I didn't get a response on the other site so I thought I'd try here.

Tomorrow is my b-day & we're going to my favorite sushi place. Can anyone help me estimate the following roll? I know it will be high, but I'll share it & it's my fave : )

Las Vegas Maki
Salmon, avocado, crabmeat, cream
cheese, masago deep fried w/ chef's
special sauce.

It's served in 6 pieces.

Thanks!
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Hmm, I think you will have to estimate how much of the ingredients you are eating, and do your best from there.

Salmon - wild atlantic salmon, cooked, 1 oz = 1 POINT
avocado - 1/4 of an avocado = 2 POINTS
crabmeat - king crab, cooked, 1 oz = 0.5 POINTS
cream cheese - regular, 1 tablespoon = 1 POINT
masago deep fried - one ounce of any caviar is 2 POINTS, but add a couple points overall for it being deep fried
chef's special sauce - no telling here!

That should at least give you a good starting place...

Thanks Jamie!

I have sushi every week after our WW meeting. This is how we do it.

Plain roll like cucumber roll = 2
California roll = 3
any "Big" rolls (which for us is something with avocado or cream cheese or things that are fried) = 5

Usually my WW buddy and I get 2 big and 2 small and divide the points because we share them. Does this make sense?

Totally. Thanks, I'll be printing this one off & will use as a guide.

So for my Maki roll it'd be 30 points for the whole thing - 6 pieces or 5 points for each piece right?

That seems fair.

Oh no Darling. Sushi is like the lowest point food you can have. I don't know if you have any food companion books but they have a few rolls listed in there. I meant the entire "Big" roll is 5 or 6 points and the enitre califronia is 3 points. That includes all pieces of the roll. So if you eat with just one other person and you guys split the rolls and you have 3 bigrolls one cucumber and one california for example the points total would be 20. But since you shared half you ate 10 points worth. I hope this clears things up for you. You're probably already at dinner so just adjust when you see this....sorry for the mix up.

Holy crap! I'm eating sushi for every meal! Yay!

A lot of people give themselves holidays without counting, so maybe you could give yourself your own birthday present that way? It doesn't mean going crazy and eating a ton of cake, but being reasonable and enjoying yourself.
Just a thought.

Jill my mom eats it at 4 times a week. I don't know how she does it. I love sushi but I can't hang with you guys. I hope you had an awesome birthday.

Sweet! Sushi for me on my birthday (the 20th) :-)

I actually did end up giving myself the day "off" for my birthday. I had more than exceeded my weight loss goals for the 1st 2 weeks so I felt okay doing that.

You guys totally put me in the sushi mood! We went out tonite for sushi & martinis. It was awesome. I counted it & felt good about having a nice on-plan meal out.

Thanks for all the advice!

Well, this thread made me crave sushi too. So, I got a little variety thing today from a restaurant and it had Spicy Crawfish roll in it. Not my favorite, but also included a Philly Roll which is my favorite... :-) I was able to track everything but the Spicy Crawfish on WW... then I attempted to internet search for the calories and couldn't find it... I'm a little concerned that I ate this now! HA! Anyway. Just wanted to share that WW online tracker goes by pieces... Now that does mean actual pieces, right? Not a whole roll?

I just had a Philly Roll for the 1st time this week! It was okay, I'm a fan of the California Roll myself. I could eat 10 of those.

Any other good ones I should try?

Brittany - I count per piece. Like for the Cali Roll w/ 6 pieces, I counted it as 6 points for the whole thing. Counted the Philly Roll as 3 points for 3 pieces.

I absolutely LOVE eel and avocado rolls... I also like the Jungle Roll - it is baked and also involves eel, but it has some kind of yummy sauce that I'm sure racks up the points!

Eel?

I don't know if I'm ready for that. I'm new to the whole sushi thing.

Maybe we'll give it a try next time. Sounds well......slimey