How to figure calories?

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So there are things I want to eat, but since they come from small restaurants and not national chains, I can't figure out WHAT their calorie count is and so I have to keep skipping yummy food!

For instance, I want to order a bun dish from the Vietnamese place near work but I'm at a loss. I like the bun bo xao:
Sliced beef stir fried with lemon grass, garlic, onion. All rice noodle dishes are served in a bowl with fresh leaf lettuce, fragrant herbs, bean sprouts, cucumbers, carrots, daikon radish, chopped peanuts.

Peanuts is like maybe 2 tbs chopped, but I can't really estimate the rice noodle or the beef.

Any ideas?

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Are you on MFP? Their data base is huge and usually if I start typing the name of the food something comes up. It's not precise, but I usually try and guess off of that.

For instance this is what they say about that.

www.myfitnesspal.com/food/calories/pho-garden-bun-bo-xao-3351544

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Looks like I better join them then

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lets be mfp friends!

I'm using the same SN there too.

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Jul 20, 2012 15:26:01 GMT -5 @uwhuskygirl said:

Are you on MFP? Their data base is huge and usually if I start typing the name of the food something comes up. It's not precise, but I usually try and guess off of that.

For instance this is what they say about that.

www.myfitnesspal.com/food/calories/pho-garden-bun-bo-xao-3351544

Sigh, Taco del Mar vegan baja bowl it is! Thanks

[jennlin]

when i used to calorie count, i would use best estimates based on serving size and what it's made out of, etc. in this case, i would estimate for noodles, beef, and peanuts...then lump veggies together as probably 50 calories or so.

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Jul 20, 2012 15:34:41 GMT -5 @lauralynne said:

I'm on MFP too! gr8mom2tac if you want to add me

yay! We're mfp friends now too!

[sarack]

omg, mfp is the bomb!!! be friends with me.

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Okie doke! I'm on there now, too, same username.
I feel lazy...what do I do to sync it with my Fitbit as I don't want to be logging twice or anything.

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log in to fit bit
My account
Profile settings
applications
add the mfp info there

then go in to MFP and then accept the synch request

[emyinpink]

yay mfp friends!! uw helped with the fitbit syncing

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Somehow I'm not finding ANY options where I can enter MFP info to tell it to synch :/

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I Googled, I'm not totally helpless I couldn't do it through FitBit, I had to do it through MFP, odd.