I hate measuring
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I can understand what you're saying with regards to not wanting to measure but the logic you are using becomes flawed if you enjoy such things as peanut butter, 30g can look very similar to 50g when spread across toast or bread but there is 200+ calories worth of difference there.
For some people that would actually take away their daily deficit.
I highly recommend weighing what you consume, unless you only log things that are in packets and pre-weighed for you. Otherwise you diary may as well be guesswork!
All the same, I wish you the best with whichever path you choose!
Adam
Yep peanut butter and the like are biggies, as are breakfast cereals.
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Flat doesn't always work for some foods steel cut oats comes to mind its usually way below the top on my measuring cup all the time this is why I go by weight and not the top of the cup.
Even so, for most things, measuring cups are better than eyeballing if the person doesn't have access to a scale.
OP, I second using a digital scale that you can tare out as you add food. It makes things a lot easier.0 -
SergeantSausage wrote: »Actually taxes are totally voluntary there is no law on the books that says you have to look it up.
Yer funny.
Educate yourself, or go to prison for your ignorance. You can claim "no law" all you want as they slap on the cuffs, seize all of your assets, and put you on the bus to prison.
It doesn't matter to me - I'm laughing either way, right?
BTW - I cite my source: Straight from irs.gov.
Your "look it up" is Argumentum ad Ignorantum of the highest order, Bro.
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You don't have to pay the taxes, but you do have to suffer the consequences of not paying your taxes.
I hate the government at much as the next guy but the people that claim there is no law mandating the payment of income taxes are following an urban myth. But let's not hijack this post am I right?0 -
Yeah don't know how that would work (maybe that guy lives in Greece?). I don't wanna be the only one paying! Lol0
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I like the structure that weighing/measuring accurately provides. My mom would hate it doing it; it's too tedious for her. My family makes fun of me for weighing pretty much everything, but whatever. I'm terrible at estimating. It's gotten me results and I see how easily portion control can get out of hand.0
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I love weighing
But then I'm a numbers geek
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I admit I don't weigh lettuce. I have a 1 cup entry I hit whenever I have it.
I resisted a scale for a long time, but it is way easier than measuring, just put a plate on there and re-tare it every time you add something.0 -
Generally, the closer you get to goal, the more careful you have to be. There is a smaller margin of error. But if you don't feel the need to weigh, then don't.
I don't weigh "every morsel" that goes into my mouth, but I do find that when cooking and portioning things, especially higher calorie items, weighing and measuring just makes things easier and more accurate. Most people suck at guesstimating...0 -
OCD Alert!!! Every shop I walk into, I see it... Bright, colourful measuring cups and spoons. I have to have them. (Never mind the fact that I already have a drawer dedicated to MY CUPS). The pretty scales with lots of buttons. Yes, I have to have these too. I HATE dishing up from a bowl of food where others have dished up for them, thus I make almost everything possible in single servings. My mom hated me at my wedding as I insisted on all wedding food being single servings. Trust me, even pumpkin pie can be made in a muffin pan for single servings. Did I say 'single servings' too many times?0
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Give it a few months, and you will stop losing and you will wonder why.
Seriously - would you rather stay fat or weight/measure your food?0 -
Not weighing/measuring is what got me back to where I am. Weighing/measuring is what's gonna get me back to where I was.0
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I have never even owned a food scale. I personally didn't need to.dakotababy wrote: »Give it a few months, and you will stop losing and you will wonder why.
Seriously - would you rather stay fat or weight/measure your food?
FFS everyone doesn't have to weigh their food to be successful. Plus she is logging, so what is your point? Mfp doesn't even have such a narrow view of this site.TheOwlhouseDesigns wrote: »nesian_twin wrote: »Will count calories in here but to weigh and measure every single morsel that goes onto my plate is so damn boring, anyone else feel the same? Plus I think its obsessive. Still managing to lose the weight without it though Usually measure portions by hand.
Well..this is a site for people who do fitness and weight loss by counting / weighing their calories.
So maybe you have to find some other options/sites?
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You don't have to weigh everything to lose weight. Do some people find it helpful? Yes. But I think some of the people who promote it as the solution for every problem are obsessive about it. Food doesn't have a constant number of calories per ounce, but to hear them talk, you would think it did. I think most people would be better off if they didn't weigh so much, because we all eat in so many places where someone else prepared the food. Our weight loss and weight maintenance should use a system that makes it possible to eat in normal situations without stressing over not knowing how many calories are in the food.0
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Actually taxes are totally voluntary there is no law on the books that says you have to look it up.
yeah, thats why the state took $300 out of my bank account. for not paying that ' voluntary' tax....
SergeantSausage wrote: »Actually taxes are totally voluntary there is no law on the books that says you have to look it up.
Yer funny.
Educate yourself, or go to prison for your ignorance. You can claim "no law" all you want as they slap on the cuffs, seize all of your assets, and put you on the bus to prison.
It doesn't matter to me - I'm laughing either way, right?
BTW - I cite my source: Straight from irs.gov.
Your "look it up" is Argumentum ad Ignorantum of the highest order, Bro.
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You don't have to pay the taxes, but you do have to suffer the consequences of not paying your taxes.
then its not REALLY voluntary, is it? I mean, I could rob a bank, but there are consequences.....0 -
i like it....makes me feel like im in control0
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I do weigh pretty much everything now, but I lost 66lbs after my 2nd baby and didn't weigh much at all. I'm losing after my 3rd baby now and I am being strict with weighing, and guess what? I'm losing weight no faster than when I didn't weigh everything. So, do what works for you!0
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Not necessarily. I am 5'6, started at 148, down to 134 in 9 weeks. I haven't weighed a thing. I'm not opposed to weighing- if I stopped losing for over 6 weeks or started gaining, I would weigh. But that hasn't been necessary for me. I measure with measuring cups etc, whichiknow is not accurate, but neither is my base metabolism- it's really just a guess based on what most people are like.arditarose wrote: »If you've just started counting, and you have a decent amount of weight to lose, it's possible to lose some pounds without weighing food. That is because you are consciously trying to eat less and you are being successful at that. But eventually as you lose weight, your deficit becomes smaller and there is less room for error. You'll get used to weighing, it's not that bad. I think it's fun...kind of.
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I'm not opposed to [other people] weighing either. What I am opposed to is people telling people that the reason they aren't losing weight is because they aren't weighing everything. I think weighing food can help people realize that they've been recording the wrong portion sizes, but there are other causes of a zero calorie deficit that weighing food won't fix.0
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I think the measuring is sort of fun. And it's really eye-opening. I'm not a super-religious calorie counter, and when I eat in restaurants or at friend's homes I don't sweat it. But when I'm cooking, and inputting recipes into MFP, I actually measure or weigh everything. Trust me, estimating is not accurate! Everybody has already listed the ways to make measuring easier. When I cook a recipe, I serve myself in 1/4, 1/2, or 1 cup servings (a combination of the two, depending on how much I want). Then when I put the leftovers away, I use the measuring cups again. So let's say I make chili, and the recipe made 8 cups. I input the recipe as having "8 servings" then if I eat 1.5 cups of it, I just log it as "1.5 servings." Using measuring cups instead of other ladles and spoons is really helpful, keeps me from loading up on rice/pasta and eating more of the meat and veggies (which is what I need, you may be different). I mean, they're already dirty from cooking anyway, why get another ladle dirty when you have a perfectly good cup measure ready to use!0
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Sometimes I hate it because there are some foods that I really have to spend a lot of time on the internet searching calorie information for (my work lunches since they are provided for me and don't know the weights of and can only really guess the servings I eat, as well as goods from the bakery that can really vary from shop to shop. Add in the factor that I live in a non-English speaking country so spend a lot of time searching in a second language that I'm still mediocre at). Mostly though, it's really convenient and keeps me on track.
That said, I lost the majority of my weight without mfp or calorie counting. I actually joined this site to get my head in the game when I started having binges, followed by bouts of overeating for an ongoing period, rather than just treating myself with a big day now and again. It helps me manage my emotional eating issues when I have information to take in, though weightloss is definitely achievable without logging and calorie counting, I think it all depends on the person.0 -
I measure just because I follow a lot of recipes when I cook. I do not weigh though. I'm still losing weight too!0
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Personally, I don't see how you can log your food without weighing it but that's probably because I just can't stand to be wrong/inaccurate when it comes to data I get a kick out of statistics and trends but not everyone does so I can sympathise with your position. The most important key to losing weight is to find something that works for you long-term so that you can lose the weight and maintain the loss.
I will be weighing and logging food for the rest of my life because I love the sense of control and the 38lbs I've lost doing it so far.0 -
I love it 0
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nesian_twin wrote: »Will count calories in here but to weigh and measure every single morsel that goes onto my plate is so damn boring, anyone else feel the same? Plus I think its obsessive. Still managing to lose the weight without it though Usually measure portions by hand.
No but hey if it works for you then do whatever you want.0 -
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Measuring and weighing comes naturally to me now, takes seconds out of my day to do it. As opposed to judging portion sizes by guessing, eating too much and then gradually putting weight on and having to take weeks to lose it all again. I get that it feels a bit over the top and a hassle. And when I get to a point where I've cut all I want to cut, gained all I want to gain and can comfortably maintain - I'd like to get back to eating without needing MFP. But until then, precise goals require precise portion sizing. This is all worth it, as I said, it's a few seconds for so much reward.0
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i lost a lot of weight measuring by hand, eyeball and general estimation, so for a long time i didn't need to be super exact. but then my weight stayed pretty stagnant. then i started being super accurate, measuring and weighing as much as i could. i even have measuring cups and a food scale at work now. i've leaned out a lot.0
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Right now I am eyeballing everything because I don't have a scale. It should be here in a day or too. I am kinda looking forward to measuring. I also need to really get in the habit of planning ahead. These are all great tips! Thank you everyone! 0
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Yeah, I don't weigh or measure anything except very occasionally to check myself. That's not something I'm willing to do forever so I don't want to rely on it now. I've lost 50lbs so far from 230 to 180 and have only brought out the scale maybe 5 times.
Having said that, as others have said, I imagine that as I get closer to my goal I'll have to tighten up my diary and that will involve some weighing and measuring to eke out the 250 calorie deficit. I'm not looking forward to that stage, tbh, but am committed to getting to my goal.0
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