Weighing confusion

kimf1991

If you are eating an orange for example. You weigh it whole and it's 300grams. In your diary when you find an entry for the orange is it just the edible portion that you add? So the skin of the orange will be approximately 80grams. So do you enter it as 220grams because that's what you've eaten?

kommodevaran

Yes, you enter what you've eaten. Subtract skin, bones, pits. And verify the entry. USDA is good.

malibu927

I peel it then weigh it

GrumpyHeadmistress

malibu927 wrote: »

I peel it then weigh it

So do I.

Or if something is in a container (yoghurt for instance) or has an inedible element (ice cream on a stick) I weigh everything, eat the edible portion and then reweigh the packaging and inedible bits. The difference in weight is what I ate.

beastmode_kitty

Peel the orange first, then weigh it. Easiest! With apples, i take the core out first and then weigh the portions I am going to eat.

Then I look for USDA entries. Seems to be the most accurate.

cwolfman13

Yeah...why would you enter the weight of something you didn't actually eat?

VUA21

Enter the amount that is eaten. That goes for all foods.