Calorie Counting Breakfast Ideas With the Numbers Worked Out
Calorie counting breakfast ideas from 252 to 347 kcal, worked out in grams from USDA records. Five breakfasts, with protein and one 249 kcal swing.
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Claire Donovan · · 6 min readCalories per Egg: By Size and Cooking Method
Calories per egg: a large egg has about 72 kcal, a small 54 and a jumbo 90. See the USDA table by size and for boiled, fried and scrambled.
Claire Donovan · · 5 min readCalorie Deficit Dinner Ideas
Calorie deficit dinner ideas with every gram shown: four dinners at 474–530 kcal, a protein swap table and a 525–700 kcal dinner budget.
Claire Donovan · · 6 min readRecipe Calorie Counter: How to Count Calories in a Homemade Recipe
Recipe calorie counter by hand: weigh each ingredient raw, add the calories, weigh the pot, divide by your bowl. Worked stew: 1,451 kcal pot, 311 kcal bowl.
Claire Donovan · · 10 min readFood Diary Template: A Layout to Copy, Print and Fill In
Copy this food diary template: five columns, a sample day in grams and kcal, and how long to keep it. One cup of rice is 205 kcal cooked, 675 kcal raw.
Claire Donovan · · 10 min readHow to Choose a Calorie Counter App
Choosing a calorie counter app? Run 10 checks in 15 minutes: source of each number, grams, label error, speed, a 1,000 kcal goal test and breaks.
Claire Donovan · · 10 min readRestaurant Menu Calorie Counter: How to Count Calories Eating Out
A restaurant menu calorie counter should use published numbers first, then gram estimates. Size gaps and unlisted extras, like 119 kcal of oil, are the misses.
Claire Donovan · · 11 min readHow to Track Calories: A Method That Survives a Busy Week
How to track calories: weigh the few foods that carry most of them. 10 g of olive oil is 88 kcal and 10 g of cooked rice is 13 kcal, so start with oil.
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