Lunch

anulle2009
anulle2009 Posts: 580 Member
edited September 29 in Food and Nutrition
Having some trouble. lunch was brought in at work today, i had some, i am lost on how to even figure out the cals. How do you do it if its a generic place.. We had it catered in from a place that wont be prelisted on here.. Any pointers!?

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  • naomi7703
    naomi7703 Posts: 17
    Just do your best by breaking it down to what you know was in it and then do your best to do some exercise to cover yourself!
  • ChantalGG
    ChantalGG Posts: 2,404 Member
    List what you know you ate and then add a few extra calories for sauce and oils that they always add.
  • jowings
    jowings Posts: 157 Member
    This happens to me a lot, too! I try and find similar dishes from other restaurants, one with the highest caloric value and the one with the lowest caloric value and just average them out. I am sure that it's not perfect, but it helps to give an idea. :)
  • lazatin
    lazatin Posts: 452 Member
    Check to see if they have a web page...you never know....I went to a pot luck and I did find a few things listed on MFP but the rest was just an educated guess...I also exercised extra that day.
  • SpectacuLaura
    SpectacuLaura Posts: 144 Member
    My work does this a lot too. It really sucks, but honestly I just try to stick to the plainest options. (Salad only, a roll with no butter, scrape off any sauces from sandwiches, etc.) It makes it a little easier to estimate when you can just pick out the individual ingredients in something so the less complex and more easily identifiable you can eat, the better. But yeah when in doubt, I always estimate high.
  • rwd5046
    rwd5046 Posts: 302
    You probably won't get the exact calories on this one so pick something as close as you can from the database items.
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