Logging Accurately..step by step guide

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  • newheavensearth
    newheavensearth Posts: 870 Member
    Tiernan1212 wrote: »
    Thanks for the info, great post! :smile:

    The biggest gripe I have is the way some things will look in my diary. I use the barcode scanner A LOT. What bugs me is I will weigh out my 14g serving of Country Crock, and then when I scan it, it comes up as tbsp. So someone looking at my diary might think I'm not weighing my food. I have come across quite a few of those. I guess I just have to realize that I know I'm weighing, regardless of what others looking at my diary might think.

    I change the measurement from 1 tbsp to 1g, then log the number of servings to X number of grams I used. I weigh butter/ peanut butter also.
  • newheavensearth
    newheavensearth Posts: 870 Member
    Wow had no ideas this thread was this old! DERP!
  • Cindy01Louisiana
    Cindy01Louisiana Posts: 302 Member
    This was very helpful. I had no idea that the user submitted verifications existed. Now I have another tool in determining if an item is accurate. Thanks for this useful post!
  • khhregister
    khhregister Posts: 229 Member
    Fiftyls2looz wrote: »
    I think MFP should change the format of the site so that your not bombarded with lots of different options. So for eg say - chicken breast, it should just be:

    In grams only (forever eliminate cups)
    Pan fried, Deep Fried, baked, braised,boiled, stewed,grilled,steamed etc

    THAT'S IT.

    AND the same method with other foods like fruits, dairy etc. That would be so helpful.

    YES PLEASE. Pleeeeeeaaaaase. I waste so much time sifting through all the stupid wrong entries. And cups of things. This is my only, seriously, my only beef with MFP. Otherwise I am absolutely in love with this site.
  • kansascutie81
    kansascutie81 Posts: 53 Member
    Thanks for sharing first of all, second what do you do to figure all the calories in a home cooked meal? For example say I was making homemade chili with canned chili beans,diced tomatoes and pinto beans and instead of ground beef I used ground turkey and chili season packet. Each canned item says serving size 1/2 cup but each ingredient has different nutrition facts and calories how do I figure the total calories or do I input every ingredient manually.
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    kansascutie81 wrote: »
    Thanks for sharing first of all, second what do you do to figure all the calories in a home cooked meal? For example say I was making homemade chili with canned chili beans,diced tomatoes and pinto beans and instead of ground beef I used ground turkey and chili season packet. Each canned item says serving size 1/2 cup but each ingredient has different nutrition facts and calories how do I figure the total calories or do I input every ingredient manually.

    There's a recipe builder you can use to create and log the number of servings you way of it
  • SezxyStef
    SezxyStef Posts: 15,267 Member
    As @malibu927 indicated the recipe builder is great for home cooked meals.

    I have over 10 pages of recipes myself. Anything from a marinade to a brownie bottomed cheesecake..

    and if it's an online recipe it's even easier now to import it.
  • kevinmumenthaler
    kevinmumenthaler Posts: 3 Member
    Thanks OP. This is very helpful for beginners like me :)
  • qtbird33
    qtbird33 Posts: 2 Member
    SezxyStef wrote: »
    As @malibu927 indicated the recipe builder is great for home cooked meals.

    I have over 10 pages of recipes myself. Anything from a marinade to a brownie bottomed cheesecake..

    and if it's an online recipe it's even easier now to import it.
    I'm new to this tool and curious about using cooked vs raw ingredients in recipes. I often use multiple vegetables in one dish recipes.

    It's simple to enter a total measurement for a veggie before it goes in the pot, but nearly impossible after cooking everything together, which is what im actually consuming....

    So I'm measuring total completed recipe which is cooked and dividing into servings but using raw ingredient measurents. If that makes sense..

    Any Ideas/thoughts about better methodology and how this is impacting the accuracy? Thanks!
  • SezxyStef
    SezxyStef Posts: 15,267 Member
    qtbird33 wrote: »
    SezxyStef wrote: »
    As @malibu927 indicated the recipe builder is great for home cooked meals.

    I have over 10 pages of recipes myself. Anything from a marinade to a brownie bottomed cheesecake..

    and if it's an online recipe it's even easier now to import it.
    I'm new to this tool and curious about using cooked vs raw ingredients in recipes. I often use multiple vegetables in one dish recipes.

    It's simple to enter a total measurement for a veggie before it goes in the pot, but nearly impossible after cooking everything together, which is what im actually consuming....

    So I'm measuring total completed recipe which is cooked and dividing into servings but using raw ingredient measurents. If that makes sense..

    Any Ideas/thoughts about better methodology and how this is impacting the accuracy? Thanks!

    I do that as well.

    I weight raw ingredients when I can...then weight cooking dish add in food, cook it reweigh subtract dish weight divide by # servings...can be a pain but worth it imo.
  • clark614
    clark614 Posts: 92 Member
    Saving to refer back to
  • qtbird33
    qtbird33 Posts: 2 Member
    SezxyStef wrote: »
    I do that as well.

    I weight raw ingredients when I can...then weight cooking dish add in food, cook it reweigh subtract dish weight divide by # servings...can be a pain but worth it imo.

    I think there's an accuracy issue with our method though:

    We're measuring and using nutritional info for raw ingredients but consuming cooked ones....

    For example, I cook up a pound of ground beef together with a bunch of veggies. The nutritional info for raw vs cooked ground beef is quite different.

    But I cant figure out how to measure the cooked ground beef as its mixed in with everything.

  • SezxyStef
    SezxyStef Posts: 15,267 Member
    qtbird33 wrote: »
    SezxyStef wrote: »
    I do that as well.

    I weight raw ingredients when I can...then weight cooking dish add in food, cook it reweigh subtract dish weight divide by # servings...can be a pain but worth it imo.

    I think there's an accuracy issue with our method though:

    We're measuring and using nutritional info for raw ingredients but consuming cooked ones....

    For example, I cook up a pound of ground beef together with a bunch of veggies. The nutritional info for raw vs cooked ground beef is quite different.

    But I cant figure out how to measure the cooked ground beef as its mixed in with everything.

    there could be but what I do it weigh the cooked items and divide by either the qty of grams I want each serving to be or the amount of servings I want.

    so either way I am getting in a serving of what I logged in the recipe...

    For example my maple salmon calls for 1lb of salmon...raw.

    I weigh the total weight of the salmon once it's cook and divide by 4 as the recipe is 4 servings.

    I am eating 219 calories regardless.
  • abrunner1
    abrunner1 Posts: 5 Member
    Thanks for sharing because I was logging my info wrong :)
  • stephinator92
    stephinator92 Posts: 162 Member
    Great post.. been using MFP on and off for a few years and never knew this!
  • time4me38
    time4me38 Posts: 14 Member
    bump
  • JaydedMiss
    JaydedMiss Posts: 4,286 Member
    i cant seem to find "___# of people have confirmed" on anything? spent 20 minutes going down lists trying to find it
  • adianeschu
    adianeschu Posts: 491 Member
    bump
  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
    Could use a bump.

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  • 70davis
    70davis Posts: 348 Member
  • SezxyStef
    SezxyStef Posts: 15,267 Member
    JaydedMiss wrote: »
    i cant seem to find "___# of people have confirmed" on anything? spent 20 minutes going down lists trying to find it

    They may have gotten rid of this function and started using the "verified" function...which isn't that great IMHO.
  • Namdier
    Namdier Posts: 19 Member
    SezxyStef wrote: »
    JaydedMiss wrote: »
    i cant seem to find "___# of people have confirmed" on anything? spent 20 minutes going down lists trying to find it

    They may have gotten rid of this function and started using the "verified" function...which isn't that great IMHO.

    It' still there on desktop versions, just below the food or brand name ....I don't think you can see confirmations in the app though...

  • imjms737
    imjms737 Posts: 69 Member
    edited June 2016
    This is a great post. Thanks!
  • Zella_11
    Zella_11 Posts: 161 Member
    edited June 2016
    This is awesome! Thank you for such a helpful and informative post--very thorough!
  • Heirgreat
    Heirgreat Posts: 262 Member
    Love this- maybe help me break that plateau cause I'm so certain I'm logging correctly- until now
  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
    Don't mind me. I'm just bumping old posts.
  • pztodd
    pztodd Posts: 102 Member
    Fittreelol wrote: »
    I wish someone would have posted this when I first started! I so did not realize every entry wasn't accurate.

    Maybe that explains why the weight isn't shifting!! Mission for the week: get better at logging my food. Thank you
  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
    Bump.
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    Eleniala Posts: 87 Member
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    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
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