One SPOON of MAYO?! O.o (pics)

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  • jenluvsushi
    jenluvsushi Posts: 933 Member
    The spoon you are using is for eating not for measuring. I would say get measuring spoons but even those are not accurate. If you really want to be accurate, go spend 20 bucks at Target on a digital scale....it will change your life!
  • stormieweather
    stormieweather Posts: 2,549 Member
    To the poster who scoffed at wanting to be this accurate...it IS a big deal with a dietary goal of 1200 cal vs a man's 2500 calories. There is a study that concluded that overweight women tend to understimate their intake by over 20%. That's 240 calories (of a 1200 calorie diet), which can severely limit or even stall one's weight loss. So yes, it is important.
  • sl1ngsh0t
    sl1ngsh0t Posts: 326 Member
    So, what's 1tbsp of mayo?! I'm so confused. How do you meassure that? Don't get me wrong I like how nearly all foods are to find in our database but some of the meassurements really annoy/confuse me. Lately, I've been putting too much mayo on my diary than what I actually ate, due to being scared that I might put too little on it. (later on I meassured everything myself and now I'm certain ^^)...

    But, what do you considder being 1tbsp? I've fooled around with some pics and these are the two options I've thought about:

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    This one I found the most obvious, since it's with top and if I read from an recipe - I would count tbsp with top...

    onespoon2.jpg

    ... Buuuut then I started counting this way, that a spoon had to be topped off - I'd rather put too much calories on my diary, than too little and avoid cheating so I started thinking that it was rather 2spoons than one I had and so on. I was to horrible wrong...

    So people - how do you think about meassurements? Do you ALWAYS meassure your food correctly or do you stick to many of the premades in here? And how do YOU define one TBSP? :) Have a nice day.

    If in doubt, buy a set of measuring spoons. Problem solved!
  • paulasue145
    paulasue145 Posts: 157
    A measuring spoon. lol... or just go with mustard! :)
  • paulasue145
    paulasue145 Posts: 157
    thanks for all the tips about the scale. i've wanted to get one. i didn't know the measure spoon/ or cups would not be completely accurate.
  • neverstray
    neverstray Posts: 3,845 Member
    To answer your question, it's the 2nd pitcure.

    However, weighing it is the best way. And, much less than you think. When I started weighing everything I was surprised at how little a serving is. For example, 2 tablespoons of peanut butter, is not 2 tablespoons of peanut butter. It's something less.
  • nammer79
    nammer79 Posts: 664 Member
    yep I use measuring spoons myself and I like the mayo with olive oil saves on some calories
  • BaconMD
    BaconMD Posts: 1,165 Member
    To the poster who scoffed at wanting to be this accurate...it IS a big deal with a dietary goal of 1200 cal vs a man's 2500 calories. There is a study that concluded that overweight women tend to understimate their intake by over 20%. That's 240 calories (of a 1200 calorie diet), which can severely limit or even stall one's weight loss. So yes, it is important.
    I am a man with a goal of 2500 calories per day, and even to me it is a big deal. Why bother tracking food if you won't be accurate? Obviously there are certain things that are tough to measure, but I strive for accuracy. It seems counter-productive to just guesstimate everything. That's what led to me being Err2 lbs in the first place.

    So to the OP, I'll echo the sentiments of the smarter ones - get a digital scale, weigh your food. You can find mayo listed in grams in the database, and it seems that "1tbsp" is around 13 grams according to many of the listings I checked. 15g for 1tbsp is for water, so other substances may be a little different.
  • ElizabethRoad
    ElizabethRoad Posts: 5,138 Member
    That would be a level tablespoon, a heaped one is obviously heaped! But a tablespoon is 15g and I think it'd be slightlymore than that. As people have said though, a gram +/- won't be a huge thing if you're being careful everywhere :)

    The measurement that gets me is cups....what the hell is a cup? (sorry to answer a question with a question!)

    a cup is 8 ounces.

    Surely a cup is a measure of volume rather than weight, so a cup of marshmallows would weigh less than a cup of nuts, for example :)
    Fluid ounces. 8 ounces = 237 ml.
  • Jorra
    Jorra Posts: 3,338 Member
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooking_weights_and_measures

    Learn these...
  • onedayillbeamilf
    onedayillbeamilf Posts: 966 Member
    When measuring out a tablespoon, I use the measuring spoon that says "1 TBSP".
  • UsedToBeHusky
    UsedToBeHusky Posts: 15,228 Member
    I honestly don't measure anything. I eyeball it and go. I've been known to measure a cup of milk, but only because I love it and will be much too liberal with it. But other than that, I'm guesstimating.
  • MrsCon40
    MrsCon40 Posts: 2,351 Member
    If I counted as one "spoon" of mayo the amount I can pile on a soup spoon it would probably be a quarter of a cup. (I love that *kitten*)

    But the nutrition information doesn't say "spoon" it says "tbsp". "tbsp" is a tablespoon. It is always leveled.

    measuring_spoon.jpg

    See people! This is what happens when we cut electives like home economics in schools!
  • scapez
    scapez Posts: 2,018 Member
    Food scale. Use grams. Case closed!
  • rileysowner
    rileysowner Posts: 8,330 Member
    A tablespoon is a measurement, just like a cup. Get some measuring spoons.

    ^^^^
    THIS

    A tablespoon is an actual measurement.of volume. 15ml is the metric equivalent. It is not the amount what we call a tablespoon and use on our tables is.
  • EpiGaiaRepens
    EpiGaiaRepens Posts: 824 Member
    Measuring spoons - i find it confusing because our tablespoons are a different size in the UK anyway from what I hear...

    1 tablespoon = 3 teaspoons = 1/16th of a cup = 0.5 ounces

    But i agree with the guy who said that it's not THAT important to have it down to a science. I think if you get up and go to the bathroom three times, you burned off that extra little bit of mayo! ;)
  • EpiGaiaRepens
    EpiGaiaRepens Posts: 824 Member
    If I counted as one "spoon" of mayo the amount I can pile on a soup spoon it would probably be a quarter of a cup. (I love that *kitten*)

    But the nutrition information doesn't say "spoon" it says "tbsp". "tbsp" is a tablespoon. It is always leveled.

    measuring_spoon.jpg

    See people! This is what happens when we cut electives like home economics in schools!

    OMG. I have a girl crush on you!
  • rileysowner
    rileysowner Posts: 8,330 Member
    Yeah a tablespoon is normally 15g / 15ml. But i always use these measuring spoons just in case.

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    It is only 15g for water and things similar to water. Something denser will weight more for a tablespoon and something that is less dense will weigh less.
  • Jorra
    Jorra Posts: 3,338 Member
    Your jar of mayo must have it's own nutritional label with measurements that are familiar to you. Compare that to the database entry.
  • maidentl
    maidentl Posts: 3,203 Member
    When measuring out a tablespoon, I use the measuring spoon that says "1 TBSP".

    I don't know why you find it necessary to always be using your common sense.

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