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How to count eating only the goodie from the pizza??

creamcake2
creamcake2 Posts: 220 Member
edited November 26 in Social Groups
Ate the top layer from the pizza...threw the whole crust away (*sob*..used to be my favorite part !)...so not sure how to log it?
(Sorry if this has been posted before???)
Irt was Marketside Medium Meat Trio thin crust (WalMart) 12" across
Serving size = ......... 1/4 pizza
calories...................310
Fat..................17g
Satur. fat..........8g
Total carbs......22g
fiber..................1g
sugar.................2g
Protein.............16g
*
So I peeled the top off and ate it...it weighed 7.6 ounces
Can someone give me a good guess...or is there a formula to figure it out?

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  • wabmester
    wabmester Posts: 2,748 Member
    If you could find an entry for just the crust, you could subtract that out, but I looked, and there's no size info for the crust entries I looked at.

    So assume what you ate had little or no carbs. Subtract out 21g carbs = 84 calories. It's just a rough guestimate, but should be close enough.
  • Deena_Bean
    Deena_Bean Posts: 906 Member
    How did you get 21g carbs = 84 calories? Is there a formula? This is good to know for future use!
  • wabmester
    wabmester Posts: 2,748 Member
    1g carb = 4 calories, 1g protein = 4 calories, 1g fat = 9 calories. (Those are all just approximations, but everybody uses them.) And for completeness, 1g ketones = 5 calories. :)
  • sweetteadrinker2
    sweetteadrinker2 Posts: 1,026 Member
    Theres an entry for pizza toppings only, just calories, no carbs or other macros listed, but it seems to be a good guess.
  • DittoDan
    DittoDan Posts: 1,850 Member
    I just say screw it and log some mozzarella cheese, that's the only thing that has significant calories. If there's some meat, log that too. If you weigh your food at home, you can kinda get an idea about how much is there.

    If you ever get a chance to make it at home, its pretty easy. You can use traditional pizza recipes, just leave out the dough, or there are millions of keto pizza recipes. They call them "meatzas". Some have no crust, some have meat for a crust, some have almond flour for crusts....

    Or just invent your own... gather ingredients you see on the top of the pizza, pre-cook all raw meats first, put all on some parchment paper, bake till melts.....yummy!

    I hope this helps,
    Dan the Man from Michigan
    Keto / The Recipe Water Fasting / E.A.S.Y. Exercise Program
    Current weight: 194.9, 119 pounds down, 16 to go. 14 months on diet
  • Sunny_Bunny_
    Sunny_Bunny_ Posts: 7,140 Member
    I've usually just entered individual ingredients and made my best guess. But wabmester's suggestion sounds more accurate.
  • creamcake2
    creamcake2 Posts: 220 Member
    All good info....so THANK YOU all. I was able to weigh the toppings....but all mixed together. I will just break it down next time and give it my best guess. (It sure was good !)
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