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I guess I was a little off

leooftheyear
leooftheyear Posts: 429 Member
edited February 6 in Health and Weight Loss
So this week I decided I needed to get better about measuring things, even though I felt like I was good at eyeballing stuff, some of which I was but there are a few things I was way off on. The main thing being hummus, 2 tablespoons isn't as much as I thought it was.

My question for you: which food items have you thought you were good at eyeballing until you actually measured them out?
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  • Blitz_40
    Blitz_40 Posts: 110 Member
    Grapes & Sweet potatoes.....
  • 9jenn9
    9jenn9 Posts: 309 Member
    Everything.
  • james6998
    james6998 Posts: 743 Member
    Grapes & Sweet potatoes.....
    Bingo
  • ThinLizzie0802
    ThinLizzie0802 Posts: 863 Member
    Everything.

    This.
  • MysteriousMerlin
    MysteriousMerlin Posts: 2,270 Member
    Salt...oil...especially oil!
  • Kabiti
    Kabiti Posts: 191 Member
    I'd say salad dressing, but I always either make my own or get very low calorie dressing.

    ...and I'm not *that* far off. I don't like it soaked and I try to match the packets of dressing you get at fast food.
  • lucan07
    lucan07 Posts: 509
    Everything with a weight printed on it!
  • Serah87
    Serah87 Posts: 5,481 Member
    Everything.
  • lavaughan69
    lavaughan69 Posts: 459 Member
    pretty much everything! I've started eating things in my measuring cups. Dual purpose, now I know I've measured correctly, and won't dirty a bowl! :-)
  • Greenrun99
    Greenrun99 Posts: 2,065 Member
    Everything.
  • bethanytowell
    bethanytowell Posts: 256 Member
    pretty much everything! I've started eating things in my measuring cups. Dual purpose, now I know I've measured correctly, and won't dirty a bowl! :-)

    Im so glad im not alone!
  • babyj0
    babyj0 Posts: 531 Member
    Everything in life.
  • sakuragreenlily
    sakuragreenlily Posts: 334 Member
    pretty much everything! I've started eating things in my measuring cups. Dual purpose, now I know I've measured correctly, and won't dirty a bowl! :-)

    Haha! Great plan ;)

    Also, peanut butter. Same as hummus... 2 TBSP is not as much as you think (or would like).
  • Swissmiss
    Swissmiss Posts: 8,754 Member
    Wine. It turns out that I was pouring out about 3 to 4 oz. instead of 5.
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,251 Member
    Peanut butter, rice, WINE and popcorn.
  • Stage14
    Stage14 Posts: 1,046 Member
    Nuts, rice, and fish. The first one is way less that I would have thought and the second and third were actually much larger helpings than I assumed (based on similar portion sizes of red meat and pasta).
  • herblackwings39
    herblackwings39 Posts: 3,930 Member
    4 oz of wine is a sad, sad thing. 8 oz is only slightly better.
  • Blacklance36
    Blacklance36 Posts: 755 Member
    Baileys and Grand Marnier
  • somerisagirlsname
    somerisagirlsname Posts: 467 Member
    Potatoes and Cheese
  • SlytherinPrefect
    SlytherinPrefect Posts: 64 Member
    pretty much everything! I've started eating things in my measuring cups. Dual purpose, now I know I've measured correctly, and won't dirty a bowl! :-)

    Love this. Need to start doing this.
  • FlabFighter86
    FlabFighter86 Posts: 233 Member
    Cereal. So now I just buy weetabix. It's really low in sugar, and it saves measuring.
  • PoisonDartFrog
    PoisonDartFrog Posts: 220 Member
    I measure everything with significant calories....I eyeball things with minimun calories....
    Eyeball....lettuce, raw spinach, arugula, shreadded carrots, black coffee, water. jarred spices added to cooking

    I measure
    oil, salad dressing, recipe quantities (other than spices), etc.
  • doctorsookie
    doctorsookie Posts: 1,084 Member
    VODKA... 1 0Z IS SO MUCH MORE THAN I THOUGHT IT WAS.... HOORAY!:drinker:
  • sabified
    sabified Posts: 1,035 Member
    pretty much everything! I've started eating things in my measuring cups. Dual purpose, now I know I've measured correctly, and won't dirty a bowl! :-)

    lol, I think I'll need to start this as well
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    If you're eating out of measuring cups, you're doing it wrong. They can be up to 30% inaccurate.

    I never use measuring cups. I weigh everything. And even after 9 months of that, I still fail at eyeballing most of the time.
  • Lonestar5775
    Lonestar5775 Posts: 740 Member
    pretty much everything! I've started eating things in my measuring cups. Dual purpose, now I know I've measured correctly, and won't dirty a bowl! :-)

    Best post of the day! Reminds of my bachelor days :-) Eat out of different dishes until there are no more left and you have to wash them!
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    If you're eating out of measuring cups, you're doing it wrong. They can be up to 30% inaccurate.

    I never use measuring cups. I weigh everything. And even after 9 months of that, I still fail at eyeballing most of the time.
  • PapaverSomniferum
    PapaverSomniferum Posts: 2,670 Member
    i tended to overestimate butter and salad dressing

    and way underestimate pasta and wine
  • jontay81
    jontay81 Posts: 39 Member
    Get a food scale and weigh it out. It's much more accurate.
  • spoiledpuppies
    spoiledpuppies Posts: 675 Member
    I've been weighing almost everything in grams right from the start, so I haven't been surprised by much. But I used to measure peanut butter by the tablespoon. Now I weigh it, and it's amazing how the weighed serving does not even come close to filling the physical tablespoon.

    I also thought about eating some hummus yesterday. When I weighed out a serving, I decided that it wasn't even worth eating it.
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