Calorie Counting questions ( my fitness pal)
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Anonymous
| I'm very confused on how I do these calorie counting/food logs. For instance for lunch I'm having turkey wing portions baked (2) and its asking me for ounces and I'm totally confused. Also when I cook I don't measure the seasonings I just sprinkle it on the taste how to a put this. I also did not measure my pasta. This is my first day using this and I'm very confused any help.... |
Anonymous
| Anyone |
Anonymous
| You need to weigh and measure your food. Spices don't add many (if any) calories. |
Anonymous
| Calorie counting means you need to know how much you have eaten -- weigh and measure your food. Also, please don't cross-post. |
Anonymous
| So how does this work if you're not the one cooking the food all the time or if your just rushing and pour some in. |
Anonymous
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It is rarely an exact science. I just do the best guessing that I can - and learn a lot through trial & error.
It helps that I tend to eat a fairly stable diet - same kinds meals throughout the week, sometimes different stuff on weekends. What I like about MyFitnessPal is that the foods I eat regularly just pop up and I can quickly add them. I have guesstimated a lot of stuff. For example, I often will get a rotisserie chicken and then use bite-size pieces of the chicken breast in a salad for lunch I just estimate that it's about 1/2 the size of the full breast - and you can find the calorie count for a rotisserie chicken breast in the app and then just make it a 1/2 portion. If you generally overestimate a bit, then you'll make more progress losing weight. 
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Anonymous
| Thank you PP... |
Anonymous
| You can also look up portion sizes (google it) and get an estimate for when you don't have the ability to weigh/measure. Like a 3-oz serving of meat is about the size of a deck of cards, a cup of pasta/rice is about the size of your fist (I think), etc. I found that MyFitnessPal uses info entered by other users, which can be a bit off, so I agree with PP who said to overestimate a bit to make better progress. |