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I have a food scale, I use the food scale, it measures in grams, even.....but when I can't use the food scale I use the database. The database isn't very accurate so I tweaked the calories per day. It is working for me. So, in this case, adjusting my calorie goal is working and it can work for others in this same…
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OK, update: I decided to lower my daily calorie count on the MFP app to just about 2,000 a day (previously it was 2,100+ a day). I did this to compensate for the times when my estimating is off. I have tried to stay below this mark and it has been successful. I was down 1 lb the first week and 2 lbs this last week. Again,…
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This is exactly what I am doing. A lot of my entries that look like eating out or processed foods is because I assume those would give me higher estimates and it's easier to do. In actuality processed foods and eating out is a very small percentage of my diet. Example: Chocolate chip cookie from Starbucks is really an…
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OK, again, thank you everyone for you responses. This is great to have this input. I will work on all of these things starting today.
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Thank you for the above responses! I weigh or measure almost everything I eat. If I don't weigh it or measure it, then I will rely on the MFP database. I almost always go over my estimations but after four months of measuring I am pretty accurate now. Maybe the days where I have a 'calorie blow-up' there is residual???
