There are times when you don't have a recipe or nutritional info to get a more accurate points calculation.

Like say....the deviled eggs at the picnic.

But when I look it up in the database...it tells me it's 4 points for 1 serving.

WHAT, pray tell, do they think constitutes 1 serving??? IMO 1 serving whole be a whole egg....2 halves. Since an egg by itself is 2 points, then that would make sense. I don't think you can fit 3 points of mayo into a little deviled egg half. Right? But I'm not sure.

So what on earth do you do in situations like that? Like when I'm looking up things like wings. Again....1 serving. ARGH!

I don't know about the egg thing, but one chicken wing (like the kind that are fried and have sauce and people eat with pizza) is 3 points. Thankfully, I can't stand chicken with bones My good friend is having a hard time with this though, as she loves wings.

Just change the units from serving to ounces and weigh the eggs. I noticed there are also recipes there so you could look at those as well. I'll be a serving turns out to be 2 halves.

Thank you for hitting me in the head with the all-too-obvious "change the serving to ounces"



Sometimes, the obvious escapes me! For example, tonight I'm having a sweet potato. First entry, the easiest, the default unit is "1 large". How on earth am I to know if my potato is considered large?? So for 1 large, if I'd left it that way, it's 4 points. But I weighed it, and then put in the 6 oz instead....and suddenly it's 2 points. big difference!

The ounces thing has really worked for me.

As for a potato, a normal sized potato is the size of a light bulb, so if it is bigger its large, smaller its small. This helps if you are eating one away from home and cant weight it.