Weighing Your Foods

geminigarcia199017
geminigarcia199017 Posts: 529 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
How do you create a nutrition information when weighing foods.First time I am actually weighing my foods!!

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  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    Look up the food in the database. If you find an entry with a weight attached (like 100 grams), you can use that one. You should only have to create information if the food isn't already in the database.
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  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    geminigarcia199017 wrote: »
    janejellyroll wrote: »
    Look up the food in the database. If you find an entry with a weight attached (like 100 grams), you can use that one. You should only have to create information if the food isn't already in the database.

    I am also measuring bread. When I scanned the barcode it shows 205 calories,then I measured 2 breads on the food scale it shows 90 calories. Weighing my food was shocking just to see the difference

    Yep, bread is a food that can have a big variance between the label serving size and what you're actually eating.
  • brekober
    brekober Posts: 40 Member
    geminigarcia199017 wrote: »
    janejellyroll wrote: »
    Look up the food in the database. If you find an entry with a weight attached (like 100 grams), you can use that one. You should only have to create information if the food isn't already in the database.

    I am also measuring bread. When I scanned the barcode it shows 205 calories,then I measured 2 breads on the food scale it shows 90 calories. Weighing my food was shocking just to see the difference

    I'm confused... When you weigh your food the grams aren't how many calories are in something.
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    brekober wrote: »
    geminigarcia199017 wrote: »
    janejellyroll wrote: »
    Look up the food in the database. If you find an entry with a weight attached (like 100 grams), you can use that one. You should only have to create information if the food isn't already in the database.

    I am also measuring bread. When I scanned the barcode it shows 205 calories,then I measured 2 breads on the food scale it shows 90 calories. Weighing my food was shocking just to see the difference

    I'm confused... When you weigh your food the grams aren't how many calories are in something.

    I think s/he meant the corresponding value in the database for the weight was 90 calories.

    OP, if you meant the food scale showed 90 calories, that isn't how food scales work. Can you clarify?
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  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    edited March 2016
    geminigarcia199017 wrote: »
    janejellyroll wrote: »
    Look up the food in the database. If you find an entry with a weight attached (like 100 grams), you can use that one. You should only have to create information if the food isn't already in the database.

    I am also measuring bread. When I scanned the barcode it shows 205 calories,then I measured 2 breads on the food scale it shows 90 calories. Weighing my food was shocking just to see the difference

    Are you comparing the grams on the package to the grams on the scale? That's a huge difference. I've had bread be off on calories but usually not more than half as your example here shows.

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