Peanut butter - weigh or measure??

iluvco3

Peanut butter is something I love, but I am VERY careful when measuring - leveling off the tablespoon. This morning I decided to weigh 1 T. on the food scale. According to the label 1 T. is 16 g. Mine weighed in at 24. I checked a couple of other items and my scale seemed accurate.

Peanut butter is something I definitely don't want to overdo. Anyone else weigh it instead of measuring? I am wishing I hadn't and could go on blissfully eating my 1 T.

yummy_

i had the exact same experience this morning, not sure what made me weigh it vs. using the Tbsp i usually grab.

as much as i'd like to keep using the Tbsp, i'll probably go by the weight now since it's such a calorie dense food, and because i can never limit myself to just one Tbsp anyway

AHatFullOfSky

I always weigh my food.

jess1992uga

Funny because when I do this my Tablespoon is usually only 10g...Oh well. I got away from weighing because it got obsessive for me and now I just measure it.

iluvco3

I weigh almost everything, except for items for which it just seems to make more sense to use measuring spoons - liquids, things that spread, etc. I guess I will start weighing those types of things if they are particularly calorie dense.

oldmanstauf

Weigh. Measuring solids in something better suited for liquids gets dicey.

wolfchild59

I weigh everything.

iWaffle

I always weigh peanut butter. I would feel cheated if I left some in the measuring spoon. I had 4 Tbs today. I just put the tortilla on a scale, pushed the tare button to zero the scale, and added peanut butter till it weighed the right amount.

... and then ate it of course. Yummy.

jynxxxed

This is a good point.. I always use a tablespoon and estimate. I haven't had issues yet with my weight loss so I never considered changing it up.
I'm going to measure my regular "tablespoon" later and see how different it is.

mfpcopine

Thanks for raising this. It had never occurred to me that there would be a difference and I would have said to measure. Now I'd say, weigh.

I need to buy a scale with a tare function (excludes the weight of the container).