourself - Never use someone's random entry - use the recipe builder and actually enter what YOU used. The only time I'd ever use someone else's random entry is if I didn't make it myself, I have no clue what's in it and I just want to get something in my diary and I have no better option.
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    This will help you with how to log it: https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1234699/logging-accurately-step-by-step-guide
  • nordlead2005
    nordlead2005 Posts: 1,303 Member
    There is an easy way to answer the original question (even if it isn't the best way to log the food). Does the item have lots of carbs? If yes, it has bread, if no, it is just the patty.
  • cocates
    cocates Posts: 360 Member
    MsMarvel27 wrote: »
    [quote="concordancia;34337339"]Only the person who originally put it in would know. You would be better off creating your own recipe using the tools on MFP. Then you will know exactly what it includes.

    I second that advice. The "generic" or homemade options in MFP database aren't very reliable because they are put in by users so only they know how they prepared it, etc. I would create a recipe in MFP and then portion it out to determine how many calories are in your burger.
    [/quote]

    +3

    You've gotten really good advice. I'd also recommend creating your own recipe as others have shared. Weigh your patty and then go from there. Good luck!
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