Logging Question! Please help!

JTHRONES
JTHRONES Posts: 75
edited December 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
There's a lot of small restaurants and whatnot out there and I was wondering how everyone goes about logging something if the EXACT food isn't in the database? I find a similar food and log that. Is that bad? HELP!

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  • samanthanic0le
    samanthanic0le Posts: 81 Member
    I would personally just try to find a dish that's similar. As long as you don't go out every night and constantly underestimate, it'll be fine. :)
  • Longtobeslim
    Longtobeslim Posts: 67 Member
    Thats what I do. I find a similar dish and put that in. If there are two dishes that are similar and one is higher then the other, I always put the higher dish in. I believe its better to log higher then lower to be on the safe side.
  • JTHRONES
    JTHRONES Posts: 75
    Thanks! Yesterday I went to a Mexican restaurant and ate a Chimichanga. There were several options, but I took the one highest in cals to punish myself for going out to eat in the first place lol. Alot better than under-estimating!
  • samanthanic0le
    samanthanic0le Posts: 81 Member
    Alot better than under-estimating!

    Yep, agreed. :)
  • Verity1111
    Verity1111 Posts: 3,307 Member
    There's a lot of small restaurants and whatnot out there and I was wondering how everyone goes about logging something if the EXACT food isn't in the database? I find a similar food and log that. Is that bad? HELP!
    It depends on how strict you are and how low your calories are really. I would rather overestimate than under, so I usually just overestimate and pick something similar to it, just in case mine was more calories, I still am under my limit. xoxo
  • Verity1111
    Verity1111 Posts: 3,307 Member
    OOPz you all beat me to it :]
  • JTHRONES
    JTHRONES Posts: 75
    No worries ;)
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