Biggest learnings since weighing measuring?

Jmatievich

I have several.
Weigh bread before toasting. You lose 10g by toasting.
Portion/calories on package does not equal calories per gram computation. For instance my oatmeal says 40 grams or 1/2 cup, 150 calories. When I measure a scant 1/2 cup and weigh it weighs way more than 40grams and calculates out to 200+ calories. This is true of many things and was a true eyeopener.
There is no small, med, large when it comes to accurately tracking calories. Using that is just a guess. Weigh it and do the math.

What are yours?

Charlene____

I buy a Stouffer's Mac and Cheese Dinner. The package weights 12oz (340 grams). The serving size is 225 grams, yet the Nutrition Label states there are two servings which would make the package weigh 450 grams. The package actually weights about 350 grams so closer to the 340 as printed. I log it as 1.5 servings. This has been a misprint since I started buying this size almost two years ago.

mookybargirl

Weighing peanut butter makes me sad.... Lol

kami3006

mookybargirl wrote: »

Weighing peanut butter makes me sad.... Lol

I learned it doesn’t love me as much as I love it.

pinuplove

mookybargirl wrote: »

Weighing peanut butter makes me sad.... Lol

This. Also ice cream.

(Yes, I'm aware of Halo Top and Enlightened and Chilly Cow. They are fine, for what they are. What they are not, however, is a substitute for Ben & Jerry's cookies and cream cheesecake core )

lvose5119

I realised things like frozen chips prior to using the app were massively over portioned. By restricting it I realised I’m now eating until full and not just because it was there

CarvedTones

If it's water, or nearly entirely water,"a pint's a pound the world round". Anything else needs weighed, not measured.

kami3006

Peanut butter woes aside, the primary lesson I learned is that using a scale is faster, cleaner, makes recipes more consistent and takes the guesswork out of the whole process.

psychod787

just portion sizes in general! Two of the biggest, besides ice cream, peanut butter, were cheese and potato chips! Cheese is so good, yet so fatty! Potato chips, even the baked ones, 160-260 cals per oz? dang! Also, not really the same, but that fruit and veggies can have so few cals per bid serving, including potatoes.

Running2Fit

That weighing/measuring everything is not that hard or time consuming. I’ve had a few friends make comments that make it seem like I’m making some super huge effort by weighing everything. It takes like an extra 30 seconds, if that, to plop something on the scale before I put it in my mouth

DoubleUbea

That bread may not weigh much but still has a lot of calories.

CarvedTones

mookybargirl wrote: »

Weighing peanut butter makes me sad.... Lol

Not weighing peanut butter can make me fat. Not by itself, but it would be harder to name a food that it's easier to be off by a large amount by eyeballing portions and if I thought it was okay to eyeball peanut butter I would probably have a bad habit of eyeballing food in general.

7elizamae

pasta....sigh...