So I bought a food scale....

rachelbouc

lindaloo9331 wrote: »

rachelbouc wrote: »

Congrats! Oh my, I weighed out grapes today. The cup measurement said that a cup was 50 or so calories. Nope! Thank goodness for scales!

rice was one of my OMG moments, 1/4 cup dry weighed 60grams and the serving size was 45grams dry so I was overeating by 40 extra calories on just that one thing. thankful for my scale to keep me right.

I started weighing oatmeal too. That was depressing as well...

auddii

callsitlikeiseeit wrote: »

use grams whenever possible. it will be more accurate.

ironically, im really good at eyeballing a tbsp of peanut butter. mmmm peanut butter LOLOLOLOL (but i weigh it anyways just for more complete accuracy)

When I got my scale I realized I was underestimating my peanut butter. Score more peanut butter for me!

ASKyle

I was UNDERestimating my ranch which was the best surprise ever.

Cocoa1020

I bought a food scale. It has a feature that when i type in a code it tells me how many calories and carbs each item has for the weight I'm measuring. Perfect for fruit

http://www.target.com/p/perfect-portions-scale/-/A-13560576?ref=tgt_adv_XSG10001&AFID=google_pla_df&LNM=13560576&CPNG=Kitchen&kpid=13560576&LID=26pgs&ci_src=17588969&ci_sku=13560576&kpid=13560576&gclid=CKXL0a6n8sYCFYGRHwod3EEO3Q

if anyone else is interested

Kexessa

Try a few days of measuring in grams. I find grams to be so much easier than ounces, I have no idea why. The scale was eye opening. I discovered I was overestimating everything. Hummus, peanut butter, salad dressing, avocados. And croutons. A serving size is seriously like 3 croutons. They aren't even worth the trouble, I don't buy them anymore.

Cocoa1020

Kexessa wrote: »

Try a few days of measuring in grams. I find grams to be so much easier than ounces, I have no idea why. The scale was eye opening. I discovered I was overestimating everything. Hummus, peanut butter, salad dressing, avocados. And croutons. A serving size is seriously like 3 croutons. They aren't even worth the trouble, I don't buy them anymore.

my big thing is carbs. like rice and cereal. i measure those out so I'm not over eating them.

Kexessa

Cocoa1020 wrote: »

Kexessa wrote: »

Try a few days of measuring in grams. I find grams to be so much easier than ounces, I have no idea why. The scale was eye opening. I discovered I was overestimating everything. Hummus, peanut butter, salad dressing, avocados. And croutons. A serving size is seriously like 3 croutons. They aren't even worth the trouble, I don't buy them anymore.

my big thing is carbs. like rice and cereal. i measure those out so I'm not over eating them.

Oddly enough I don't like cereal, any kind. I'm not a fan of rice in any form either. The Minute Maid multi grain medley is ok though. Potatoes are my weakness. And bread. Never met a bread I didn't like.

Cocoa1020

Kexessa wrote: »

Cocoa1020 wrote: »

Kexessa wrote: »

Try a few days of measuring in grams. I find grams to be so much easier than ounces, I have no idea why. The scale was eye opening. I discovered I was overestimating everything. Hummus, peanut butter, salad dressing, avocados. And croutons. A serving size is seriously like 3 croutons. They aren't even worth the trouble, I don't buy them anymore.

my big thing is carbs. like rice and cereal. i measure those out so I'm not over eating them.

Oddly enough I don't like cereal, any kind. I'm not a fan of rice in any form either. The Minute Maid multi grain medley is ok though. Potatoes are my weakness. And bread. Never met a bread I didn't like.

I eat Kashi berry, i measure it out and then throw in some chia seeds and berries make it a little healthier lollol
Also I am dominican so i was born with a plate of rice and beans XD but ill eat brown rice instead of white and right now i've been eating Farro (love it omg) and as for the bread.... i HATE RYE BREAD but other than that.... i like them all but don't eat it often.