HELP - how do I estimate my lunch!!!

alison_cpb
alison_cpb Posts: 23
edited September 28 in Food and Nutrition
I went out for lunch with coworkers today to a nice little Thai place around the corner. I ordered a nice shrimp and vegetable Szechuan in a peanut sauce (with whole peanuts). I only ate roughly 1 cup and no rice. How on EARTH do I figure out how many calories that was? :huh:

I don't even know what was in the sauce (but it was reallllllly good!)

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  • dragonbug300
    dragonbug300 Posts: 760 Member
    Google.
    If you can't find the direct calories for what you ate on google, find a recipe that looks similar and enter it into MFP.
  • brendansmom1
    brendansmom1 Posts: 526 Member
    I just quickly looked through the database....there are some shrimp szechuan dishes...not sure if any describe your meal...but I agree with above poster...google it!!
  • Elle_Jamaicangirl81
    Elle_Jamaicangirl81 Posts: 418 Member
    Found this article...

    How to Find Nutrition Facts on Restaurant Food
    Website: http://www.ehow.com/how_2144954_nutrition-facts-restaurant-food.html

    ^^i like what they saying.

    http://caloriecount.about.com/ looks like they had some options that were close to your lunch u described
  • epj78
    epj78 Posts: 643 Member
    I'd google it and just call in peanut sauce - close enough for horseshoes.
  • epj78
    epj78 Posts: 643 Member
    I searched the data base here - this is a restaurant recipe so I'd probably add about 20% to the calorie count: Betty Crocker - Curried Shrimp Pasta With Peanut Sauce. Unless your dish didn't have rice noodles.....
  • epj78
    epj78 Posts: 643 Member
    Or this link now that I see you didn't eat any rice.....

    http://www.livestrong.com/recipes/peanut-curry-shrimp/
  • moriaht
    moriaht Posts: 251 Member
    If you have an iphone there is a new app that you take a picture of your food and it tells you how many calories are in it roughly! It's called meal snap and it really works. Can't remember how much it is but it saves you a whole lot of hassle :)
  • alison_cpb
    alison_cpb Posts: 23
    Argh! I really have no idea. Stuff seems to range from 300 cals to over 800... i think I'll just assume I pretty much ate my daily calories at that one meal and have a nice salad for supper.
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