You don't use a food scale?

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  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,442 Member
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    quiksylver296 wrote: »
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  • quiksylver296
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    fglrml86 wrote: »
    No but I think I may get one

    Do it! :)
  • cmriverside
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    diannethegeek wrote: »
    One thing I really liked about my food scale was that it felt easier to use up whatever was left at the bottom of a package of food. I'm sure there were probably ways I could have made things work, but I tended to toss the last little bit that didn't fit into my measuring cup instead of trying to figure out how much extra I had. For me, personally, a food scale reduced my food waste. Dunno if others ever had that problem.

    Also I'd been cheating on my Brussels sprouts big time. I was eating at least twice what I was logging based on the sneaky notion that there was so much empty space between them in a cup, surely a couple of extra sprouts didn't count.

    At least you're getting in those green leafies. :)

    Funny how our minds work, though.

    I used to figure, "Fill up that cup to the brim, or over if possible."

    I learned by weighing that a "Cup" or "tablespoon" is actually about 1/8 to 1/4 inch below the brim. :neutral:

  • cmriverside
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    Brim? Or rim? ::meh::
  • quiksylver296
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    cmriverside wrote: »
    diannethegeek wrote: »
    One thing I really liked about my food scale was that it felt easier to use up whatever was left at the bottom of a package of food. I'm sure there were probably ways I could have made things work, but I tended to toss the last little bit that didn't fit into my measuring cup instead of trying to figure out how much extra I had. For me, personally, a food scale reduced my food waste. Dunno if others ever had that problem.

    Also I'd been cheating on my Brussels sprouts big time. I was eating at least twice what I was logging based on the sneaky notion that there was so much empty space between them in a cup, surely a couple of extra sprouts didn't count.

    At least you're getting in those green leafies. :)

    Funny how our minds work, though.

    I used to figure, "Fill up that cup to the brim, or over if possible."

    I learned by weighing that a "Cup" or "tablespoon" is actually about 1/8 to 1/4 inch below the brim. :neutral:

    Right?!? That's how the oatmeal looks in the first video. It's definitely not filled to the brim.
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  • garystrickland357
    garystrickland357 Posts: 598 Member
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    I'm a new guy, but I want to contribute. I make my own sourdough bread. My calorie counts for that were not accurate until I started weighing the slices. Now I weigh and multiple by 3 Cal/gram
  • cmriverside
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    On Myfitnesspal you can enter all the ingredients in your sourdough bread into the Recipe Builder by weight and then you have it right there for every entry.

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  • serindipte
    serindipte Posts: 1,557 Member
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    Didn't look through all 8 pages, but this is my go-to video and it does include peanut butter:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnnpUYmr0OM
  • quiksylver296
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    serindipte wrote: »
    Didn't look through all 8 pages, but this is my go-to video and it does include peanut butter:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnnpUYmr0OM

    Hadn't seen that one before. Thanks!
  • quiksylver296
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    diannethegeek wrote: »
    Portion-Size-Tip-Weight-Loss.jpg

    That's a good one!
  • VUA21
    VUA21 Posts: 2,072 Member
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    I use a food scale for a lot, not everything. I use the "eyeball" method for leafy greens as being an entire cup off is not a lot as far as calories go. There are times I am crunched for time or simply do not feel like cooking, if I eat something pre-packaged, I just go by the packaging information.
  • grinning_chick
    grinning_chick Posts: 765 Member
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    I'm at the point where I make it a game to keep it interesting/me engaged in the practice.

    For example, I will slice off a portion of rib roast estimating it to be the 8 oz I want, then weigh it to see how close/off I am. I feel it doing so will come in handy if/when I ever eat out or where I do not have control of the menu.

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