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21 days only lost 1.5 pounds

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  • nowine4me
    nowine4me Posts: 3,985 Member
    The TARS button is your friend!
  • kimny72
    kimny72 Posts: 16,011 Member
    edited September 2017
    camillewest8613 wrote: »
    At the risk of beating this to death...if the package says, for example, one slice of bread is 100 calories why do I need to weigh it? Are we assuming every package is potentially inaccurate??

    You don't need to weigh it, assuming you are getting the results you want. But if you are hitting your calorie goal every day and not losing as expected, weighing prepackaged foods is one way to see where you might be losing calories.

    A package of English muffin says a serving is one muffin or 57g. I weighed each one and they varied from 45g to 60g. A package of breaded cod fillets says a serving size is 2 pieces or 110g. But when I weigh each piece, they all weigh between 60 - 80g, so 2 pieces could weigh anywhere from 120 - 160g. These discrepancies might not make much of a difference, but if you're unlucky and happen to eat a lot of stuff like that, it can add up.

    Manufacturers figure the serving size and nutrition info in grams, then estimate either the number of pieces or a cup measurement. It's up to you and your progress as to whether the extra couple of seconds to weigh one item or another is worth the added accuracy. :smile:
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    camillewest8613 wrote: »
    At the risk of beating this to death...if the package says, for example, one slice of bread is 100 calories why do I need to weigh it? Are we assuming every package is potentially inaccurate??

    Because that 100 calories is based on the assumption that the bread will weigh a certain amount. It could weigh more or less than that (legally, companies are allowed some variation). I've had bread (and other products) weigh more than the label said they did. For one slice of bread, no big deal. But if it's happening all throughout your week, it can make a difference.
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    Ericnutrition wrote: »
    camillewest8613 wrote: »
    At the risk of beating this to death...if the package says, for example, one slice of bread is 100 calories why do I need to weigh it? Are we assuming every package is potentially inaccurate??

    You don't need to weigh it. And if it's 105 calories, who cares?

    Because if this is happening for various foods throughout the week, it can significantly impact someone's deficit.
  • shaunshaikh
    shaunshaikh Posts: 616 Member
    camillewest8613 wrote: »
    At the risk of beating this to death...if the package says, for example, one slice of bread is 100 calories why do I need to weigh it? Are we assuming every package is potentially inaccurate??

    In addition to what's said above, I think it keeps people honest and remove bias. I've observed first hand how bad we can be at "eye balling" food or sometimes eat something and conclude that the calorie impact is probably solow it's not worth logging. Or you go out to eat and have one really bad meal, and decide not to log it and just move on to the next day. Or worse, decide that alcohol calories don't count. But, if you make a habit of those, you're probably undoing your deficits.
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