Things I have learned from weighing my food
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I learnt that I needed a new hobby.... fast....0
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QueenofHearts023 wrote: »I love how everyone that knows me shakes their heads in disapproval when they come in my house and see my little neon green food scale on the counter.
(Everyone that knows me is really against the idea of me losing weight)
Mine is bright orange
And people tell me counting calories and weighing your food don't work
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ladyreva78 wrote: »QueenofHearts023 wrote: »I love how everyone that knows me shakes their heads in disapproval when they come in my house and see my little neon green food scale on the counter.
(Everyone that knows me is really against the idea of me losing weight)
Mine is bright orange
And people tell me counting calories and weighing your food don't work
Yeah, that's not the worst of it for me. When people start commenting on me eating gluten and lactose free and how much weight I'll lose from it, I start to get extremely offensive like they have insulted me. I feel like they are somehow telling me "ah well your not really sick" when they say that.0 -
I definitely was underestimating cheese, I had NO IDEA. But I was seriously overestimating my pasta which made me a very, very happy person lol0
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I was way overestimating. To the point my 1500 cals/day might have actually been 1250-1300. My scale arrived yesterday and I am loving it.0
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I would say it's mixed. Most things I was estimating damn near PERFECTLY. Some others i was overestimating so i got to eat more. muwahahaha0
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My pasta portions were waaaay off base! My standard student meal of pasta with some sauce must have easily been 1200 calories on its own, 2000 if I was using pesto (yes, I used to use the whole jar). I was pleasantly surprised with cheese though - 25g gives me much more than I expected!0
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QueenofHearts023 wrote: »Ah well where I live we use the metric system anyway. Sometimes I find a food that's only in oz on mfp, then I have to convert it first to see how many grams that is...hahahaha
Pretty much anything should be available in grams too. I used to weigh out 1 oz of cheese, but now I do everything in grams.0 -
I've learned so much with my scale. I use it for measuring little things too like tsp or tbsp- ie- smearing my peanut butter or jam on my toast on the scale and getting it in grams instead of leveling a tbsp and dealing with extra cleanup. I use it to weigh my wine too so that I get a precise 3 oz serving. It really alleviates the extra steps of using measuring cups and spoons!
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fitdaisygrrl wrote: »I've learned so much with my scale. I use it for measuring little things too like tsp or tbsp- ie- smearing my peanut butter or jam on my toast on the scale and getting it in grams instead of leveling a tbsp and dealing with extra cleanup. I use it to weigh my wine too so that I get a precise 3 oz serving. It really alleviates the extra steps of using measuring cups and spoons!
You can't weigh volume ounces, except water.0 -
1 ounce is 28.3495 Grams. Just type "ounces to grams" in Google and a converter/calulator should come up.tara_means_star wrote: »I feel like this is a dumb question but I want to ask anyway My scale only weighs in ounces for foods, not grams. Still accurate?
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1 ounce is 28.3495 Grams. Just type "ounces to grams" in Google and a converter/calulator should come up.tara_means_star wrote: »I feel like this is a dumb question but I want to ask anyway My scale only weighs in ounces for foods, not grams. Still accurate?
But the issue is that 2 oz could mean anywhere from 43 to 70 grams due to rounding.
If the scale allows for 2.1 oz and so on (which I suspect it would), it isn't much different in its accuracy. Also, there's enough error in everything that it's not that big a thing to worry about.0 -
Wait--pasta should be weighed before boiling and not after? If that's true, I'm about to jump for joy.0
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I have been using a scale for 8 months now. I thought I would always need to use it. I started to play a game with myself, guess and weigh. I am getting pretty close these days. At lunch I was right on spot with one food, a gram over with one and 2 grams under with another. I like the data and will probably continue to weigh everything until I am soundly in maintenance but it is nice to know that I may not always have to.0
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fitdaisygrrl wrote: »I've learned so much with my scale. I use it for measuring little things too like tsp or tbsp- ie- smearing my peanut butter or jam on my toast on the scale and getting it in grams instead of leveling a tbsp and dealing with extra cleanup. I use it to weigh my wine too so that I get a precise 3 oz serving. It really alleviates the extra steps of using measuring cups and spoons!
You can't weigh volume ounces, except water.
False. If you account for density you can convert a volume measurement to a weight measurement. For example, using the handy-dandy tool at http://www.aqua-calc.com/calculate/food-volume-to-weight you can convert your liquid measurements to a weight measurement and use your scale. So a fluid ounce of red wine weighs 1.04 ounces or 29.5 g.
Fun fact: 1 fluid ounce of water weighs 1 ounce because this was what the fluid ounce measurement was based on.0 -
HappyCampr1 wrote: »
I'm weeping a little...such happiness...0 -
TribeHokie wrote: »fitdaisygrrl wrote: »I've learned so much with my scale. I use it for measuring little things too like tsp or tbsp- ie- smearing my peanut butter or jam on my toast on the scale and getting it in grams instead of leveling a tbsp and dealing with extra cleanup. I use it to weigh my wine too so that I get a precise 3 oz serving. It really alleviates the extra steps of using measuring cups and spoons!
You can't weigh volume ounces, except water.
False. If you account for density you can convert a volume measurement to a weight measurement. For example, using the handy-dandy tool at http://www.aqua-calc.com/calculate/food-volume-to-weight you can convert your liquid measurements to a weight measurement and use your scale. So a fluid ounce of red wine weighs 1.04 ounces or 29.5 g.
Fun fact: 1 fluid ounce of water weighs 1 ounce because this was what the fluid ounce measurement was based on.
Cool link! Bookmarked, thanks!0 -
If the scale gives you ounces and tenths, you have 10 possible measurements within an ounce interval. An ounce has 28 grams (and a fraction), so you have 28 possible measurements within the same interval. Therefore, if your scale gives you either option, grams will be slightly more precise.
I've found weighing to be much more efficient than measuring (less time, effort, and washing up), once I learned to put the whole bowl on the scale & tare between added ingredients; or to put the storage container on the scale, tare, dip out ingredients, and use the negative value afterward.0 -
tincanonastring wrote: »I learned that cereal serving sizes are a cruel mockery.
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Hahahaha you guys are right on with the nuts, cereal and peanut butter being depressing.
Cheese is a tricky one! Grated cheese is like a jackpot and a chunk of cheese looks like a joke. The packages of pre-grated cheese were on sale cheaper than the blocks this week and the other day I was weighing out an ounce for my salad and my mind was blown. It was like a full cup or more while a solid ounce is like 3 legos.0 -
HappyCampr1 wrote: »
Learning that makes me seriously happy.0 -
My scale has .1 grams. Probably more detail than I need.0
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