Calorie Converter for Recipes-??

MeganA · July 5, 2004

I'm looking for a way I can type in a recipe and have the calories and other information converted for me. Does anyone know of such a thing online?

Thanks in advance!!

Megan

hagerteresa · July 5, 2004

Sorry, can't help you.... But would love the link when you find something. I can use the free version on fitday but it is a real pain in the rear. You kind of have to find all of the foods from the lists, add it all together and then divide by portions. I want something easier. Alex was is trying the pay version of fitday and I think she was hoping recipe figuration would be simpler with that version. Hopefully she can help answer your question. Teresa

Alexandra · July 5, 2004

Megan, the pay version of Fitday does give you what you're asking for, I'm pretty sure. It lets you create custom foods by listing ingredients, and it shows nutrient breakdowns for each ingredient and the food as a whole. It's pretty amazing, actually.

Get it by going to Fitday.com and clicking on the big ad on the home page for Fitday For the PC. It's only $20 at the moment and well worth it, I think.

Penni60 · July 5, 2004

I have been using Fitday.com for over a week now and it is an awesome program actually. I love it. Works like a charm and keeps me honest.

MeganA · July 6, 2004

Thanks so much for your replies. I'm sold on the fitday for PC. I'm buying it tonight when I will have time to play...Thanks Alexandra for being the guinea pig for it!

Megan

MeganA · July 7, 2004

Wow- that Fitday for PC is really cool! Thanks Alex!!!

I'm still messing around with the food stuff.

The coolest thing it did for me was to convert my weightloss goal into how many calories I should eat a day to get to that goal. I should, based on 3500 calaries equals a pound- consume 2, 096 calories a day to get to my goal of 7 pounds lost by 7/31/04 (my family reunion...I REALLY want to be down 50 lbs by then!!)

I love Fitday for PC!!!

Megan

Alexandra · July 7, 2004

Megan, I agree that calorie goal thing is cool, but I think it's flawed. It bases its calculations on your current weight and height, but that seems to come up with inflated figures compared to other calculators I've used.

I asked a nutritionist I know why that should be, and she said that fat is not metabolically active like the rest of the body. To get a better calculation of our BMR we should use a weight closer to our "ideal" weight. Fitday assumes our bodies are (I guess) some average mix of fat to muscle no matter what we weigh.

When I use Fitday's calculator with my current weight, I come up with a BMR of over 3000 calories a day and a weight-loss calorie allowance of something like 2400 a day. But when I use a different one it comes out to more like 1600, which sounds more reasonable to me.

MeganA · July 7, 2004

Alex-

The more I think about it, the more I think you are right. It does take extra effort to carry around the fat, but it doesn't do much else.

I agree that 1600 calories makes more sense than 2000.

Plus, I'm one of those loosers who is eeking out a pound a week so I'm probably better off keeping calories down if I want to make my goal for the family reunion.

This is the first time I've set a weight goal for myself and it's kind of unnerving. There is just so much we can't control about it. I'm going to do my best, though.

Thanks for your help!!

Megan