You don't use a food scale?
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BattyKnitter wrote: »So maybe this is the place to ask. I'm cooking some bone-in, skin-on chicken breasts tonight and I know I won't be eating the whole breast since they are HUGE, how in the world do I weight this accurately? I normally weigh my meat raw as it's more accurate but this time I'll only be eating a portion of it and not eating the skin, plus obviously not eating the bone.
I just measure cooked. I'd cut my portion and weigh it. If it had skin and bone, I'd weigh whatever was left over and subtract from the original weight.4 -
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When I first got mfp under a different name I lost my first 30lbs without a food scale. I would just measure my food but less than what the measure was because I knew it was probably lying to me. But the next 15 I needed a good scale for.3
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This is like, my eighth attempt at fat loss and I've been weighing everything! I'm eating around 1750 a day and in 45 days I've lost 17 pounds!! I have two scales, one by my coffeepot (I drink A LOT of coffee with cream) and one where I prepare/plate my food.
It's almost.... Magical.
Oh I'm 5'10" and started at 235. I'm now 218!! GOOOO FOOD SCALE!!!!11 -
FrecklePatch wrote: »This is like, my eighth attempt at fat loss and I've been weighing everything! I'm eating around 1750 a day and in 45 days I've lost 17 pounds!! I have two scales, one by my coffeepot (I drink A LOT of coffee with cream) and one where I prepare/plate my food.
It's almost.... Magical.
Oh I'm 5'10" and started at 235. I'm now 218!! GOOOO FOOD SCALE!!!!
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I weigh everything but supper. I always allot 800 calories for that meal.1
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Easier for me to peel fruit, plop on scale & there are your grams.
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RetiredAndLovingIt wrote: »Easier for me to peel fruit, plop on scale & there are your grams.
Depending on the fruit, that could get messy...2 -
True! I use a bowl if a messy fruit.1
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(See also this excellent thread: https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10498882/weighing-food-takes-too-long-and-is-obsessive/p1)1 -
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Back in the student days I often used to eat certain meal kits because I loved the taste. There's usually a starch in there, a marinade and a sauce. Never looked at the calorie count of this in the past.
I recently had the urge to try one of those again after having moved back here 10 years later. I looked at the calorie count, but couldn't figure out how much is in there as it only provides 100gr and serving of prepared product, and 100gr dry product (how much of what used for that?). Contacted them and found out all in the package clocks in at a staggering 1142kcal. Plus creme fresh, oil for marinade and cooking, an apple, veggies and chicken. I weighed out everything I put in (very generous on veggies, otherwise per instruction) and found I had 4 dinners of 550kcal right here.
I used to eat half a pack of those in an evening!
Btw, it tastes quite gross
Shame for the nice veggies. I guess this is something for people who don't like the taste of food as the rather unremarkable sauce and marinade overpowers everything. Still tastes like I remember it though 
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Great posts here. I am beginning using a scale. I think it will really help!
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ladyzherra wrote: »Great posts here. I am beginning using a scale. I think it will really help!
It really will! But you may be a bit sad when you find out what a "portion" of some foods really looks like...
Looking at you, cheese...
(For many people, it's peanut butter. I'm not a huge fan of that anyway, but what 30g of cheese looked like was very upsetting! If I grate it, it looks like way more and I'm happy again. ) 5 -
I think a scale is critical when counting calories with macros...protein, fat, carbohydrates. Trying to keep my total calories around 2000, protein at 240g, carbohydrates at 200g and letting fats make up the difference in calories. I have been doing this for about a month and I have lost over 10 lbs. Also I am doing intermediate fasting and a lot exercising.1
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Bumping good threads because I'm bored5
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My scales broke this weekend and I am waiting on my replacements (live rurally) - was surprised at the slight brain meltdown as I tried to eyeball portions again. Have always appreciated my scales - now I know they are critical to me 5
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I have a digital scale in my kitchen and a pocket-sized digital scale (2"x4") I keep in my purse. The pocket scale has made a huge difference! I have it with me everywhere, so I'm never caught out and unable to weigh an unexpected meal. It was $11 on Amazon.
I grilled some chicken breasts at my friend's house last night (I don't own a grill). In the past, I would've logged them as average 4oz breasts (about 140 cals each). I used my pocket scale and the chicken breasts were anywhere from 225g (smallest, 278 cals) to 246g (largest, 304 cals). That's DOUBLE what I would've logged!
Drop the $10-$15 and buy/use the scale, people.
*ETA Pics of the pocket scale
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It's really odd how some food labels tell you serving sizes in cups or numbers of pieces. Like how do you measure popcorn with a cup or numbers of chips in a serving when they're different sizes? I weigh everything, down to the last peanut.7
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smoofinator wrote: »I have a digital scale in my kitchen and a pocket-sized digital scale (2"x4") I keep in my purse. The pocket scale has made a huge difference! I have it with me everywhere, so I'm never caught out and unable to weigh an unexpected meal. It was $11 on Amazon.
I grilled some chicken breasts at my friend's house last night (I don't own a grill). In the past, I would've logged them as average 4oz breasts (about 140 cals each). I used my pocket scale and the chicken breasts were anywhere from 225g (smallest, 278 cals) to 246g (largest, 304 cals). That's DOUBLE what I would've logged!
Drop the $10-$15 and buy/use the scale, people.
*ETA Pics of the pocket scale
Nope, I will not buy or use a pocket scale. I don't consider a polite action to take a food scale to a friends house or to a restaurant for that matter. However, if it works for you and your friend doesn't mind, go for it.3 -
Food scale is 100% necessary. Best money spent on weight loss.
Make salad. Google calories. Weigh. Tare. Next item. Tare. Next item. Tare,... till done.
Particularly useful for calorie dense items.2 -
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Hi - I’m brand new to logging my info and to a new healthy eating plan with my Mom. We are going to Italy in early Sept. and want to look much cuter in our photos! We started our healthy eating 3 days ago. I just ordered a food scale earlier today after reading y’all’s posts. Thank you for sharing your wisdom!
I’m a bit clueless about something and I apologize if it’s an obvious answer. If you want to stay at or under 1200 calories/day, I’ll enter each item by searching for it by detailed description. Such as, 1/2 green pepper. Are y’all saying that this is when I need to use the scale? When you find out how much something weighs how do you then input that info to find out the calories it then equals?
I appreciate your help and advice!1 -
I forgot to ask....is it worth paying for the premium package?1
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@gagirl115 I haven't seen many people say they feel it's worth paying for premium. I'd wait a while and see how you like the app before you start paying for something you probably don't need.
For your other questions about logging your food and so on, check out these threads:
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1080242/a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants/p1
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1234699/logging-accurately-step-by-step-guide/p1
I'd also suggest reading the other "most helpful" stickied posts at the top of each forum section - tons of good advice in them!
And don't aim to "stay under" 1200 calories. You should be eating at least that amount, to ensure good nutrition. If you exercise, eat those extra calories as well. Your calorie goal will have your regular daily activity accounted for, depending on what you set it to, so any purposeful exercise should be added in. (The "most helpful" posts will explain all this.)
And lastly, if you've set your rate of loss to 2lbs per week then change it unless you have a lot of weight to lose (75lbs+). For most people, 1lb/week is a good rate unless you just have a few vanity pounds to lose. Aim to eat as much as you can whilst still losing!
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