How to calculate calories..I cant do it

parisdufresne
parisdufresne Posts: 6 Member
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if I eat for example cooked rice and fried cabbage
do I have to do it like
1 cup of raw rice cooked
2 cups of shredded cabbage
1tsp of coconut oil?


Or I need to do
1 cup of raw rice cooked
2 cups of fried cabbage

Because if I do it second way the ammount of coconut oil for frying is not mentioned anywhere...
so what to do here?

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  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,073 Member
    parisdufresne wrote: »
    if I eat for example cooked rice and fried cabbage
    do I have to do it like
    1 cup of raw rice cooked
    2 cups of shredded cabbage
    1tsp of coconut oil?


    Or I need to do
    1 cup of raw rice cooked
    2 cups of fried cabbage

    Because if I do it second way the ammount of coconut oil for frying is not mentioned anywhere...
    so what to do here?
    When in doubt, account for all ingredients.

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  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    You need to include all ingredients you eat as all ingredients have calories.

    But cups are horrendously inaccurate way to measure solid foods - get yourself a digital food scale.
    (Cups measure volume but calories are in relation to weight.)
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    parisdufresne wrote: »
    if I eat for example cooked rice and fried cabbage
    do I have to do it like
    1 cup of raw rice cooked
    2 cups of shredded cabbage
    1tsp of coconut oil?


    Or I need to do
    1 cup of raw rice cooked
    2 cups of fried cabbage

    Because if I do it second way the ammount of coconut oil for frying is not mentioned anywhere...
    so what to do here?

    The first way.

    an entry for "fried cabbage" is just some other random users recipe entry that they saved in the database.
  • goal06082021
    goal06082021 Posts: 2,130 Member
    * Account for all ingredients, including and especially dipping sauces and cooking fats. Better to overestimate what you're eating than underestimate, if your goal is to lose weight.
    * Get a food scale (you can get a decent one for about $30 on Amazon) and weigh all of your food. Find entries that list servings per gram or per 100g, log how many grams you ate. Only use cups and spoons for liquids, weigh all solids and log them in g or oz. (28 g = 1 oz approx.)
    * Log the raw weight of your produce. The only thing you're going to lose in the course of cooking it is water, it will still have the same amount of calories but you can't account for how the person entering "fried cabbage" in the database cooked theirs (in a different kind or amount of fat, with some kind of seasoning/sauce, etc).

    So, properly, you should do it like
    125g cooked rice
    250g shredded cabbage
    5g coconut oil
    (or 5ml/1 tsp coconut oil)
  • parisdufresne
    parisdufresne Posts: 6 Member
    ok got it...thanks
  • snowflake954
    snowflake954 Posts: 8,399 Member
    I agree with using weight--except for the oil, tsps or tbls. I would weigh the rice dry before cooking. Water swells the rice and it's hard to be accurate weighing cooked rice.

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