How do YOU acconut for foods that you don't know nutrition info for?

[Turd Ferguson]

Just kind of curious how you go about accounting for food that you don't know the nutritional value of on myfitnesspal.

For example, if you go to a local restaurant and have a meal but the restaurant doesn't have a website that list nutritional info. How would you you go about accounting for the number of calories in that meal? Guess the weight and look up a generic item in myfitnesspal?

If I do this, I usually just assume that it's quite a bit of calories and try to have less calories at my later meal(s). In my mind, it's better to eat really light for the remainder of meals and still be under my intake than to go over.

How do you do it?

[TheNormalMan]

I close my eyes and pretend the calories don't exist.

Therefore they don't.

[mikegt87]

you don't eat them.

that simple

[Turd Ferguson]

I close my eyes and pretend the calories don't exist.

Therefore they don't.

I like that idea!

[Turd Ferguson]

you don't eat them.

that simple

Awful answer.

[BeABeast]

I always over estimate.

Find the highest cal generic food in myfitnesspal or the ingredients in said food. But always over estimate.

[Crooktele79]

I did this last night....had a burger and fries at a local steakhouse. I just looked up the value of the same type item from a restaurant(in this case Red Robin) that is listed and let it ride at that.

That's if I'm counting...if I decide to cheat I just eat it and try to forget about it.

[opabarbosa]

I did this last night....had a burger and fries at a local steakhouse. I just looked up the value of the same type item from a restaurant(in this case Red Robin) that is listed and let it ride at that.

That's if I'm counting...if I decide to cheat I just eat it and try to forget about it.

that's the hardest part... trying to forget about it..

[Crooktele79]

that's the hardest part... trying to forget about it..

As a recovering binge eater it is definitely the hardest thing. Learning to let it go and not have it turn into an all out feeding frenzy is tough for me...

[morpheeum]

I close my eyes and pretend the calories don't exist.

Therefore they don't.

I do exactly like this.

[Thelegendl23]

If you don't know how many calories it has for sure, Don't eat it. Its that simple bud.

[Osbornezo]

Yeah if its a hard food to count calories in i usually just avoid it

[Mazkulin]

i make an honest guess to myself.

i think about the ingredients, not forgetting little things like olive oil, milk etc.

then ill eat a few hundred less just to be safe.

then again, enjoy yourself and eat out with friends/family. you can always pick a healthy choice meal

[ArabAesthetic]

I usually estimate it, just look at the ingredients and estimate the macros of it and figure it out.
If I were cutting, I'd over estimate it, If I were bulking, I'll just try to accurately estimate it and not over-complicate things.

There's a way to plug your macros in Myfitnesspal by creating a Meal and add [Grams - Protein, Grams - fat, Grams - carbs] from the database, and simply put the estimated number for each one of 'em.

[Vaylor]

Eat small amounts of it.

[Vikingly]

I know a few restaurant chains here that actually come up on MFP, so what I'd do sometimes is find a comparable one portion wise and use it as a rough guide, allowing for a few hundred either side. That said, I'd also eat less throughout the day if I know I'll be in said situation. Next night out = Valentines day.

[Keyboardsmasher]

Stick to the "cleanest" option available, don't be afriad to ask your waiter to modify your order(s).

[mikegt87]

Stick to the "cleanest" option available, don't be afriad to ask your waiter to modify your order(s).

When I do eat out this is what I do. Hello s teak and double veggie serving

[cnh57811]

As a recovering binge eater it is definitely the hardest thing. Learning to let it go and not have it turn into an all out feeding frenzy is tough for me...