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perfectparanoia · 07-09-2012, 06:16 PM

I usually do it a little differently. I usually make dinner for myself, my husband and my two kids. We divide it into five (four of us and lunch for my husband for the next day).

I put each ingredient into fitday independantly and then divide the quantity by five. A simple egg scramble starts as:

8 eggs
2 cups hashbrowns
1 green pepper
1 onion
1 cup 2% milk

Becomes:

1.6 eggs
0.4 cups hash browns
0.2 green pepper
0.2 onion
0.2 cups 2% milk

If it is something I will be having frequently, I will put all these values into a new day in fitday and then use the total values to create a custom food. (I then remove them from that day, of course.)

07-09-2012, 06:16 PM	#5 (permalink)
perfectparanoia FitDay Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 9	I usually do it a little differently. I usually make dinner for myself, my husband and my two kids. We divide it into five (four of us and lunch for my husband for the next day). I put each ingredient into fitday independantly and then divide the quantity by five. A simple egg scramble starts as: 8 eggs 2 cups hashbrowns 1 green pepper 1 onion 1 cup 2% milk Becomes: 1.6 eggs 0.4 cups hash browns 0.2 green pepper 0.2 onion 0.2 cups 2% milk If it is something I will be having frequently, I will put all these values into a new day in fitday and then use the total values to create a custom food. (I then remove them from that day, of course.)