Some diets are based on counting the calories from the food eaten. Many people know that cakes are high in calories, but eggs are not very high. But how many calories a particular plate of salad or soup contains, not everyone can say. You need to study several ways to determine the calorie content of a dish, so that by the evening you know approximately how many calories you consumed.
Instructions
Step 1
Read carefully the packaging of consumed products. As a rule, on the packaging of food bought in a store, there is a plate indicating how many calories are contained in 100 g of this product. By simple mathematical calculations, you can calculate how many calories are contained in the entire purchased product.
This method is suitable if you eat the entire product in a day. Otherwise, it is worthwhile to determine by eye what part of the total mass of the product you ate. If the dish is complex, that is, it consists of several products, the calculations in this way become more complicated. Although here it is also worth determining the mass of each individual product that was used for cooking, and multiplying it by the number of calories in it. The next step is to add up all the calories.
Step 2
Use a calorie calculator. It is not difficult to download such a program on the Internet that will make it easier for you to calculate calories in complex dishes. It already contains all the most common foods with an indication of their calorie content. With such a device, it is much easier to keep track of your calorie intake.
Write down the time of the meal, choose the dishes that you ate from the proposed list and indicate the amount of food eaten in grams. Thus, you can calculate the calorie content of almost any complex dish.
Step 3
Look for the number of calories on food wrappers in food service establishments. In some cafes, restaurants, as well as fast foods, the packaging says how many calories a given dish contains. So, when visiting such establishments, do not forget to look at the calorie content of the dishes. If you do not know where to find such information in restaurants, then ask the waiter if they have a menu with calorie information.
