Am I weighing food correctly?

ritchiehl
ritchiehl Posts: 64 Member
edited November 16 in Health and Weight Loss
Hello! I purchased a food scale last night and used it today. It weighs in lbs and oz as well as fl oz. However, it does not weigh grams. Is this ok? For example: I logged 2.3oz of sweet potato today. Thanks for your help.

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  • JTick
    JTick Posts: 2,131 Member
    That's better than not weighing at all. Grams is most accurate, but I wouldn't worry about that discrepancy unless you stop losing weight.
  • bulk_n_cut
    bulk_n_cut Posts: 389 Member
    edited April 2015
    yeah its fine...to convert from oz to grams just multiply by 28.3, or 28. so you ate about 65g potato
    or you can find foods that are listed according to ounces and just do that directly
  • beamer0821
    beamer0821 Posts: 488 Member
    that should be fine.
  • ritchiehl
    ritchiehl Posts: 64 Member
    JTick wrote: »
    That's better than not weighing at all. Grams is most accurate, but I wouldn't worry about that discrepancy unless you stop losing weight.

    Valid point. Thanks for your help!
  • ritchiehl
    ritchiehl Posts: 64 Member
    Awesome! thanks for your help! I wasn't weighing when I first started MFP but after reading a lot on these forums I grabbed one at the store yesterday.
  • segacs
    segacs Posts: 4,599 Member
    Decimal points are wonderful things. It doesn't really matter whether it's in grams or ounces as long as it can weigh in fractions of an ounce.

    You might find yourself having to convert food a lot, since a lot of food labels are in grams. Just bookmark a conversion app on your phone if you're not good at dividing by 28.3 in your head.
  • peachyfuzzle
    peachyfuzzle Posts: 1,122 Member
    28grams = 1oz, so 2.3 oz would be 2.3x28 = about 65grams.
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