When weighing apples?

pursuitofoblivion

Do you include the weight of the core, or do you only log what you ate? I am confused by this. If I were to purchase a container of apple that was labeled with nutrition data, would the weight on the container follow with a cored apple or a whole apple? this morning i ate an apple and it appeared to be a medium apple to me and once i weighed it it was 190 grams, and then i cored it and it was less than 130 grams, but now i am not sure which number to count. It may only be a 30 calorie difference but i like my logs to be accurate. So would i only be logging what i ate?

runnergrlfl

I weigh what I eat.

In the case of an apple, I'd slice & peel what I was going to eat, then weigh and enjoy.

Shuuma

I would core it, then weigh it. No use adding something you don't eat, in my opinion.

runnergrlfl

Also... How to eat an apple like a boss.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdCGnuccRv0

lizziebeth1028

I eat the apple and enjoy it and then log it using the MFP data base (small, medium or large).

Ready2Rock206

If I'm eating an apple at work or something - I just pick the medium or large apple from the database. If I'm at home I'll core it and weigh just what I am eating. Generally the calorie count is pretty similar.

MyChocolateDiet

I assume MFP knows I'm not going to be eating the seeds, core or stem so I log one of their small medium or large apples.

PaytraB

I eat the apple and enjoy it and then log it using the MFP data base (small, medium or large).

I do this, too.

skullshank

this thread is reminding me of a classic.

2 words...

SWEET PERTATERZ.

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Efflictim

Also... How to eat an apple like a boss.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdCGnuccRv0

Haha so bad *kitten*.

MysteriousMerlin

I eat the apple and enjoy it and then log it using the MFP data base (small, medium or large).

I do this, too.

Same here, along with the type of apple. If I was weighing something that was calorie dense, like say, peanut butter, I'd want to be more accurate, but apples don't have enough for me to bother weighing them.

Cadaverous_Bones

Log the weight of what you actually ate. You didn't eat the apple core, so why would you count the calories from it? LOGIC.

ClementineGeorg

I eat the apple and enjoy it and then log it using the MFP data base (small, medium or large).

I do the same. Logging will never be 100% percent accurate, the calorie count differs even for the same product (the value is just an average)... so I don't care for the + or - 20 calories,
I don't weight apples, pears, peaches, bananas, tangerines... I prefer to be more carefull with rich calorie things.

I can be very thorough when I eat some cheese or bread, but not with apples.

ScottH_200

Some of these threads are interesting to say the least. Is it really necessary to be that exact when logging an apple?

MeanderingMammal

Some of these threads are interesting to say the least. Is it really necessary to be that exact when logging an apple?

Talking about in the order of ten calories. Life is too short. By the time its been cored and weighed, the knife and scales washed up I've eaten said apple and moved on.

GGDaddy

I eat an apple a day. I weigh it, eat it, then weigh the core to subtract before tossing. Takes all of 10 seconds.

Is it necessary/worth it? Well I had a small Honeycrisp apple a couple of days ago for 37 calories. Had a large Granny Smith last week for 152 calories. Hardly the +/- 10 calories that people seem to be citing as gospel.

Log or don't log, weight or don't weigh, whatever floats your boat. And the entire continuum is represented on mfp. Heck, I don't bother weighing spinach or broccoli. But among those people who weigh, many find it to be worth weighing apples.

MB_Positif

I don't weigh my apples.

arghbowl

I eat it all because I'm a bad *kitten*.

InForBacon

Whatever you do, don't compare it to an orange.

MB_Positif

I eat it all because I'm a bad *kitten*.

Gasp! You know you have an apple tree growing your tummy, right?

arghbowl

I eat it all because I'm a bad *kitten*.

Gasp! You know you have an apple tree growing your tummy, right?

That isn't my tummy, dear. You know I've always been pretty good at planting seeds

lizziebeth1028

Agree!! It's a apple. It's healthy. Eat one. Log it using what's in the data base and get on with your life. ONE apple = good. 6 apples = excessive. Sometimes you have to put away the scale and use commonsense.

GGDaddy

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Deipneus

I eat the apple and enjoy it and then log it using the MFP data base (small, medium or large).

Me too.

GGDaddy

Sometimes you have to put away the scale and use commonsense.

So just out of curiosity, ate my medium Gala apple the way I normally would for dinner, then compared it to the database.

Per food scale and USDA data: 113 calories
Per mfp database: 80 calories

That's a 33 calorie difference. If you don't care about a 33 calorie error in just one food item, then more power to you I guess. But sometimes you need to put away the "commonsense" and use the scale.

MandyMason7

I core my apples and then weigh them. I do NOT use the small, medium, large entries in the database, I go by weight for everything.

ScottH_200

Unfortunately, I twisted off and disposed of the apple stem today. Can someone please help me figure out how many calories I need to deduct from my calorie count? Does anyone know how much an apple stem weighs?

lynn_glenmont

I eat an apple a day. I weigh it, eat it, then weigh the core to subtract before tossing. Takes all of 10 seconds.

Is it necessary/worth it? Well I had a small Honeycrisp apple a couple of days ago for 37 calories. Had a large Granny Smith last week for 152 calories. Hardly the +/- 10 calories that people seem to be citing as gospel.

Log or don't log, weight or don't weigh, whatever floats your boat. And the entire continuum is represented on mfp. Heck, I don't bother weighing spinach or broccoli. But among those people who weigh, many find it to be worth weighing apples.

This^^ is what I do with apples when I eat them at home, and I certainly see 50+ calorie differences between apples, and I mostly buy small to medium ones (no large ones). If I eat an apple away from home and my scales, I just take my best guess (and after weighing and eating as many apples as I do, I think it's likely to be a reasonably good guess).

lynn_glenmont

Unfortunately, I twisted off and disposed of the apple stem today. Can someone please help me figure out how many calories I need to deduct from my calorie count? Does anyone know how much an apple stem weighs?

With all the cookies you'll be eating tomorrow evening, Santa, I think you can just let the apple stem go.

MeanderingMammal

But sometimes you need to put away the "commonsense" and use the scale.

Buy them in packs, by weight, with nutrition information. Put three in my briefcase for consumption during the day, or stick one in my pocket when I take the dog out for a walk. Any difference between them nets off over the course of a week.

Mitigate for any errors by coming in under goal calories anyway.

There is also a load of burn that I don't account for, the walk from the train to work is 150 calories, so I'm already 300 ahead five days a week.

Achievability and practicality are key to anyone trying to manage their consumption, and as it's all based on a stack of assumptions there is little value in being overly accurate in one area when the rest of the model isn't set up for that level of accuracy.

GGDaddy

Buy them in packs, by weight, with nutrition information. Put three in my briefcase for consumption during the day, or stick one in my pocket when I take the dog out for a walk. Any difference between them nets off over the course of a week.

Won't work for me, kids eat the other apples. Isn't it easier to just take the 5 seconds to weigh it like anything else?

Mitigate for any errors by coming in under goal calories anyway.

There is also a load of burn that I don't account for, the walk from the train to work is 150 calories, so I'm already 300 ahead five days a week.

I try to hit my target dead on, not come in under. When I do as you are advocating I hit the wall and am dead trying to finish my 750-900 calorie workouts.

But thanks for twice projecting your preferences into my situation.

Achievability and practicality are key to anyone trying to manage their consumption, and as it's all based on a stack of assumptions there is little value in being overly accurate in one area when the rest of the model isn't set up for that level of accuracy.

Well "the model" is what we make of it. Without debating the finer points of statistical analysis (which I'd be happy to do elsewhere), why wouldn't it be best to reduce known errors where you can so that the overall standard error is reduced?

Also, why is it somehow not "achievable" or "practical" to simply weigh an apple just like any other food item?

But heck, why stop with apples (30-50 calorie error)? Why bother tracking ketchup (20 cal/tbsp)? Why bother tracking a tsp pat of butter (33 cal)? Or a Hershey's Kiss (22 cal)? Or a bite of cookie (25 cal)? Or the Bearnaise sauce that the restaurant put on your steak? The model isn't set up for those, right?

Like I said before, some people don't weigh anything, some people don't even bother logging. They somehow manage to lead happy and fulfilled lives, and more power to them--wherever on the spectrum they land.

Of those who prefer to log & weigh, many have made the choice to treat apples like any other food and weigh them. You mad?