How to log a restaurant lunch menu
Set lunch with soup and a main course? A quick, more accurate way to log it: photo of the plate plus photo of the menu board, portion weights and the usual traps.
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Short, sourced answers to the questions people actually have when they start logging food. No miracle diets, just methods that hold up.
Set lunch with soup and a main course? A quick, more accurate way to log it: photo of the plate plus photo of the menu board, portion weights and the usual traps.
No kitchen scale? Seven practical ways to estimate portions, where the biggest errors hide and how to keep your calorie log useful anyway.
Up a kilo overnight? Daily weight swings are mostly water, glycogen and food in transit – not fat. How to weigh yourself and read the real trend.
Soup, stew or meal prep: how to calculate calories per portion of a home-cooked dish, why raw and cooked weights differ, and how to save the recipe once.
The nutrition table step by step: why values are per 100 g in the EU, when to watch the 'per portion' column, kJ vs kcal and how to check the calories yourself.
How many kcal in a pint of beer, a glass of wine or a shot? Alcohol has 7 kcal per gram. A simple formula, worked examples and how not to forget drinks in your diary.