Foods you were OVERestimating calories for before you used a food scale?
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The main things were veggies and meats. I actually could consumer more of those than I had been estimating pre-food-scale.
Other things, like pasta and avocado, were very sad revelations and went the opposite direction....1 -
youngcaseyr wrote: »However, 1 dry cup of flour is typically more than the weight in grams as it is listed on the package.
Do you think if you sifted the flour it would be closer to the weight listed? It gets kind of packed when it's in the container!1 -
LOL this was after weighing. I just types tbsp instead of grams cause I didn't have the jaw in front of me and I can't remember how many grams in a serving0 -
happytree923 wrote: »youngcaseyr wrote: »Canned beans typically say 3.5 servings per can, but after measuring I have found that it is almost always nearly exactly two servings. I can eat more beans but that also means I have to BUY more beans. Worth it.
However, 1 dry cup of flour is typically more than the weight in grams as it is listed on the package.
Whatttt the bean thing is ridiculous! Does the serving/weight include the water?
Yes, it does. The labels are calories for the product as packaged unless specified otherwise. If you pour off the water, weigh the beans and use the weight from the can for a serving you will log a lot fewer calories than it actually is.0 -
steak and ribs. I have a thing about fat (texture) so I tend to leave a lot of meat behind while avoiding fat/bones. I would just go by my initial measurement of the whole thing.
Now I go back and weight a second time after i'm done eating. What I ate is the difference between the two measurements. Saves me a lot of calories!
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Bread for me. Slices can be way underestimated. Then some are overestimated.0
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CarvedTones wrote: »youngcaseyr wrote: »Canned beans typically say 3.5 servings per can, but after measuring I have found that it is almost always nearly exactly two servings. I can eat more beans but that also means I have to BUY more beans. Worth it.
However, 1 dry cup of flour is typically more than the weight in grams as it is listed on the package.
I have been cooking beans from dried for years , at first for economic reasons and then for taste and control of salt content.
It also gets around the problem with weighing canned beans drained when the labelled calories include the liquid in the weight. The drained beans can have almost double the calories by weight compared to the label. OTOH, weighing dried is fine if you make one serving at a time, but typically you will be making many more and often already mixed with other ingredients while cooking. One of the things I like about frozen peas, beans and corn is that you can weigh them accurately and make a serving at a time. that's important at my house as I am about the only one, other than one of my kids who is away at college, who eats beans (other than green beans) and peas somewhat regularly.
My black beans state drained.2 -
collectingblues wrote: »youngcaseyr wrote: »Canned beans typically say 3.5 servings per can, but after measuring I have found that it is almost always nearly exactly two servings. I can eat more beans but that also means I have to BUY more beans. Worth it.
However, 1 dry cup of flour is typically more than the weight in grams as it is listed on the package.
I have been cooking beans from dried for years , at first for economic reasons and then for taste and control of salt content.
Ditto. It takes a little bit of preplanning -- like, I can't decide that afternoon that I want to make chili for dinner that night -- but it's worth the effort, and really doesn't take all that much work. Beans soak overnight, then get cooked before I make the meal. Even kidney beans only take an hour to cook, and Great Northern are closer to 30 minutes or so...
Pressure cooker works wonders! Just make sure the valve works right and does not get clogged.0 -
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LOL this was after weighing. I just types tbsp instead of grams cause I didn't have the jaw in front of me and I can't remember how many grams in a serving
32. 32 grams. :bigsmile:1 -
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I was overestimating for ice cream and yogurt.
I was underestimating for dry foods like rice and beans. Also, I underestimated fruit serving sizes. I thought a large apple had about 80 calories. Based on weight, some of my apples have double that.
For the most part my measuring cup measurements were on par with my food scale. Now, I use a food scale because it is more accurate but the difference is negligible for most foods imo.2 -
Peanut Butter. I had always assumed I ate 3-4 tablespoons on a sandwich, but turns out I'm right at the 2 tablespoon serving size.2
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psychod787 wrote: »CarvedTones wrote: »youngcaseyr wrote: »Canned beans typically say 3.5 servings per can, but after measuring I have found that it is almost always nearly exactly two servings. I can eat more beans but that also means I have to BUY more beans. Worth it.
However, 1 dry cup of flour is typically more than the weight in grams as it is listed on the package.
I have been cooking beans from dried for years , at first for economic reasons and then for taste and control of salt content.
It also gets around the problem with weighing canned beans drained when the labelled calories include the liquid in the weight. The drained beans can have almost double the calories by weight compared to the label. OTOH, weighing dried is fine if you make one serving at a time, but typically you will be making many more and often already mixed with other ingredients while cooking. One of the things I like about frozen peas, beans and corn is that you can weigh them accurately and make a serving at a time. that's important at my house as I am about the only one, other than one of my kids who is away at college, who eats beans (other than green beans) and peas somewhat regularly.
My black beans state drained.
Interesting. I just checked mine. Bush's - black beans and garbanzos - not drained. Hanover Cuban black beans - not drained. I do have some store brand artichoke hearts that say drained. The giveaway is if a standard size can says 3 or more 1/2 cup servings that are around 130g (~4.6 ounces), it's not drained as there is no missing weight when you do the math.2 -
happytree923 wrote: »Pasta! My weighed out serving is less than I would eat before I tried to control portions but more than what I would try to guesstimate with a stupid measuring cup after I started counting calories.
I can easily down half a box of pasta. When I eat spaghetti, which is honestly 3-4 nights a week, it is pure torture to limit myself to 6oz (3 servings).
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Nutritional Yeast. I’m not a huge fan of it, but I’ll occasionally put it on salad or steamed veggies. I learned a couple years ago that it is definitely not low calorie. I can easily eat 200+ calories of it a day.2
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The only thing I can think of is Nutella. I used to count one serving in my crepes and only really put 1/2 serving. But I started using the food scale after just a few weeks, and it's been 5 years...2
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I can't verify but I think I tend to overestimate proteins when I'm not eating at home to weigh before cooking. I was definitely underestimating peanut butter, even now if I'm having some with an apple or something if in my head I say I'll limit myself to ~45g thinking that will be enough, I'll end up at 57g or something.
I was also way overestimating exercise calories for a good spell with my highly researched, well-reviewed Polar H7 HRM; thanks, UA Record. Eventually switched to a TDEE spreadsheet and have had much more success.0 -
CarvedTones wrote: »youngcaseyr wrote: »Canned beans typically say 3.5 servings per can, but after measuring I have found that it is almost always nearly exactly two servings. I can eat more beans but that also means I have to BUY more beans. Worth it.
However, 1 dry cup of flour is typically more than the weight in grams as it is listed on the package.
You have to be careful about canned fruits and veggies. Even though you will eat the drained product, nutrition information is "as packaged" unless specified otherwise. If liquid you pour off is water or mostly water and has very little calorie content, what's left has more calories per unit of weight. With fruit it's probably closer to okay to ignore the syrup as it has as many or more calories by weight than the fruit.
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Oh, fudge. Everything is a lie.1
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