My first day with a food scale

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  • Allgaun
    Allgaun Posts: 222 Member
    edited June 2019
    movgrl1 wrote: »
    Frozen veggies always make me laugh. The bag says there's about 4 servings but most times when I way them out it's more like 2. A salad kit will say 4 servings, but weighing it there's usually 6. So crazy!

    This! So much this! I've had this with canned veggies too, what do they include, the water? The only way to do it is drain the veg and re-weigh then divide in portions.

    I'll admit for the most part I don't panic about a few grams over for veggies. I buy a lot of those steamer bags that usually say 3 servings per package. I weigh out the first portion, and the second and there's almost nothing left in the bag! Really more like 2 1/2 portions per bag
  • earlnabby
    earlnabby Posts: 8,171 Member
    edited June 2019
    Noreenmarie1234 wrote: »
    movgrl1 wrote: »
    Frozen veggies always make me laugh. The bag says there's about 4 servings but most times when I way them out it's more like 2. A salad kit will say 4 servings, but weighing it there's usually 6. So crazy!

    I have never weighed my frozen veg, but this makes me wonder because a bag of frozen steamed broccoli that I buy is 120 calories according to the package. But if I weigh out 120 calories of fresh cut broccoli and steam it it is actually WAY more in volume compared to the steamed frozen.
    Allgaun wrote: »
    movgrl1 wrote: »
    Frozen veggies always make me laugh. The bag says there's about 4 servings but most times when I way them out it's more like 2. A salad kit will say 4 servings, but weighing it there's usually 6. So crazy!

    This! So much this! I've had this with canned veggies too, what do they include, the water?

    Sort of. When steaming veggies they lose volume because of water loss. Fresh or still frozen will both weigh and measure more than cooked. With frozen veggies, I count calories based on the % of the bag I eat (if they are steam-in-the-bag) or I weigh them frozen. I usually get 2 servings per bag of steamables and log each as 1/2 of the whole container in my diary.
  • WholeFoods4Lyfe
    WholeFoods4Lyfe Posts: 1,518 Member
    thanos5 wrote: »
    RelCanonical wrote: »
    glassyo wrote: »
    katiesmom_99 wrote: »
    I'm going to order a scale from Amazon today, since I have absolutely no idea what most actual portions look like. I've been measuring as much as I can, and have managed to lose 2 lbs so far, but still want to be more accurate.

    My suggestion is to have tissues ready for when you weigh nut butters and cereal. :)

    Even whole nuts are ridiculous. I can pound those suckers down but a 180-calorie serving is barely a mouthful.

    the serving size of almonds gives me the sads. 28 almonds? barely a mouthful.

    I limit myself to 5-6 almonds at a time. That way I can grab a few here and there during the day, instead of downing them all in one fell swoop. Calories are the same at the end of the day, but I FEEL like I got more than I actually did.
  • Noreenmarie1234
    Noreenmarie1234 Posts: 7,492 Member
    edited June 2019
    earlnabby wrote: »
    Noreenmarie1234 wrote: »
    movgrl1 wrote: »
    Frozen veggies always make me laugh. The bag says there's about 4 servings but most times when I way them out it's more like 2. A salad kit will say 4 servings, but weighing it there's usually 6. So crazy!

    I have never weighed my frozen veg, but this makes me wonder because a bag of frozen steamed broccoli that I buy is 120 calories according to the package. But if I weigh out 120 calories of fresh cut broccoli and steam it it is actually WAY more in volume compared to the steamed frozen.
    Allgaun wrote: »
    movgrl1 wrote: »
    Frozen veggies always make me laugh. The bag says there's about 4 servings but most times when I way them out it's more like 2. A salad kit will say 4 servings, but weighing it there's usually 6. So crazy!

    This! So much this! I've had this with canned veggies too, what do they include, the water?

    Sort of. When steaming veggies they lose volume because of water loss. Fresh or still frozen will both weigh and measure more than cooked. With frozen veggies, I count calories based on the % of the bag I eat (if they are steam-in-the-bag) or I weigh them frozen. I usually get 2 servings per bag of steamables and log each as 1/2 of the whole container in my diary.

    No I know that. I mean for 120 calorie bag of frozen vs 120 calorie fresh. The fresh 120 weighed cooks up to have a lot more volume for the calories. which makes sense if there isn’t the full weight of the frozen (thus the bags are not actually 120 calories and are less) I never weighed because I just eat the whole steamed bag. I didn’t explain well at all lol!
  • LivingtheLeanDream
    LivingtheLeanDream Posts: 13,342 Member
    I am always amazed that what I think is a good amount of butter on toast is actually only 3g :smiley:

    Cereals are always disappointing, I could easily eat twice the recommended portion size except I wouldn't be able to fit that into my calories.... so I opt for eggs instead as more filling.
  • ContraryMaryMary
    ContraryMaryMary Posts: 1,775 Member
    LivingtheLeanDream wrote: »
    I am always amazed that what I think is a good amount of butter on toast is actually only 3g :smiley:

    Im the opposite - a good amount for me is 10g!
  • Womona
    Womona Posts: 1,759 Member
    edited June 2019
    I started using my scale and it’s so helpful. Measuring nuts and lunch meat is what I use it for the most. The saddest thing? Measuring pasta. Sigh. Honestly one 2oz serving is so little, I may as well not bother eating it. Eye opening that I used to consume 4 times that much in a bowl and think it was one!
  • RelCanonical
    RelCanonical Posts: 3,882 Member
    just_Tomek wrote: »
    LivingtheLeanDream wrote: »
    I am always amazed that what I think is a good amount of butter on toast is actually only 3g :smiley:

    Cereals are always disappointing, I could easily eat twice the recommended portion size except I wouldn't be able to fit that into my calories.... so I opt for eggs instead as more filling.

    3g??? Thats really nothing, like a tip of a knife. Why?

    Personal preference?
  • LivingtheLeanDream
    LivingtheLeanDream Posts: 13,342 Member
    RelCanonical wrote: »
    just_Tomek wrote: »
    LivingtheLeanDream wrote: »
    I am always amazed that what I think is a good amount of butter on toast is actually only 3g :smiley:

    Cereals are always disappointing, I could easily eat twice the recommended portion size except I wouldn't be able to fit that into my calories.... so I opt for eggs instead as more filling.

    3g??? Thats really nothing, like a tip of a knife. Why?

    Personal preference?

    exactly! and I prefer to have my calories in other ways, if I went too sore on the butter I'd have to cut out some chocolate - so yeah, preference.
  • RelCanonical
    RelCanonical Posts: 3,882 Member
    just_Tomek wrote: »
    Yea but when you really dont even taste it, why butter ;) Thats all I mean.

    You can though. Maybe your bread slices are bigger than mine. I usually like 3-4g per slice.
  • LivingtheLeanDream
    LivingtheLeanDream Posts: 13,342 Member
    edited June 2019
    just_Tomek wrote: »
    Yea but when you really dont even taste it, why butter ;) Thats all I mean.

    but I DO taste it, any more would make me gag. Butter for me is just there to add a little flavour and 'soften' the toast with minimal cals. Each to their own right :smile:
  • earlnabby
    earlnabby Posts: 8,171 Member
    Womona wrote: »
    I started using my scale and it’s so helpful. Measuring nuts and lunch meat is what I use it for the most. The saddest thing? Measuring pasta. Sigh. Honestly one 2oz serving is so little, I may as well not bother eating it. Eye opening that I used to consume 4 times that much in a bowl and think it was one!

    You ARE weighing it dry, correct?
  • nooboots
    nooboots Posts: 480 Member
    ContraryMaryMary wrote: »
    LivingtheLeanDream wrote: »
    I am always amazed that what I think is a good amount of butter on toast is actually only 3g :smiley:

    Im the opposite - a good amount for me is 10g!

    God me too, its definitely 10g.
  • Panini911
    Panini911 Posts: 2,325 Member
    edited June 2019
    first time i weighted almonds i immediately threw the entire package in the garbage. no joke. automatic reaction to that number :P

    years later I now eat almonds as a snack again mid-morning. unsalted, roasted without oil. i eat 16grams. weighed daily. i managed to take 2-3 bites from each nut. and now mind over matter i find that keeps me going just fine til lunch. But it took awhile to get here.

    i generally weigh frozen veggies and fruit.
  • Noreenmarie1234
    Noreenmarie1234 Posts: 7,492 Member
    Remember I commented how the PB2 I found out was using so much. I found my new bottles say 2tbp is now higherr in calories and weight... asked the company and they said...

    "Good afternoon. The formula for our Original PB2 has not changed at all. What has changed was the serving size. Due to FDA regulations it was changed from 12g to 13g per 2tbp serving. With their rounding rules our calories now rounded up to 60 calories.
    "

    So basically it confirms that measured 2tbsp was a LOT off from weighed serving size and 2tbsp measured is actually more in weight, LOL.

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