Logging on Fitday

Susan asked me to start a new thread about logging food in programs such as fitday since I had answered a few questions on an other thread - so I am pasting the info from there to here and adding some tidbits that might be helpful.

(Pasted from other thread)

1 cup = 16 tbsps

1tbsp = .06 of a cup (.0625 for those who are mathheads) or 1/16 of a cup

4tbsp = 4/16 of a cup or 1/4 of a cup

ounces in weight and ounces in volume measure (cups, tbsps, etc.) are NOT the same.

The only way to know how much an ounce of something by weight is by volume is to measure it by weighing it then measure that amount by volume method. 

As for measuring stuff like a sandwich for programs like fitday, one basically has two options.

Enter the sandwich piece mill - bread 2 slices, lowfat cheese 1 slice, 2 tsp mayo, 1 oz ham.

Or if it is something that you routinely make, one can enter it as a custom food, which would entail reading the label (or looking up) the nutritional values for each item then combining them into a custom item which you name.

The custom food option is the most time consuming on the front end but later it makes it really simple just to click you custom food (Myhamsandwich).

(New stuff)

Surfing I found a great conversion site. It actually has a weight to volume conversion of some common food items.

http://www.onlineconversion.com/cooking.htm

http://www.onlineconversion.com/weight_volume_cooking.htm

If anyone has questions about food measurement, understanding labels, or logging nutritional values, I will try to answer them.

Alice

I just wanted to add that I think FitDay is a really neat site. Before I had my surgery, I had to be on an 800 calorie diet for two weeks to shrink my liver in order to make the laproscopic surgery easier to perform. I had heard alot about FitDay so I decided to try it. The site really helped me to keep track of what I was eating and the nutritional values of each item. I have really gotten slack about entering my info into the site. I still jot down what I am eating on paper in a notebook but I like it better on FitDay.  Anyway, thanks for the info and I think I will start using FitDay again!   Karen

Love all of the info...especially the links.  Thanks for solving these mysteries for me.  Marti

Thanks, also, if you are dining out, you can go to this link http://dietfacts.com/ of many places to dine and import items from the menu into fitday.