Do I really need to weigh food?

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  • adamyovanovich
    adamyovanovich Posts: 163 Member
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    I don't always weigh, because i get free food at work, so i dont weigh my veggies or cottage cheese, we have portion plates that ive measured only fit half cup.
    But at home, i weigh meat which can be tricky to guess, and also things like chips, the bag says 12 chips, have you ever looked in a bag of lays? some are 4 inches, some are 4 cm wide.
  • BiggDaddy58
    BiggDaddy58 Posts: 406 Member
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    My advice is do what works for you. I don't weigh very much of my food. I'll weight meat, steaks, or pork chops, and a very few other things, that I can't tell or estimate.

    Otherwise, I use what it says on the package, or what I find on the net. A medium Apple...80 calories. Good enough for me.

    I also lift light weights in the morning and afternoon. 2 sets each time, 6 different routines and I do not log any of those calories as burned. I think that buys me maybe a couple hundred calories of error in my food logging..

    It has worked for me so far. I like the Keep it Simple method. Others weigh everything.

    Whatever works for you.

    I wish you success on your journey.
  • lissmayer
    lissmayer Posts: 86 Member
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    A useful trick if you choose not to weigh your food is to sort of limit the foods you routinely eat. I have a mental list of maybe 7-10 things that I mostly eat. For me, this is because I have small children and can't afford the mental energy to feed myself otherwise- but it also helps with my accuracy over the big picture. (And I eat adventurously at restaurants or when there are two parents home.)
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,535 Member
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    If you're not progressing, then yes.

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  • booksandchocolate12
    booksandchocolate12 Posts: 1,741 Member
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    mikevfr wrote: »
    MeganMoroz89 wrote: »
    I know that a lot of people do but I don't. I'm just cognizant that there are going to be times where I'm inputting a meal and I am most likely eating more calories than MFP says that I am. Because of that, I have my activity level set to sedentary (I also work a desk job) and I don't eat my exercise calories back.

    It's worked for me.

    Ditto.

    I do weigh loose stuff but I don't double check packet weights.

    I weigh everything, including pre-packaged items.

    This morning I had a Pepperidge Farm Multigrain Roll. Package said that the serving size was 1 roll (50g). The roll I had actually weighed 60g. It was a difference of 24 calories. Being off by that much would wreak havoc with my day.
  • jennifer_417
    jennifer_417 Posts: 12,344 Member
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    I got pretty far without it, and even now I don't weigh everything. However, the more you lose, the smaller you margin of error gets, so it can be very helpful.
  • snickerscharlie
    snickerscharlie Posts: 8,578 Member
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    ShogunOfWano wrote: »
    You don't need to but if you want than you can.
    If you want to lose weight than eat not more than 1/3 rd of your stomach and drink not more than 1/3 Rd of your stomach. And don't eat more than 3 times a day. You will be suprised of the results you see.

    Not sure I follow the stomach thing.

    And the amount of times you eat per day has no relevance to weight loss. It all comes down to *how much* you eat, not when you eat it. :)

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