Weighing "everything"

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  • Remoth
    Remoth Posts: 117 Member
    I really only weigh stuff if I'm curious or really dont have a clue on what it contains, but i imagine it's more important the less you are trying to lose. I have a lot to lose and an extra 10% of my daily calorie goal wont make much difference. An extra 200 calories for someone in a 1500 calorie deficit isnt as critical as for someone in a 250 calorie deficit.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    admaarie wrote: »
    When I first started using a food scale I weighed EVERYTHING. I mean every single thing. Lettuce, tomatoes, spinach, onions.. in hindsight it became just way too obsessive for me. Like another posted mentioned I’m a lot more relaxed with tracking & don’t feel the need to weigh out every single thing anymore and still obtain results. For me this works better.

    I weigh low calorie veggies so that I will eat MORE of them.
    • I aim for 28 g / 1 oz lettuce per sandwich and previously was eating less than half an ounce.
    • For broccoli I aim for 100 g per servings and was previously eating @ 70 g.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    hamelle2 wrote: »
    I am having great success with CICO and my food scale.
    However I have a few nagging questions.
    I buy individual servings of yogurt, cottage cheese and peanut butter. I haven't been weighing those. Do you actually dump those out and weigh them?
    Someday I will reach the point of where every calorie will count...someday.
    Please feel free to ask any of your food scale questions here if you'd like.
    Thanks!

    I do not and never have.
  • leanjogreen18
    leanjogreen18 Posts: 2,492 Member
    I only weigh things like cashews.

    Once a month maybe I pull out the scale to make sure I’m eyeballing close enough, but that’s it. I’ve never weighed prepackaged foods.

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