Question for those who weigh their food and live with other people

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  • pfeiferlindsey
    pfeiferlindsey Posts: 163 Member
    callsitlikeiseeit wrote: »
    RetiredAndLovingIt wrote: »
    I weigh things around hubby and he does sometimes. I won't do it around my grandkids (age 10-14). I don't think it is something they should be concerned with now.

    actually it can be an amazing way to teach healthy eating habits, correct portion sizes, and moderation.

    This. 100% this. I wasn't taught any healthy eating skills growing up. Nothing about proper proportions. I always wonder if I had been taught those skills, if I wouldn't have ballooned up to 320 pounds.

    I love to bake, so it's not uncommon for my kids to see my weighing stuff. My husband and I also weigh everything we eat. We are open with the kids. Our focus with them is building a healthy meal and being active outside. They know calories are a source of energy, but they also know that for right now, their focus is on eating healthy and being active.
  • cnurenasue
    cnurenasue Posts: 22 Member
    I don't weigh my food (just measure) but my daughter does, even the protein she puts into shakes. It actually seems cleaner (no measuring cups/spoons to wash) She is converting me! LOL!
  • gillexplores
    gillexplores Posts: 151 Member
    Everyone already said a bunch of great things, and as @kshama2001 said - sending hugs.

    The only thing I didn’t see is that it is very common in Europe, for example, to use a scale for cooking and baking. It’s very North American to use measuring cups for everything.
  • lemurcat2
    lemurcat2 Posts: 7,885 Member
    edited January 2021
    Yeah, I used a scale for baking pre weight loss even in the US. I didn't for cooking, but I also didn't use measuring cups, so for me measuring cups don't seem somehow less fussy than weighing. I did and do sometimes use a cup measure for liquids.

    The idea of trying to measure, say, onions or apples by cup (let alone chicken) seems way more annoying than just weighing it, which is easy as part of the chopping process for many ingredients, or the cooking process otherwise. I didn't like messing with (and didn't mess with) cups and teaspoons and such when cooking before, and find weighing to be easier than trying to do that. I do get estimating lower cal things as 1 medium apple or 1 medium zucchini or 1 large egg (esp since many eggs are pretty standardized--I get less standard farm eggs but can eyeball them well) and so on, and do that on occasion too, but weighing can be quite educational at first.

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