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Originally Posted by MahiMike
How does one count calories accurately? Are you measuring?
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this is actually a really important question....
I generally use my fitness pal and I go by the old saying "trust but verify"
The way my fitness pal works is kinda like wikipedia...ANYONE can put in an entry (like a cheeseburger from mcdonalds = 300 calories or whatever)
and you can use anyone's entry..so if youre adding something for lunch..you start typing cheeseburger...and you scroll down to the mcdonalds ones and use use one that someone else has already input the info
the ones with the little green check-marks are generally better....
heres the cool thing...if you have something every day, like coffee with milk or whatever...
once u add it in there to your food diary, and you confirm it is correct.it just stays on your quick menu so u can easily add it any time after that.....so basically if it is something you eat frequently just confiirm it once time then boom it is in your system waiting to be easily added any time you eat it...
You can even do custom things like 'cheeseburger - no bun' and most of the time someone else already thought of that and did the work for you and it is already in the database to be found easily.
I have found mistakes though, but they are easily corrected and added in there.