counting macros ???

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Sia_33
Sia_33 Posts: 36 Member
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i dont understand how to count macros on home cooked meals????

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  • LyndaBSS
    LyndaBSS Posts: 6,964 Member
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    I cook at home. I just enter each ingredient alone, then save the list as a meal, i.e. chicken chili, so next time I can just call up that meal. Make sense?
  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
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    Have you used the recipe builder at all? That's my preferred way to track homemade foods.
  • Panini911
    Panini911 Posts: 2,325 Member
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    use the recipe builder and enter each ingredient separately using appropriate database entries with info listed. should all add up :)
  • thanos5
    thanos5 Posts: 513 Member
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    the recipe builder, as others have said. i couldn't make my (in)famous chili without it!
  • DiscusTank5
    DiscusTank5 Posts: 337 Member
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    As you add ingredients to the recipe builder, be sure to double check them. There's a glitch with the cheddar cheese (one of many entries for it--the others don't do this) so that if you change the portion, it makes 1/2 a cup count as 3,000 or so calories!
  • LyndaBSS
    LyndaBSS Posts: 6,964 Member
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    Glad you guys mentioned the recipe builder. I'll have to give that a try! 😉

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