Blackadd3r

I call it 50 Shades of Sh#te. Did nothing for me at all, in any way.

Mmapags - That is not correct. If I have for example, a whole bag of pasta weighing 500grams and then boil the whole lot in water, when I then weigh it all again it will be more than 500grams as it has absorbed a certain amount of water.....and although water has no calories, the total weight of the pasta is more, so when…

IronSmasher and Neanderthin, thank you so much! I meant 125 g of pasta , not 250 g, which is rather a lot!

When the pasta is cooked, it will be heavier then when it has not been cooked, so the calorific value will be different as I won't get as much pasta as it is heavier

If I can explain better... I have a 500g bag of fresh fusilli pasta. I want to eat half of it. When I look at the back at the calorific value, it states the calories but ONLY the calories when the pasta has been cooked. When the pasta is cooked it will weigh more than when it is dry , as it will absorb water, so I won ,t…

It only gives the calories as cooked.

Thanks for your replies. I really like the maintenance angle on MFP. I am quite new so didn't know about that. Cheers :happy:

Hi no1belongs. I read your post with both amazement and admiration that your life is so hard. Others may disagree with me but the practical reality is that during the week, you have no time and no possibilities to do intentional execise. You don't mention the weekend but if you are not working, then some sort of exercise…