Food Weight Measurements

I'm not sure I understand your question. What do you mean you can't log 3 ounces or 100g? I can log either grams or ounces.

There are multiple entries in the foods database - keep in mind it is less reliable than Wikipedia. LOL.

I usually look for entries with "USDA" in the label/name because that means the data comes from the USDA Nutritional Database - the "go to" place for reliable nutrition info. I also try to find entries for solid foods that are in grams or ounces (not "each," "cup," "bowl", "slice" etc...those are extremely subjective measurements.) Then I can adjust accordingly.

For example, if I find "USDA chicken, breast, grilled, 100g" and I am planning on eating 120g of it...I adjust the serving size to 1.2 instead of the default 1. This is why I like using grams for food measurement over ounces - it's much easier to do the math!

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It depends on the entry in the database - I log in grams and look for entries that allow grams to be used as a unit. If you look in the database at a food, you'll see under Nutrition Facts a line like:

Servings 1.0 1 oz

The serving size (1 oz in this case) will be a dropdown. For example:

1 oz
28 gram
1 gram

To get a 100 gram serving, you can set Servings to 100 and select 1 gram for serving size, or set Servings to 3.57 and select 28 gram for serving size. I look at the product label to determine number of grams, and will use the bar code scanner to read the data directly from the package when available.

Searching becomes easier over time as MFP learns the foods you frequently use. Also, you can save favorites by clicking on My Foods in the top submenu, locating a food, and saving as a favorite.

malibu927 wrote: »

Beta_Ray_Bill wrote: »

You should look for entries with green check marks, don't choose Bob's chicken breast (or whatever) which is measured in servings or whatever they decided. Those shouldn't even show up in my opinion.

The green checkmarked entries can still be inaccurate. It's best to look for entries that say USDA and double-check it against their database.

This is true - found this out last night, one green checked entry was 70 calories higher than the restaurant nutrition info said - Panera Bread Mediterranean veggie 1/2 sandwich USED to be 290 calories but then they changed the recipe somehow (used a different bread maybe?) and now it's 220 calories for a half sandwich - but MFP still shows 290 as the verified #.

Here's a guide on how to add food and change weights/measurements - http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1234699/logging-accurately-step-by-step-guide/p1