Measuring food and weighing

[dominyks_mom 54]

Okay, so I have decided to get back on to boat and starting measuring my food and counting calories and everything again beings I am eating more. However, I am not sure how to count all calories when I make something more than just one thing such a chicken breast, or such. So if I make a mixed meal like a casserole or something of the sort. Any suggestions?

[Orchids&Dragons 9,047]

You can type the recipe into myfitnesspal and it will break out all the nutrients for you. I just did it with a recipe for overnight oats and it worked great. After you save the recipe, you have to actually enter the meal into your food diary to see the breakdown.

Edited June 25, 2018 by Orchids&Dragons

[Creekimp13 5,841]

It's a time consuming pain in the arse....but you do it anyway...because your health is worth it.

[TakingABreak 2,733]

Orchids&Dragons is right, MyFitnessPal has the option to make "recipes" and they save for future use. It takes forever to input all the ingredients, but well worth it.

[labwalker 1,177]

I use a PC program called fitday.com.

It allows making up a custom food. It is time consuming, esp. if you eat a wide variety of foods.

Fortunately, I am usually satisfied eating a rather limited assortment of healthy foods.

But, I have found, at least for myself, it is extremely critical to count my carbs and calories. I am six or seven years out on the band surgery, which means losing more weight requires more effort if I want to ever see my goal.

[Orchids&Dragons 9,047]

One thing to remember when you enter recipes into a tracker is that many of the ingredients can be left off. Other than salt (if you track sodium), most seasonings can be ignored when entering the recipe since they don't contribute enough calories or nutrients to affect the totals. There usually aren't that many "main" ingredients.

[dominyks_mom 54]

It is. But really need to count at least calories because I am usually on the really low end and I have already been threatened with a feeding tube at least a couple times