Fitness pal logging?

cheapskate
on 3/15/16 4:20 pm

RNY on 03/30/15

How do you log premade/restaurant food?

For example, a local coffee shop makes this amazing honey/lavender latteand they only use 2%...hiw would you log that? I can't stop them and weigh everything as they go.

There is a local grocer who makes an almond chicken breast salad made with a "little. Mayo and olive oil"

I know the ingredients are on plan, but I am not sure how to log it

Queen JB
on 3/15/16 4:26 pm

RNY on 07/20/15

I scroll through the options and choose the one that is most similar but with a highest calorie count so that I am not underestimating my totals.

High Weight before LapBand: 200 (2008)
High Weight before RNY: 160 (2015)
Lowest post-op weight: 110 (2016)
Maintenance Weight: 120 (2017-2019)
Battling Regain Weight: 135 (current)

Flaxie
on 3/15/16 4:40 pm

RNY on 03/15/16

You can enter individual ingredients and save them as a recipe, just name it and you are good to go. :)

Heavens2Betsy
on 3/15/16 6:15 pm

RNY on 02/29/16

Also, if you find a recipe on line you can import the whole thing. Just go to the "Food" Tab - click on "Recipes" and paste the URL into the spot where you can "import recipe". It's really cool!

Age: 55. 5' 8" SW 345 lbs. RNY on 2/29/16 at UVA w/ Dr. Hallowell.
Month 1 - 3/29/16: 319 (25 lbs. lost) | Month 2 - 4/27/16: 314 (5 lbs. lost) |
Month 3 - 5/29/16: 303 (12 lbs. lost) | Month 4 - 6/28/16: 293 (10 lbs. lost)
Month 5 - 7/28/16: 289 (4 lbs lost) | Month 6 - 8/28/16: 282 (7 lbs. lost) |
Month 7 - 9/27/16: 278 (4 lbs lost)

chassibi
on 3/16/16 7:30 am

For chain restaurants, you can often find the totals by putting the name of the chain and the food. For a non-chain, I would try to put as many ingredients as possible, then do what Juniper does and estimating on the high end. It's not an exact science, but it's "oh so much better" than the way I tracked before....which is not at all!

Consult Weight:276/Surgery Day Weight: 241.6 /Goal Weight: 150

Corrie33
on 3/16/16 2:53 pm

RNY on 02/09/15

All great suggestions above.

Also, sometimes when I'm rushed, I'll have a bite of this and a bite of that, and it's impossible to know exactly what how to input that, so I use the "quick calorie" input. So, let's say I grab a bite of chicken salad and a handful of mixed nuts on the run... I'll just put in 200 quick calories at the end of the day. It won't give you the credit for the protein, carbs etc, and the calories might not be exact (so I usually put in a higher estimate like the poster above)... but in a pinch at least like I feel like I accounted for it instead of just shoving it in my mouth and pretending it didn't happen.