Dinner. Help!!!

afoster437
afoster437 Posts: 4 Member
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
I always have the hardest time counting calories for dinner. Any good tips?

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  • WinoGelato
    WinoGelato Posts: 13,454 Member
    What do you mean? Why is counting harder at dinner than any other meal? Are you eating different foods? If you are making the foods yourself, you can use the recipe builder. Are you weighing your foods with a food scale? That will help with accuracy. Are you eating dinner in restaurants? Most chain restaurants have publicized nutritional information.
  • Rage_Phish
    Rage_Phish Posts: 1,507 Member
    add what you eat

    why is this hard?
  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
    What do you eat for dinner that makes it more difficult to count, calorie-wise, than other meals?
  • YeaYeaPueblo
    YeaYeaPueblo Posts: 68 Member
    While you're cooking, list the ingredients on a recipe calorie tracker. Try this: http://www.caloriecount.com/cc/recipe_analysis.php?ns=1
  • RodaRose
    RodaRose Posts: 9,562 Member
    Are you eating a restaurants?
  • Queenmunchy
    Queenmunchy Posts: 3,380 Member
    YeaYeaPueblo wrote: »
    While you're cooking, list the ingredients on a recipe calorie tracker. Try this: http://www.caloriecount.com/cc/recipe_analysis.php?ns=1

    MFP has a recipe builder, so it would be even easier to build and log in one place!
  • afoster437
    afoster437 Posts: 4 Member
    You see, I cook for a big family, so I have a hard time dividing the calories up.
  • sheermomentum
    sheermomentum Posts: 827 Member
    afoster437 wrote: »
    You see, I cook for a big family, so I have a hard time dividing the calories up.

    yes, the recipe builder is very useful for that. add all of the ingredients to the recipe builder, divide by the number of servings. I usually try to weigh my cooking pots/pans before I use them and then weigh the same vessel with its contents when I'm done (with a hot pad on the scale, usually).
  • callsitlikeiseeit
    callsitlikeiseeit Posts: 8,626 Member
    afoster437 wrote: »
    You see, I cook for a big family, so I have a hard time dividing the calories up.

    use the recipe builder. i use it ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL the time (i cook for 3 and up to 8 depending on drop ins LOL)
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