Help tracking chicken drumsticks
I’ve spent the last 45 minutes researching how to accurately track chicken drumsticks with Macrofactor and I’m still left unsure.
Reading Reddit posts about the same issue has lead me to believe that the weight of food in Macrofactor includes only the edible part, so “chicken drumstick, skin eaten” should only include the meat and skin, not the bone. Additionally, foods are raw/uncooked unless otherwise specified.
My two raw chicken drumsticks on the bone weighed in at 319 grams. A general consensus is that the bone accounts for about 30% of the weight in a chicken drumstick, so I multiplied the weight by 0.7 to get an estimation. I’m left with 223 grams.
Entering it under “chicken drumstick, skin eaten” results in 460 calories and 60g of protein which seems far too high for two roughly average sized chicken drumsticks, leading me to wonder whether this food item is for the cooked weight.
The lack of detail in the food items is making macro tracking incredibly confusing for me. I understand that there’s going to be some inevitable inaccuracy, however, if my entries aren’t even close to accurate, I may as well not track at all.
I’d appreciate any guidance. Thanks.
I’ve spent the last 45 minutes researching how to accurately track chicken drumsticks with Macrofactor and I’m still left unsure.
Reading Reddit posts about the same issue has lead me to believe that the weight of food in Macrofactor includes only the edible part, so “chicken drumstick, skin eaten” should only include the meat and skin, not the bone. Additionally, foods are raw/uncooked unless otherwise specified.
My two raw chicken drumsticks on the bone weighed in at 319 grams. A general consensus is that the bone accounts for about 30% of the weight in a chicken drumstick, so I multiplied the weight by 0.7 to get an estimation. I’m left with 223 grams.
Entering it under “chicken drumstick, skin eaten” results in 460 calories and 60g of protein which seems far too high for two roughly average sized chicken drumsticks, leading me to wonder whether this food item is for the cooked weight.
The lack of detail in the food items is making macro tracking incredibly confusing for me. I understand that there’s going to be some inevitable inaccuracy, however, if my entries aren’t even close to accurate, I may as well not track at all.
I’d appreciate any guidance. Thanks.