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How do you figure out how many calories are in a serving

melanie_1029
melanie_1029 Posts: 1 Member
edited December 2024 in Food and Nutrition
I put a recipe in my app, and it gives me the calories for the entire meal. So how do I know how much my portion is?

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  • lynn_glenmont
    lynn_glenmont Posts: 10,126 Member
    You decide how much your portion is. When you log it, you just have to indicate what percentage of the whole recipe you ate.

    Or you can weigh the finished recipe (subtracting the weight of the container) and enter the weight in grams as the number of the servings that the recipe makes. Then weigh in your own portion in grams and log that as the number of servings you ate.
  • chezjuan
    chezjuan Posts: 747 Member
    You should be able to enter the number of servings the recipe makes in the app when you add it. Then divide the food into that many servings (weighing and dividing is the best) and you can log 1 serving. Though taking total calories and then the percentage you ate works fine too.
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