need help with weighing Food and Serving sizes

FckUrExcuses
FckUrExcuses Posts: 80
in Food and Nutrition
Ok so when i buy things like chicken for example the serving size is usually 4oz. Other than having a scale it can sometimes be hard to determine the exact amount. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to determine the amount of chicken per serving size? Or any food that is measured by weight for that matter. Or if anyone has a cool food scale and knows where to get one let me know!

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  • kpchefai
    kpchefai Posts: 54 Member
    so I just bought a good scale yesterday with some hesitation. I can already tell it was worth it. For example I made chicken tenderloins last night and what I would have estimated as 4oz turned out to be over 7oz so my estimations have been way off. The one I got is not fancy--I bought it at target and it was 24.99 but in sure you can find a bigger selection online. I hit a plateau and I'm hoping this will help! Good luck!
  • eldamiano
    eldamiano Posts: 2,667 Member
    If in doubt, overestimate (assuming you are trying to lose weight).
  • FckUrExcuses
    FckUrExcuses Posts: 80
    24.99 sounds good i'm not looking for anything fancy, i'll have to check out target, but yea i'll also check online to see
  • FckUrExcuses
    FckUrExcuses Posts: 80
    I'm actually trying to gain weight i weight 146lbs now, but i'm shooting for 155lbs more weight in muscle if i diet and exercise right
  • Koldnomore
    Koldnomore Posts: 1,613 Member
    Ok so when i buy things like chicken for example the serving size is usually 4oz. Other than having a scale it can sometimes be hard to determine the exact amount. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to determine the amount of chicken per serving size? Or any food that is measured by weight for that matter. Or if anyone has a cool food scale and knows where to get one let me know!
    Normally if it's something in a package there will be a weight next to the amount that says. If there isn't then I normally Google "how much does a cup of X weigh" keeping in mind that a 'cup' is not the same size everywhere. 1 cup is equal to 8 fluid ounces in the US. In Canada it is 250 milliliters (which is about 8.5 fluid ounces). Another reason why WEIGHTS work better than volumes. 15g of peanut butter is the same everywhere :p

    You can buy kitchen scales just about anywhere, I think I bought my big one at Walmart. My spice scale I had to get from a specialty store because regular kitchen scales don't weigh in tenths of a gram and I'm anal about my weights.
  • jlynnm70
    jlynnm70 Posts: 460 Member
    Scales aren't that expensive - I got one a Bed Bath and Beyond - I had a 20% off coupon and I think I paid less than $20 for it. It's digital and does ounces or grams. I use it ALL THE TIME to make sure my portions are right.
  • asdelmonte
    asdelmonte Posts: 171 Member
    I just bought a scale and am so happy I did. I am an over-estimator. I was happy to learn that my 4oz serving was really only 3oz and I can eat a lot more than I thought.

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