Hi everyone! I am new to calorie counting, hope to find lots of advice and tips over here with you!
I have a problem already, which I know will only get worse the further along I go. I live in Egypt, and it is not required to have nutrition info on food items. This makes it hard to figure out what the calorie amount is for most foods. And, the brands of items here are obviously totally different from what is commonly found in the US (where I am from), so I can't just look them up online.
One of my main concerns is in bread. Bread is a staple food here, and I seriously don't think I can just give it up. But I have no clue what to figure calorie wise. I have started eating a diet bread that is made at my husbands bakery, but I have no clue what to compare it to even. I will see if he can get me the ingr. list for the bread, but in the huge amounts it is made in, I don't think I will even be able to figure out an amount that would be relatively close.
I guess this is actually more of a rant, lol, because it is just hard and frustrating trying to do this when I have no clue what is in different foods, and not being able to just look at the can/box/bag, and have the info right there for me. I won't give up, but just wondering what any of you do when faced with the same situation.
Thanks for any advice/feedback
Angie