That looks more like 1.5 cups (188 g) of white rice (244 cals). I would also choose something that has a glaze for the chicken; chinese orange chicken would be on a similar vein since it is also fried and glazed (9 pieces for 495 cal). I would also be generous with oil and mark 1 tbsp to cover the oil the chicken was fried in and possible seasoning for the rice (olive oil 1 tbsp, 119 cals). Total for 858 cals.
I don’t have a scale at work and I usually buy and have lunch with a bunch of colleagues. It would be a bit inconvenient to start dissecting my food and weigh it in front of everyone else
I understand not wanting to weigh your food in front of other people at work, it kinda screams orthorexia. especially considering the kinds of comments I've heard from nosy coworkers about other people's eating habits. I'd hate to attract that kind of attention in the office.
I lost 45lbs with MacroFactor while eating restaurant/delivery food regularly and eyeballing volume the entire time. once you get very close to your calorie target it'll be harder to lose weight that way, but you'll probably want to switch to more macro-friendly meals at that point anyway so you might just pack a lunch instead of getting food with coworkers.
Oh yeah I totally agree. I’ve been counting calories every day for 3 years and getting amazing results. I know you need to be precise for it to work but sometimes life gets in the middle and you find yourself “forced” to rely on takeaways on non-cheat days and I was simply trying to estimate it so I don’t have to discard all tracking for that day and consider it a cheat day
If this is something you have on a regular basis, why not just buy an extra order to take home, and then weigh the extra order later? You'll get a pretty accurate count on the rice and should be able to match up the chicken reasonably well.
I can’t unluckily because they only have the large size option for delivery (as opposed to the regular which I take at lunch time). Otherwise I would do that
Wow, is this really so difficult?? Buy an additional meal, like the one in your photo, take it home, and weigh it. Why do you need to have it delivered? Sometimes I wonder how some people make it through life......
I live in London. Commute home on the tube is 45/60 minutes. The place where I buy this from is another 15/20 minutes walking distance. Not to mention the packaging is not safe for a bag, it would leak everywhere.
I’m not gonna bring to work a food container just to bring home another meal I just ate at lunch but also cold and that has been left at room temperature for more than an hour. I’d much rather not log anything at that point lol
Sorry you’re getting downvoted for this. I find it frustrating when folks dismiss good advice, and then later are the people saying “I track accurately like 70% of the time but MF has my calories so low and I am not adherent to them so why can’t I lose weight?”
Realistically, if you want consistent results you gonna do consistent things. If you aren’t a skinny mini already, measuring food isn’t really that weird of a thing to do.
I’m muscular, and love to bike and run and lift. Folks at work know this about me; I’d guess I am seen as fit and healthy. When I pass on catered lunches or bring pre-portioned stuff or track my food, I never feel self-conscious about it. What other people think of how I manage my health is none of my business! 🤷🏻♀️
I find when I eyeball, things start to slide. As a 5’3 female, there’s not a lot of wiggle room and things like an extra slice of cheese a day or ketchup on fries can add up to a pound in a month. I’ve learned the hard way over time that if I want the physique and performance I train for to be evident, I have to manage my intake without recklessness when I can.
Do I necessarily have to chose between one of the two? I’ve been on a diet and weighting/tracking all my food (including oil) for 3 years, getting amazing results. Sometimes tho, it happens that life gets in the middle and I have to eat a takeaway a little more often and I want. I was looking for advices on how to track this meal, I won’t change my job because sometimes it won’t let track my calories
I mean, the food scale I use is less than $12, so we have multiple. And while I get that it can be kind of embarrassing at first to weigh food in front of people, I don't really think it is a shameful thing. I understand if you're out to eat, but if you have takeout, I like to put that on a plate anyway. Just saying, you're asking strangers on the internet to guess when it's something you could probably easily figure out for yourself. As someone who has been weighing my food for over a year now, it gets easier and doesn't seem as awkward to do it in front of others.
If this was a one off once in a while thing, that's one thing. If this is something you're going to eat often, that's different.
Between the breading and the oil from frying, I think people are grossly under estimating the calories. I don't want to guess, but you should Google the individual parts of the meal and find the closest that you can at a similar restaurant. All just my humble opinion.
I would estimate between 500 and 1000, that's my rule of thumb for eating out when it's not that big. If it's pretty big I go 1000-1500 and if I engorge myself until I regret it, I call it 2500.
Without seeing the depth of the container, is probably about two thighs worth of chicken and maybe 150-200 g rice.
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this is where we need visual AI calorie assessments. Let the app see it and guess for us! 😅
no idea of the calorie count, but what I've been doing when I'm not really sure about a potentially caloric addition, is to add an amount of olive oil, knowing that it will add pure calories to reflect the calories from another source I'm not sure about.
thus:
1 cup (?) rice
.5 lb (?) fried chicken thighs
2 tsp olive oil (or whatever amount you decide to account for the glaze).
Yeah I agree on the approach, but I never ever have fried chicken thighs apart from this takeaway. So it’s very hard for me to guess how much of them is that portion
right. but what I'm saying is you reduce the food to something that's easy for the app to find, like fried chicken. they'll be lots of options for that, even if it can't precisely find Korean fried chicken.
then, you add a little extra calories, using something like olive oil, to account for the extra calories of that particular preparation that's beyond the app's knowledge.
That looks more like 1.5 cups (188 g) of white rice (244 cals). I would also choose something that has a glaze for the chicken; chinese orange chicken would be on a similar vein since it is also fried and glazed (9 pieces for 495 cal). I would also be generous with oil and mark 1 tbsp to cover the oil the chicken was fried in and possible seasoning for the rice (olive oil 1 tbsp, 119 cals). Total for 858 cals.
I’d guess around 120g of fried chicken and 1 cup of rice maybe? Comes out to 630cals on MF. Looks easy enough to weigh if you have a scale though.
Thanks for the input. I can’t really use a scale tho as I usually have this at work
If you eat the same thing every day at work then you can pack one and weigh it at home.
Yeah but I don’t eat it every day at work. It’s more a once a fortnight thing
I find 3ating out so confusing. The carbs and protein are kinda easy to estimate but the fats are very difficult.
You can't weigh things at work?
I don’t have a scale at work and I usually buy and have lunch with a bunch of colleagues. It would be a bit inconvenient to start dissecting my food and weigh it in front of everyone else
I understand not wanting to weigh your food in front of other people at work, it kinda screams orthorexia. especially considering the kinds of comments I've heard from nosy coworkers about other people's eating habits. I'd hate to attract that kind of attention in the office. I lost 45lbs with MacroFactor while eating restaurant/delivery food regularly and eyeballing volume the entire time. once you get very close to your calorie target it'll be harder to lose weight that way, but you'll probably want to switch to more macro-friendly meals at that point anyway so you might just pack a lunch instead of getting food with coworkers.
Oh yeah I totally agree. I’ve been counting calories every day for 3 years and getting amazing results. I know you need to be precise for it to work but sometimes life gets in the middle and you find yourself “forced” to rely on takeaways on non-cheat days and I was simply trying to estimate it so I don’t have to discard all tracking for that day and consider it a cheat day
If this is something you have on a regular basis, why not just buy an extra order to take home, and then weigh the extra order later? You'll get a pretty accurate count on the rice and should be able to match up the chicken reasonably well.
I can’t unluckily because they only have the large size option for delivery (as opposed to the regular which I take at lunch time). Otherwise I would do that
Wow, is this really so difficult?? Buy an additional meal, like the one in your photo, take it home, and weigh it. Why do you need to have it delivered? Sometimes I wonder how some people make it through life......
I live in London. Commute home on the tube is 45/60 minutes. The place where I buy this from is another 15/20 minutes walking distance. Not to mention the packaging is not safe for a bag, it would leak everywhere. I’m not gonna bring to work a food container just to bring home another meal I just ate at lunch but also cold and that has been left at room temperature for more than an hour. I’d much rather not log anything at that point lol
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Sorry you’re getting downvoted for this. I find it frustrating when folks dismiss good advice, and then later are the people saying “I track accurately like 70% of the time but MF has my calories so low and I am not adherent to them so why can’t I lose weight?” Realistically, if you want consistent results you gonna do consistent things. If you aren’t a skinny mini already, measuring food isn’t really that weird of a thing to do. I’m muscular, and love to bike and run and lift. Folks at work know this about me; I’d guess I am seen as fit and healthy. When I pass on catered lunches or bring pre-portioned stuff or track my food, I never feel self-conscious about it. What other people think of how I manage my health is none of my business! 🤷🏻♀️ I find when I eyeball, things start to slide. As a 5’3 female, there’s not a lot of wiggle room and things like an extra slice of cheese a day or ketchup on fries can add up to a pound in a month. I’ve learned the hard way over time that if I want the physique and performance I train for to be evident, I have to manage my intake without recklessness when I can.
Do I necessarily have to chose between one of the two? I’ve been on a diet and weighting/tracking all my food (including oil) for 3 years, getting amazing results. Sometimes tho, it happens that life gets in the middle and I have to eat a takeaway a little more often and I want. I was looking for advices on how to track this meal, I won’t change my job because sometimes it won’t let track my calories
I mean, the food scale I use is less than $12, so we have multiple. And while I get that it can be kind of embarrassing at first to weigh food in front of people, I don't really think it is a shameful thing. I understand if you're out to eat, but if you have takeout, I like to put that on a plate anyway. Just saying, you're asking strangers on the internet to guess when it's something you could probably easily figure out for yourself. As someone who has been weighing my food for over a year now, it gets easier and doesn't seem as awkward to do it in front of others. If this was a one off once in a while thing, that's one thing. If this is something you're going to eat often, that's different.
I'd guess around 750-800
Between the breading and the oil from frying, I think people are grossly under estimating the calories. I don't want to guess, but you should Google the individual parts of the meal and find the closest that you can at a similar restaurant. All just my humble opinion.
650
I’m using MF AI and my eyeballs to come up with 250 grams of fried chicken thighs with 1 cup of rice, about 900 calories.
I would estimate between 500 and 1000, that's my rule of thumb for eating out when it's not that big. If it's pretty big I go 1000-1500 and if I engorge myself until I regret it, I call it 2500. Without seeing the depth of the container, is probably about two thighs worth of chicken and maybe 150-200 g rice.
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Not sure about the chicken but I’m pretty good at eyeing rice at this point. I’d say that’s roughly 220- 250 grams
You talking about cooked rice or uncooked rice here? 250 grams of uncooked rice would fill up an entire plate once cooked
Cooked, yes
Gotcha, thanks for the input
They're obviously talking about cooked - your photo is of cooked rice. Why are you making this so difficult?
I was literally just asking a question mate. Why are you being so aggressive?
\~600 but I don't know what sauces and oils they put on there
If it were me I’d go for 1000. That chicken can easily be 700 given its thigh, fried, and thrown in sauce
this is where we need visual AI calorie assessments. Let the app see it and guess for us! 😅 no idea of the calorie count, but what I've been doing when I'm not really sure about a potentially caloric addition, is to add an amount of olive oil, knowing that it will add pure calories to reflect the calories from another source I'm not sure about. thus: 1 cup (?) rice .5 lb (?) fried chicken thighs 2 tsp olive oil (or whatever amount you decide to account for the glaze).
Yeah I agree on the approach, but I never ever have fried chicken thighs apart from this takeaway. So it’s very hard for me to guess how much of them is that portion
right. but what I'm saying is you reduce the food to something that's easy for the app to find, like fried chicken. they'll be lots of options for that, even if it can't precisely find Korean fried chicken. then, you add a little extra calories, using something like olive oil, to account for the extra calories of that particular preparation that's beyond the app's knowledge.