Odd question

[map200uk]

Hey guys

I was just wondering, say you're at work and you eat a roast , relatively ok, like roast potatoes, some meat, yorkshire pudding, some veg etc

how would u all worekout the amt of protein/carbs/fat...just guess or what?

The reason i ask is due to the scenario mentioned above, and when my dad cooks dinner, i have no idea how much of everything is being used,


oh also, does anyone know where i can get some good digital scales for weighing food, and some digital scales for weighing myself

Thanks

Mark

[andi]

I've been keeping track of my intakes at www.fitday.com- they offer nutritional data for a great deal of food, but I think it might lean towards the American market. If I can't find it there I check at www.nutritiondata.com. In both cases, if you can find something very close or similar to what you're eating, it's better than guessing out of the blue.

As for a scale, I just purchased one at amazon.com- they'd be my first choice for that type of thing.

[map200uk]

Andi, but what if you have a meal at say work or that someone else cooks, how do u workout the values for it?

I could guess the amts of each and then check via a site but i dunno?:|

Mark

[Mahdimael]

Also check out:

http://www.ntwrks.com/~mikev/chart1.html

It's a decent chart of food nutritional info

[Razor]

Originally Posted by map200uk

Andi, but what if you have a meal at say work or that someone else cooks, how do u workout the values for it?

If you can get in touch with the person who cooked it, ask them. They may have an idea. If not, find out the ingredients in it and make a (very) rough educated guess based on it's ingredients.

[daveo]

Originally Posted by map200uk

... but what if you have a meal at say work or that someone else cooks, how do u workout the values for it?

At least in the US you can polietly say "Thanks, but I'm on a diet" with a little frown (to let them know you'd like to try anyway, even if it's not true) and eat what you have planned out and know the values for.

Works for me

[MYBAD?]

Hi again Mark,

I got my scales from m and m sports. They're based in UK and I've been using for about a year with no problems:

www.mandmsports.com

http://www.mandmsports.com/prodmore....=CS48&cat=&ag=

They're also great for heart rate watches (I think you posted a while ago asking about these).

ciao.

[NCNBilly]

Yeah, I usually get the frown. My fiancee's family is the worst. I got badgered last night when we went for her birthday dinner. I ended up leaving the table during dessert because they nearly held me down and made me eat cake and ice cream. I hate cake anyway, so I probably wouldn't have eaten it anyway.

I need a shirt that says, "I don't want to be fat like you, so leave me alone."

[Banditfist]

Haha! Being married, I can guarantee you that your in-laws would not like that shirt.