Tips For Using Our App

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• If taking picture of more than 1 food, separate food items by commas
• If eating from a restaurant chain (i.e. McDonald’s, Burger King), enter the restaurant name in front of the first food item (Mcdonald’s quarter pounder with cheese, large fries)
• Enter small, medium, large, etc when it seems appropriate (drinks/smoothies etc.)
• When eating a food you have previously stored a food into PhotoCalorie, use the “My Food” tab for quicker journal entry.

Estimating Serving Size

Use these practical methods to get a good estimate of how many servings you are eating:

1 Serving descriptions for various food categories:

Meat:

3-4 oz: the size and thickness of a deck of playing cards / the palm of your hand

Fruit:

1 whole fruit about size of medium apple, peach or tennis ball.

If large fruit or small fruits (i.e. pineapples or grapes), amount that would fit into 1 cup

Cheese:

Couple slices or 1 oz, about the size of 4 stacked dice

Ice cream:

½ cup or size of a tennis ball

Mixed Veggies, pasta, mashed potatoes, rice etc.:

1 cup or about the size of a fist

Butter, margarine, Olive oil:

1 tablespoon or size of large soup spoon.

Nuts, seeds, candy:

1 ounce or one handful

Peanut Butter:

2 tablespoons or about 2 large soup spoons full

Fluids (milk, juice, soda, soup etc.):

8 oz. /  1 cup or about the size of a fist.

Eggs:

One egg.

For scrambled eggs, or omlette about 2 eggs