chinese take out

Learning2LoveMe
Learning2LoveMe Posts: 1,430 Member
edited September 2024 in Food and Nutrition
So I went with a buddy to a chinese take out place for lunch. Unfortunately they didn't have any nutrition info for anything they serve... and now I'm trying to figure out where I'm at for my calories. :grumble:

So I had a spicy mongolian beef bowl... its about a medium sized bowl with mostly rice and some beef on top with onions, green peppers and sauce. I have no idea how to estimate the calories of it. I only ate about 3/4 of it.. saving the rest for dinner lol.

Any ideas on what the calories might be?

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  • vanessadawn
    vanessadawn Posts: 249
    I would calculate your rice, about how many cups do you think there was? And then I would search for a beef stir fry (by the cup measurement) and add that. Together they will be a guesstimate to what you ate, but not 100 percent correct because that is impossible unless you have the nutritional info. Or you could just take it as a cheat day and not count it at all :bigsmile:
  • Shanta1983
    Shanta1983 Posts: 1,228 Member
    I would calculate your rice, about how many cups do you think there was? And then I would search for a beef stir fry (by the cup measurement) and add that. Together they will be a guesstimate to what you ate, but not 100 percent correct because that is impossible unless you have the nutritional info. Or you could just take it as a cheat day and not count it at all :bigsmile:


    I Agree with that or consider it a cheat day, I hate going to places that dont have nutritional value.
  • csingleton24
    csingleton24 Posts: 235 Member
    I know that all places may be different but maybe if you just did a guesstimate by using another restaurants nutritional info. I found nutritional info on Mongolian beef at a restaurant called Pei Wei:

    http://caloriecount.about.com/calories-pei-wei-beef-i121160

    Not sure if it helps, but it's an idea.
  • skywalker
    skywalker Posts: 1,533
    Try thedailyplate.com
  • Widdy1961
    Widdy1961 Posts: 100 Member
    Hi

    Not sure if this would help you work it out.
    http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Super-Simple-Super-Spicy-Mongolian-Beef/Detail.aspx
  • Redneckwoman
    Redneckwoman Posts: 668 Member
    I would calculate your rice, about how many cups do you think there was? And then I would search for a beef stir fry (by the cup measurement) and add that. Together they will be a guesstimate to what you ate, but not 100 percent correct because that is impossible unless you have the nutritional info. Or you could just take it as a cheat day and not count it at all :bigsmile:


    This what I do
  • Learning2LoveMe
    Learning2LoveMe Posts: 1,430 Member
    Ok I'll try the rice and stir fry idea. As long as I'm within a couple hundred I'm happy. hehe
    I don't like the thought of cheat days and not counting calories... even if I decide to eat junk I still wanna calculate it and know how bad I messed up for the day. Lets me prepare for the evil scale!:laugh:

    Gonna hit my workout hard tonight just in case my calculations are way off. :wink:
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