Weighing Foods

hedwighigh

Alright, I hope this doesn't sound obsessive or anything but I have a food scale now and I was wondering. When weighing foods like bananas do you count the peel or not?

I usually count the peel but I wanted to see if I'm wrong in doing this.

timbrophy

No, don't count the peel. Only count what you eat! That goes for anything

Heather2784

Uhm... are you eating the peel? Lol.

I don't really weigh fruit or vegetables. I'll measure out servings of like steamed vegetables, but when it comes to whole things like apples, oranges, bananas, etc., I just select the size I think it is off of here.

If I were going to weigh them, then no, I would not weigh the peel, unless I was going to eat it ;-)

iLinduh

I usually weigh mine with the peel too. I figure the peel doesn't weigh too much, therefore it won't skew my measurement too much.

warmachinejt

no haha why weigh the peel hahaha unless you tryin to figure out how many grams of peel required for someone to slip

hedwighigh

Hahaha, I had just never thought of it before actually until just now. I usually measure it in the peel because I'm carry it with me to work and I measure it beforehand since there isn't a scale there.

CharlieBarleyMom

No peel. Weigh one of like size and figure it out roughly on the times you're taking one to work and don't want to Pre-peel it. The database also has bananas as "small - with rough inches", "medium - with rough inches" etc. You can just use those instead of absolute weight.

lisa46219

I don't weigh fruits- I select the size (small, medium, large). I know this is not as accurate, but I don't think I have ever met anyone who is heavy because they ate too many bananas!

kazzari

I don't weigh fruits- I select the size (small, medium, large). I know this is not as accurate, but I don't think I have ever met anyone who is heavy because they ate too many bananas!

I do it this way as well. Err on the side of selecting the large if it's close so if anything I've overestimated.

devonette

Since I like to eat the banana as I peel it, I weigh the banana when it is still in the peel, then when I'm done eating it, I weigh the peel. The difference is the weight of actual banana eaten, and that's what I use to calculate the calories -- the weight without the peel.

addict3

I don't weigh fruits- I select the size (small, medium, large). I know this is not as accurate, but I don't think I have ever met anyone who is heavy because they ate too many bananas!

Lol. You probably haven't, but I suppose it could happen. Anything in excess right? Reminds me of a story a guy I used to work with told me. His mother and her sister were eating and his mother asked her " Is that your 4th ear of corn?" her sister replied " Yes, but i'm not putting butter on it" to which his mother asked " Since when do you have to put butter on corn to fatten a hog?"

angieleighbyrd

I only count what I eat. I don't eat banana peels.

lisa46219

:laugh:

hedwighigh

I'm glad I gave everyone a laugh :flowerforyou:

:laugh:

I read also that apparently the peel is 1/8 of the banana so you can do this:

banana you eat = (total banana weight) - (total banana weight)(1/8)

Dunno how valid this is, thought it was interesting regardless.

propskat

I'm glad I gave everyone a laugh :flowerforyou:

:laugh:

I read also that apparently the peel is 1/8 of the banana so you can do this:

banana you eat = (total banana weight) - (total banana weight)(1/8)

Dunno how valid this is, thought it was interesting regardless.

Sorry, that looks a bit too much like math! :noway:

hedwighigh

I'm glad I gave everyone a laugh :flowerforyou:

:laugh:

I read also that apparently the peel is 1/8 of the banana so you can do this:

banana you eat = (total banana weight) - (total banana weight)(1/8)

Dunno how valid this is, thought it was interesting regardless.

Sorry, that looks a bit too much like math! :noway:

Sorry, my inner-nerd was showing :blushing:

Nath07

I don't weigh fruits- I select the size (small, medium, large). I know this is not as accurate, but I don't think I have ever met anyone who is heavy because they ate too many bananas!

I beg to differ!! I went to the Zoo the other day, there was this Gorilla there eating bananas who looked Mighty heavy!:laugh:

MoreBean13

I dunno about the 1/8 rule for banana peels- I recently weighed the banana with and without the peel out of curiosity and it was like 250g with peel and 150g w/o peel.

I do weigh fruit. Just tonight I went to enter what I thought was a "medium" granny smith apple- and the apple actually weighed 249g, whereas a medium apple by MFP definition was 150 g. Other people may be better at estimating size than me, but I cannot be trusted.

Similar problem- I never know how to weigh canned beans, once they are drained. I can't tell if the calorie estimated by weight includes all that water, in which case the calories per gram would be way off for drained beans. Any ideas for that one?

Ready2Rock206

I'm glad I gave everyone a laugh :flowerforyou:

:laugh:

I read also that apparently the peel is 1/8 of the banana so you can do this:

banana you eat = (total banana weight) - (total banana weight)(1/8)

Dunno how valid this is, thought it was interesting regardless.

Sorry, that looks a bit too much like math! :noway:

Nooooooooo...... not math!!! :sad: I think I'd just weigh with the peel and call it good.

hedwighigh

Yea the 1/8 thing is wrong.

My previously 240 gram banana became 144 grams after I stripped it.

htmlgirl

Since I like to eat the banana as I peel it, I weigh the banana when it is still in the peel, then when I'm done eating it, I weigh the peel. The difference is the weight of actual banana eaten, and that's what I use to calculate the calories -- the weight without the peel.

Exactly what I do

Martucha123

Since I like to eat the banana as I peel it, I weigh the banana when it is still in the peel, then when I'm done eating it, I weigh the peel. The difference is the weight of actual banana eaten, and that's what I use to calculate the calories -- the weight without the peel.

Exactly what I do

exactly
same for apples, plums and other fruits
I don't obsess though
I guestimate a lot (fe apple is 180g I would log 160, because refuse is about 20g)