Counting how many chips you eat??

sexybebe2012
sexybebe2012 Posts: 32
in Food and Nutrition
Does anyone else count chips if you eat them? If it says 50 chips is 120 calories, I always count out the number of chips I want to eat then put the bag away. lol..does anyone else do this?? I know chips are bad but i crave a lil junk food sometimes.
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  • twhitney71
    twhitney71 Posts: 1
    Absolutely! How else would I keep up with how many I've eaten?!
  • riccoismydog
    riccoismydog Posts: 319 Member
    Stopped eating chips due to a major jaw surgery (two months of mush, last three weeks just barely chewing) I don't even want them. Strange huh? Before that I used to eye it.
  • chris1816
    chris1816 Posts: 715 Member
    Don't really eat chips except the occasional single serving bag but I do with almonds, cashews etc.
  • GrandmaCarole
    GrandmaCarole Posts: 35 Member
    Yes, and that is the only way to do it. I eat dried apricots. Healthy, yes. But I could keep on munching if I don't count them and put them on a plate or in a baggie. I am not a chip craver but I really have to avoid chocolate fudge or cakes. In fact, that was why I started eating the dried apricots--to get my mind off chocolate.
  • wbgolden
    wbgolden Posts: 2,066 Member
    american or international chips? makes a bit of a difference!
  • annahiven
    annahiven Posts: 177 Member
    Yes. :~( And it's damn depressing to only get to eat fourteen chips!
  • rekka24
    rekka24 Posts: 7 Member
    Yup do the same thing lol. Do u ever worry cus some are bigger than others lol?
  • Tanig32
    Tanig32 Posts: 110 Member
    I count my chips out as well at first they laughed at me,and now i have everyone else in my house counting chips now.
  • Athena413
    Athena413 Posts: 1,709 Member
    I LOVE Mexican food, and when you go out for Mexican they always serve the chips and salsa on the house. I've been known (not recently!) to eat an entire basket just by myself...so now when we go out for Mexican, I definitely count my chips!
  • davidsgirl145
    davidsgirl145 Posts: 162 Member
    heck yes! i count and weigh as much as i can! a serving of chips is WAY smaller that what it would seem to be. :noway:
  • meeka472
    meeka472 Posts: 283 Member
    Yes, Yes, and Yes! And I've gotten so good at it that I can basically grab 14 chips by sight in one try...LOL!
  • futuremalestripper
    futuremalestripper Posts: 467 Member
    I count every chip. I also count my peanuts (39 whole peanuts = 160 calories).
  • Bug207
    Bug207 Posts: 58 Member
    I weigh absolutely everything I eat. I trust that more than I do counting.
  • cklowery36
    cklowery36 Posts: 151 Member
    I count. I had 7 today! :smile:
  • EricNCSU
    EricNCSU Posts: 699 Member
    Yup do the same thing lol. Do u ever worry cus some are bigger than others lol?

    Thats why you go by weight. I dont count mine but I weigh them.
  • LadyGhostDuchess
    LadyGhostDuchess Posts: 894 Member
    I count every chip, cracker and peanut :)
  • kiminikimkim
    kiminikimkim Posts: 746 Member
    I weigh them rather than count the chips because I end up taking all the big ones!
  • meshashesha2012
    meshashesha2012 Posts: 8,329 Member
    no :laugh:

    i rarely buy chips and if i do then i know it's just going to eat the entire bag. the way i avoid doing too much damage is to only buy the 99 cents size bag or 2-3 of the quarter sized bag if i want a few different flavors.

    at this stage there are still some things i cant have large quantities of in my cupboards
  • zacksnana
    zacksnana Posts: 3,230 Member
    Yes and i want to know which chips you buy that give you 50 chips for 120 calories! I want those!
  • deannakittygirl
    deannakittygirl Posts: 228 Member
    I would count them or weigh the serving. I bought a simple digital scale recently and I love it. it keeps me honest.. I feel I need to do this cause if I understood potion control I probably wouldn't need to lose weight. if I am out or away from home I am forced to guess but the rest of the time I measure. I also log before I eat so I can make adjustement if needed. I don't want any surprises by having to do an extra workout to burn unneeded calories. good practice for when this weight loss thing turns to maintenance.
  • Suzannejl
    Suzannejl Posts: 212
    Thanks for the reminder....;-)
  • TArnold2012
    TArnold2012 Posts: 929 Member
    I haven't done it with chips but with Quaker Quakes and also Just Born Hot Tamales. It is all about learning what serving sizes of different foods are and look like for me.
  • midschool22
    midschool22 Posts: 1,267 Member
    Yes, I count them.
  • Rockmyskinnyjeans
    Rockmyskinnyjeans Posts: 431 Member
    I count them, too. I count out exactly 7 tortilla chips for my chicken nachos.
  • Lwillis1234
    Lwillis1234 Posts: 990 Member
    I count chips and nuts..etc..all the time!!! Once I get my food scale then I will be more accurate :)
  • vjrose
    vjrose Posts: 809 Member
    I weigh them since the "count" is often off.
  • LovingLisa2012
    LovingLisa2012 Posts: 775 Member
    I weigh them out, since my chips are 15 chips or 1 ounce (and most are broken)
  • healthyliving_girl
    healthyliving_girl Posts: 290 Member
    I used to count them...but now I just weigh them. Faster and more accurate.
  • DollyMiel
    DollyMiel Posts: 377 Member
    Funny, since I just ate a whole 2oz bag of Cheetos. .__.;

    Thinking of getting a scale because I tried the counting out thing and it's just too silly. :|
  • Robin_Bin
    Robin_Bin Posts: 1,046 Member
    I count vegetable chips, nuts, chocolate chips, oat cereal mini biscuits, blueberries, etc. the first couple of times I eat them. And I notice how which size bowl they fill or how much volume they have. I measured how much liquid my glasses hold, what a cup of couscous looks like in a bowl... After that I know about how much makes a serving (or a half serving, double serving, the amount I like to eat) and I use that to track. But occasionally I "spot check" to make sure I haven't drifted away from the serving size. I also do other things like buy ice cream in pint containers -- I get four 1/2 cup servings... if one serving's a bit larger, another will be a bit smaller, so it works out. This way I don't have to measure or count every single thing I put in my mouth -- which I don't see as a maintainable lifestyle change -- but I can still keep reasonably accurate track and as a bonus I get better at estimating amounts, so even in a restaurant or a friend's house, I can make a reasonable estimate of how much I ate.

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