Logging question

1Kristana

[/i]i got my 1st kitchen scale but now I'm not sure how to log what something weighs. For example, the eggs I use are 50g=70cals but when weighed one was 57g. How do I log this?

kami3006

You divide the weighed amount by the serving size. 57g/50g = 1.14 servings

pinuplove

You'll want to choose an entry with grams as a unit option. Change the serving size to 1 gram and enter 57 servings. Or, choose 100 grams and enter .57 servings. This thread should help clarify: https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1234699/logging-accurately-step-by-step-guide/p1

pinuplove

kami3006 wrote: »

You divide the weighed amount by the serving size. 57g/50g = 1.14 servings

Or this

kami3006

pinuplove wrote: »

kami3006 wrote: »

You divide the weighed amount by the serving size. 57g/50g = 1.14 servings

Or this

Indeed, they all work.

middlehaitch

Or, look in the drop down for 100g per serving, and enter 0.57.

You could look for 0.1g and enter 57g, but using the 0.1g serving option sometimes misses or misscalculates the nutrients.

Cheers, h.

1Kristana

Thank you so much!

middlehaitch

Hahaha, what a good pile of posting at the same time, with the same advice.

Cheers, h.

PAV8888

But don't forget that the USDA food values are almost always for the "edible portion". So the shell doesn't count! ;-)

Panini911

I gotta admit, i don't weigh my eggs

TavistockToad

middlehaitch wrote: »

Or, look in the drop down for 100g per serving, and enter 0.57.

You could look for 0.1g and enter 57g, but using the 0.1g serving option sometimes misses or misscalculates the nutrients.

Cheers, h.

surely 1g, not 0.1g?

smolmaus

Panini911 wrote: »

I gotta admit, i don't weigh my eggs

Me neither, the weighing vessel is another thing to wash up and I am not about doing extra dishes! I go through 14-16 eggs a week (about 1000+kcal in eggs alone yikes!) so maybe I should since +/- 20% of that is actually p substantial but honestly life is too short. I pick my battles.

glassyo

smolmaus wrote: »

Panini911 wrote: »

I gotta admit, i don't weigh my eggs

Me neither, the weighing vessel is another thing to wash up and I am not about doing extra dishes! I go through 14-16 eggs a week (about 1000+kcal in eggs alone yikes!) so maybe I should since +/- 20% of that is actually p substantial but honestly life is too short. I pick my battles.

Use the bowl/plate/pan/etc as your weighing vessel (taring it first so it shows 0) and now you have no excuse.

pinuplove

Panini911 wrote: »

I gotta admit, i don't weigh my eggs

41 pounds lost and I've never weighed an egg. On the other end of the spectrum, I've heard of people separating the white and yolk to weigh them individually. I've always figured those people have much loftier goals than I have

srk369

I only weigh my eggs if making a large batch of scrambled eggs for the family. Otherwise I've found the eggs to be pretty close and will just use the 70 cal/egg if making fried eggs for myself.

kami3006

I think someone just starting with a scale should weigh everything for a while to get a good feel for what foods vary the most. The more stable ones then can be weeded out over time.

Tacklewasher

I would put a bowl on the scale, zero it and then crack the egg into the bowl to see about how many grams it is. But I'd only do that the first time and just keep using that as my measure.

But I really don't like eggs so I'm not one to talk.

lynn_glenmont

glassyo wrote: »

smolmaus wrote: »

Panini911 wrote: »

I gotta admit, i don't weigh my eggs

Me neither, the weighing vessel is another thing to wash up and I am not about doing extra dishes! I go through 14-16 eggs a week (about 1000+kcal in eggs alone yikes!) so maybe I should since +/- 20% of that is actually p substantial but honestly life is too short. I pick my battles.

Use the bowl/plate/pan/etc as your weighing vessel (taring it first so it shows 0) and now you have no excuse.

For eggs, that's fairly impractical. I'm not going to put raw eggs into the bowl or plate I'm going to eat out of, and since I want to heat the pan before adding the eggs, carrying a hot skillet across the kitchen to the scale so I can break the eggs into it is a dangerous practice.

I don't normally weigh eggs sold by size (medium, large, jumbo), since the variation within those categories is small and should balance out over time. But if I buy them from a farmer's market or farmstand, or I buy duck's eggs, there often is a greater variation in size. Then, I weigh them in the shell, do whatever I normally would do with the egg, and weigh the shell after.

glassyo

lynn_glenmont wrote: »

glassyo wrote: »

smolmaus wrote: »

Panini911 wrote: »

I gotta admit, i don't weigh my eggs

Me neither, the weighing vessel is another thing to wash up and I am not about doing extra dishes! I go through 14-16 eggs a week (about 1000+kcal in eggs alone yikes!) so maybe I should since +/- 20% of that is actually p substantial but honestly life is too short. I pick my battles.

Use the bowl/plate/pan/etc as your weighing vessel (taring it first so it shows 0) and now you have no excuse.

For eggs, that's fairly impractical. I'm not going to put raw eggs into the bowl or plate I'm going to eat out of, and since I want to heat the pan before adding the eggs, carrying a hot skillet across the kitchen to the scale so I can break the eggs into it is a dangerous practice.

I don't normally weigh eggs sold by size (medium, large, jumbo), since the variation within those categories is small and should balance out over time. But if I buy them from a farmer's market or farmstand, or I buy duck's eggs, there often is a greater variation in size. Then, I weigh them in the shell, do whatever I normally would do with the egg, and weigh the shell after.

LOL good point. I don't weigh my eggs either but I always just buy them from a supermarket and don't worry if an extra large egg or two makes it into the carton of large eggs.