Cheese Slices With or Without Wrapper

_Waffle_ · April 2015

I typically add this cheese to my sandwiches and I had a question about the calories. Here's the packaging with the nutrition label.

The cheese never comes out of the wrapper perfectly and usually part of the cheese is still stuck on the wrapper. I weighed a few pieces and sure enough they tend to be 17g or 18g. How would determine how many calories are in that slice? Would dividing the calories by the weight be a good idea?

Oh, if you put your bread on the scale and zero it out you can weigh the cheese easier. Putting the cheese directly on the scale makes it difficult to get off the scale at times. Plus then you need to clean the cheese of the top of your scale. #lifehacks

Ninkyou · April 2015

Weigh cheese with wrapper, unwrap and do what you will with it, then weigh the wrapper and subtract from the first weight.

Though, the wrapper is probably >1g

mz_getskinny · April 2015

This sounds...complicating...and it is precisely the reason I refuse to weigh my food! lol I say, log 25 calories and call it a day!!!

Daiako · April 2015

mz_getskinny wrote: »

This sounds...complicating...and it is precisely the reason I refuse to weigh my food! lol I say, log 25 calories and call it a day!!!

This sounds like a solid pla and she's pretty cute. I'd listen to this lady

ErikThaRed · April 2015

I'd just go with whatever it weighs in the wrapper, seems easier to me. How much cheese do you actually lose to the wrapper and how many calories would that be in difference? Probably negotioable.

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MindySaysWhaaat · April 2015

You're overly complicating it. if it's 25 calories for 19g, that's only roughly 1.3 calories per gram. So if it's off by 2g, you're talking a difference of less than 3 calories. I'd just log it as the 25 calories it says on the package.

BWBTrish · April 2015

mz_getskinny wrote: »

This sounds...complicating...and it is precisely the reason I refuse to weigh my food! lol I say, log 25 calories and call it a day!!!

Its simple, and she described it very well how to do it.

Maybe now not weighing you food isn't a big deal.
But you dont know how much calories you eat in a long way. Maybe you think with measuring and eating serving sizes you do, but believe me the difference between weighing and measuring can make hundreds of calories difference.

When you have a lot to lose your deficit is probably bigger than when you are close to your goal weight. So you dont notice the under-estimating of your calorie intake that much.
But closer to you goal the calorie intake ( deficit) gets smaller and smaller and being accuracy more important or you hit the plateau/stall. Which does mean just that you just hit maintenance level ( so eating same amount of calories as you burn). Or even gain weight because you eat more calories than you burn.

For most people weighing is the only way to know how much calories you really eat...and this is even totally 100% but just as close as you can be.

Watch this short video about weighing your food and measuring.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVjWPclrWVY

Ninkyou · April 2015

Also, buy some REAL cheese. I'll never go back to that lame "cheese product" stuff. Sargento makes 40 cal slices if you need portion control. So yummy.

mz_getskinny · April 2015

Daiako wrote: »

mz_getskinny wrote: »

This sounds...complicating...and it is precisely the reason I refuse to weigh my food! lol I say, log 25 calories and call it a day!!!

This sounds like a solid pla and she's pretty cute. I'd listen to this lady

Day officially made!!! You're awesome!

DearestWinter · April 2015

Beast_Mode_Engaged wrote: »

Toss out the "cheese" and just put the wrapper on your sandwich. It would probably taste better.

^^ Agreed!

DawnieB1977 · April 2015

DearestWinter wrote: »

Beast_Mode_Engaged wrote: »

Toss out the "cheese" and just put the wrapper on your sandwich. It would probably taste better.

^^ Agreed!

Also agreed.

Buy proper cheese!

MYhealthyjourney70 · April 2015

i use sargento cheese... they have some awesome cheese and they are pretty calorie friendly...

Ninkyou wrote: »

Also, buy some REAL cheese. I'll never go back to that lame "cheese product" stuff. Sargento makes 40 cal slices if you need portion control. So yummy.

Sabine_Stroehm · April 2015

I'd say you're over thinking this.

williams969 · April 2015

Beast_Mode_Engaged wrote: »

Toss out the "cheese" and just put the wrapper on your sandwich. It would probably taste better.

^This. I mean, I ain't skurred of no chemikillz, but sorry OP, that ain't cheese. Sargento "Thin" slices or Kraft "Slim Cuts" for you--real cheese, portion controlled.

astrampe · April 2015

Beast_Mode_Engaged wrote: »

Toss out the "cheese" and just put the wrapper on your sandwich. It would probably taste better.

this.... cause that stuff is not cheese......

_Waffle_ · April 2015

ErikThaRed wrote: »

I'd just go with whatever it weighs in the wrapper, seems easier to me. How much cheese do you actually lose to the wrapper and how many calories would that be in difference? Probably negotioable.

Perhaps I should just get better cheese. Some days it seems like a big chunk of it gets stuck on the wrapper.

_Waffle_ · April 2015

MindySaysWhaaat wrote: »

You're overly complicating it. if it's 25 calories for 19g, that's only roughly 1.3 calories per gram. So if it's off by 2g, you're talking a difference of less than 3 calories. I'd just log it as the 25 calories it says on the package.

Thank you. That helps a lot. 1.3 calories per gram is simple to calculate.

besaro · April 2015

omg omg omg, i love american cheese slices on toast, roasted under the broiler until they char. lol.

CrabNebula · April 2015

Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »

I'd say you're over thinking this.

QFT

Lounmoun · April 2015

I would weigh the cheese product in the wrapper and not worry about a tiny chunk or cheese residue missing from my sandwich. I wouldn't leave a very large chunk on the wrapper to be thrown away and I'm assuming you would not either.
I would also buy different cheese. I like to buy a block of cheese and slice it myself.
I generally put something between the food and my scale so I'm not cleaning it all the time.

callsitlikeiseeit · April 2015

i prefer my cheese without wrapping on it.

makes it hard to digest....

callsitlikeiseeit · April 2015

Lounmoun wrote: »

I would weigh the cheese product in the wrapper and not worry about a tiny chunk or cheese residue missing from my sandwich. I wouldn't leave a very large chunk on the wrapper to be thrown away and I'm assuming you would not either.
I would also buy different cheese. I like to buy a block of cheese and slice it myself.
I generally put something between the food and my scale so I'm not cleaning it all the time.

i have a plastic dish i keep on mine. the dish also holds my measuring spoons. LOL!

kindrabbit · April 2015

Put the cheese that comes off the wrapper into the sandwich then lick the wrapper till it's clean, then lick your fingers. Or is it just me?

ana3067 · April 2015

Grunkle_Stan · April 2015

Daiako wrote: »

mz_getskinny wrote: »

This sounds...complicating...and it is precisely the reason I refuse to weigh my food! lol I say, log 25 calories and call it a day!!!

This sounds like a solid pla and she's pretty cute. I'd listen to this lady

While this is a very nice supportive thing say - I'm sure you're one of those ultra helpful friends everyone dreams of - let's not encourage this young man into bad habits. A bit of cheese here, a slice of lettuce there - it adds up. And let the cheese slide, and soon you're not logging a whole pie.

STAY STRONG WAFFLE MAN!

Every calorie counts, just like you!