Bad habits

mmultanen

I know, I shouldn't estimate two tablespoons but I do it all the time. Tonght I made myself measure out two level table spoons of peanut butter and mayo....

And I've been SHORTING MYSELF.

>_<

KarlaYP

It happens when we don’t actually measure that we do short ourselves sometimes! I’ve found that to be the case for myself too! I’m one who hasn’t had to be perfectly accurate with logging and knowing the macro content of every tbsp of mayo that I eat. I do know that many people are, and that’s fine for them. I just try not to stress about it so much and it’s worked for me for four years so I’m not changing now!

mmultanen

I don't measure. I did at one time; I estimate most things but as I get serious here again I thought, hummmm I better check some of these things.

I was so bitter about shorting myself on the peanut butter. lol still am in fact.

tcunbeliever

Go you for measuring!!!

swezeytba

I actually even like to weigh things more than measuring because if you are going off of grams you can totally get every last gram of peanut butter (or whatever) that you are owed....LOL.

I especially like weighing my salad dressing since that's another thing that's easy to over or underestimate.

shelbydodgeguy

swezeytba wrote: »

I actually even like to weigh things more than measuring because if you are going off of grams you can totally get every last gram of peanut butter (or whatever) that you are owed....LOL.

I especially like weighing my salad dressing since that's another thing that's easy to over or underestimate.

Yeah, I do this too especially with peanut butter and salad dressings. I can easily overdo it on the nuts and then I have to figure out what to eat the rest of the day to keep the carb levels within reason. The only things I don't measure are salt and pepper but I even measure other seasonings if I'm creating a recipe and need to calculate serving sizes once it's complete. All those little things add up.