How to count pizza - light cheese

KariM
KariM Posts: 53
edited September 20 in Food and Nutrition
So almost every Friday my family gets Pizza. Although I have not given it up, I get thin crust with veggies and light cheese. With all the veggies, there is hardly any cheese. 1 slice of a 14 inch cheese only thin crust is 290cal. Anyone have a good guess of how many cals to cut for light cheese? I am thinking 1/4, but unsure. Suggestions Please!

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  • thumper44
    thumper44 Posts: 1,464 Member
    FYI.
    Something to double check.
    Not sure where you are getting the info about the pizza.
    There was another thread talking about pizza.

    One pizza place example.
    Each serving of a slice is approx ~4 inches along the crust.
    So your 14" pizza has a circumference of approx. 43".
    To get 4" slices you would divide that pizza into 10 pieces, and each one of those is a slice/serving.

    Re: cheese.
    Shrug, you would have to know what kind of cheese they use?
  • Arienna
    Arienna Posts: 913
    What I do when I eat something from a restaurant, even if i ordered it healthier I just put it in, with the original numbers and don't adjust them. This way, you don't risk going over your calories but you know you might be a little under what you actually ate. It's probably not a very good idea but it's easier to me than to try and figure out nutrition info for the changes
  • KariM
    KariM Posts: 53
    The calorie information is for Pizza Hut - its from their web page info.
  • CarmenSantiago
    CarmenSantiago Posts: 681 Member
    I do what Arienna does. It's better that way for me because I am so anal I will drive myself crazy trying to get things exactly right. I would rather just know I might be under a few but put in the numbers the way they are.

    Good Luck!! :drinker:
  • BrendaLee
    BrendaLee Posts: 4,463 Member
    I would enter it as a slice of cheese pizza, and not worry about the small difference in calories.
  • KariM
    KariM Posts: 53
    well thay is normally what I would do too, but I ate 4 slices :sad: trying to tell myslef it wasnt THAT bad :noway:
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