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Logging the unloggable
jknight001
Posts: 745 Member
One point of frustration in this process is how to log meals that are not made at my home, such as meals at a friend's house. I would like to have a way to be able to do a good rough estimate on how many calories I have eaten even though I don't know all the ingredients of the meal.
Has anyone come up with some helpful tips on this?
Has anyone come up with some helpful tips on this?
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I usually type in "homemade ________". That gives a few options and I ballpark it. Hope this helps.2
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Good point! Very frustrating indeed and probably why I don't end up logging meals out on Friday and Saturday nights. Too hard to figure out sometimes.
I do what Kate says or I just do a general search and see what comes up.
Last Friday I had a tunafish sandwich for lunch via my office on-site cafeteria. Another one where I have no idea how much tuna or mayo they use. I did a search and found one that I thought sounded good and plugged it in.
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Thanks all for the ideas. I do think the homemade keyword would help. Wish logging would just come naturally like it does to those who don't have to watch their weight.
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KateNkognito wrote: »I usually type in "homemade ________". That gives a few options and I ballpark it. Hope this helps.
^This. Sometimes you just have to do your best and hope that you're close!3
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