Figuring out calories in food?
- Thread starter ElaineP
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Miss Lee
Cathlete
Elaine, I'm not sure how you would do that. I just tried to do a search but nothing screamed out at me.
I have a bread machine so I bought a cookbook for it that lists all the nutritional info for each recipe. Maybe you could google bread recipes and find one that's similar to yours but that also provides nutritional information.
Good luck!
Michele
I have a bread machine so I bought a cookbook for it that lists all the nutritional info for each recipe. Maybe you could google bread recipes and find one that's similar to yours but that also provides nutritional information.
Good luck!
Michele
allwildgirl
Cathlete
I think that Jane (luv2run) enters hers by putting all the ingredients into Fitday and coming up with a calorie count for that and then just dividing it by number of servings.
atiman
Cathlete
You could try www.fitday.com, but I think it would be easier and less time consuming, if you figure it out yourself.
The ingredient you used should have caloric contents listed on the package. Figure out how much you used of each product and add up totals.
Example(just an estimate)
Lets say it says:
1/4 cup flour=100 calories
You used 3 1/2 cups (3 1/2 cups =14 quarter cups used), it would be 1400 calories from flour. You do that for all of the ingredients and then divide the whole caloric content by how many serving you plan to get out of the bread. You also do the same for any other info needed.
Namita
The ingredient you used should have caloric contents listed on the package. Figure out how much you used of each product and add up totals.
Example(just an estimate)
Lets say it says:
1/4 cup flour=100 calories
You used 3 1/2 cups (3 1/2 cups =14 quarter cups used), it would be 1400 calories from flour. You do that for all of the ingredients and then divide the whole caloric content by how many serving you plan to get out of the bread. You also do the same for any other info needed.
Namita
Miss Lee
Cathlete
>Thanks for all the responses.
>
>I guess I was trying to find the easy way out, plug numbers in
>spit out answer.
>I'll have to sit down with my calculator and just figure it
>out
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>Michelle,
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>What cook book do you have?
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>Elaine
Elaine,
It's called Electric Bread. The one I have was published in 1992. I think they've put out another 1 or 2 books since then. I love the one I have. It's spiral bound which makes it easy to use and it's loaded with pictures. There's a good variety of recipes--everything from your standard whole wheat to exotic breads like Cottage Dill or Maraschino Pecan.
Good luck in your search!
Michele
>
>I guess I was trying to find the easy way out, plug numbers in
>spit out answer.
>I'll have to sit down with my calculator and just figure it
>out
>
>Michelle,
>
>What cook book do you have?
>
>Elaine
Elaine,
It's called Electric Bread. The one I have was published in 1992. I think they've put out another 1 or 2 books since then. I love the one I have. It's spiral bound which makes it easy to use and it's loaded with pictures. There's a good variety of recipes--everything from your standard whole wheat to exotic breads like Cottage Dill or Maraschino Pecan.
Good luck in your search!
Michele
Fit_mommy
Cathlete
Elaine,
What I will do take the total amount of all ingredients and divide by servings then I will take that # (representing 1 serving of each ingredient) and plug it into fitday to get the cal break down. I do each ingredient individually and when I am done plugging them in I have my cals.,etc. I don't then add them all up and replace it with one entry...I just leave it as is at that point because the #s are all there.
What I will do take the total amount of all ingredients and divide by servings then I will take that # (representing 1 serving of each ingredient) and plug it into fitday to get the cal break down. I do each ingredient individually and when I am done plugging them in I have my cals.,etc. I don't then add them all up and replace it with one entry...I just leave it as is at that point because the #s are all there.
You may also want to check out www.calorieking.com You don't have to pay money to do searches, but there is program you can sign up for. You can also receive newsletters via email. The site also has a nice color picture section that compares portion sizes of different foods.