Such thing as a reverse calorie counter?
November 23, 2009 11:50 AM Subscribe
I'm keeping a food log. It's the middle of the day. I know I have W calories remaining, X grams of Fat, Y grams of protein, and Z grams of carbs left. I'm wondering what are some typical meals I can eat for dinner, and an afternoon snack. Is there an online service that provides this type of info?
Thank you very much. Google didn't get me anywhere.
Thank you very much. Google didn't get me anywhere.
I don't know of any online services that would help, but I can tell you that once you've been keeping the food log for a while, you'll get a lot better at instinctively knowing what you can eat to keep your percentages approximately where you want them. For instance, for snacks, I have kind of standard pairings that are around 200 calories and are balanced, like an apple + lowfat string cheese, a container of lowfat yogurt + some almonds, veggies + hummus, stuff like that.
posted by amarynth at 12:24 PM on November 23, 2009
posted by amarynth at 12:24 PM on November 23, 2009
I'm doing the same kind of diet, and I've been using www.sparkpeople.com - they will provide calorie information for pretty much -anything- that's sold nationwide or in major chain stores, and the user submitted nutrition info fills in a lot of the gaps. I don't always go by their menu recommendations, but it's really easy to find good suggestions.
posted by BZArcher at 2:47 PM on November 23, 2009
posted by BZArcher at 2:47 PM on November 23, 2009
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The Zone diet, if you're unfamiliar with it, is exactly what you mentioned: balancing X carbs to Y protien to Z fat in constant proportions. (That's the simple version)
posted by ctmf at 12:22 PM on November 23, 2009