Wieghing food
lovinmomma
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I have a food scale but honestly never used it. I log food by how much, cup ect.. but i am wounding if this is not accuret and if I should start wieghing my food. does anyone out there wiegh their food? has it helped be accuret?
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I use scales but I think a cup can be accurate for some things, especially liquids, if it is an actual measuring cup with markings.
Other things, like mashed potatoes, would be hard to accurately cup measure IMO0 -
Weighing your food is more accurate than using measuring cups. I would suggest you start using your scale.0
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I weigh every thing.0
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As above, yup, I weigh most everything I eat and measure all liquids. Am one of those 'same food' eaters so some things I now guesstimate but after 4 months of weighing I'm normally pretty close (I think).
Then of course there is the can of worms that gets opened when you try and choose the correct food item from the database0 -
I measure liquids, and weigh everything else. It does make a huge difference.0
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Yes, use your scale! It makes a huge difference.0
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I measure liquids, and weigh everything else. It does make a huge difference.
This for everything!0 -
I have a food scale but honestly never used it. I log food by how much, cup ect.. but i am wounding if this is not accuret and if I should start wieghing my food. does anyone out there wiegh their food? has it helped be accuret?
I use both..depends what it is...I measure liquids, and some other items like that but I weigh my meat and veggies usually.0 -
I weigh most of my food and measure liquids0
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thank you everyone I am hoping this will help !!0
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I also weigh everything. Precision is key when you're counting every calorie.0
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and how do i log by grams does anyone know?0
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Even my scoop of protein powder was not equal to a serving it was a very rounded scooped I did not know this until I weighed it and a cup of raspberries were falling off the rounded cup before I got to the serving weight. So I was under eating without weighing.0
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I haven't weighed in ages, just use cup measurements, nothing wrong with it. I don't want to be weighing my chicken when I'm 80 or counting calories, so just don't do it. You eventually learn to eye ball most things.0
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2 seconds after watching this is when I started diligently weighing (almost) everything... j/s... especially anything high cal... I still might measure cups of veggies, but pb oil anything like that is by weight...0 -
I haven't weighed in ages, just use cup measurements, nothing wrong with it. I don't want to be weighing my chicken when I'm 80 or counting calories, so just don't do it. You eventually learn to eye ball most things.
The issue is, you need to know how much a serving is in the first place when trying to ensure you are on a deficit. I agree, that after a while it may not be necessary and when trying to maintain you should be able to intuitively eat. However, when starting out and trying to get some sense of accuracy, it is a very good idea. It is even more important when you are not getting the results you expect.0 -
and how do i log by grams does anyone know?
When you weigh your food, use the grams measurement, then if the food you want to log doesn't have a gram measurement in the database, or is entered as "1/2 c (40 g)", you can always change it if you have the information from the packaging. Produce and meats (and maybe other items) that are entered in the database by MFP don't have a * next to them, and they will give you the option to enter your servings in grams. If I'm entering something I eat often into the database, I'll enter the serving size in grams first, then the cup measurement in parentheses so that people who don't weigh their food still see the serving size. I edit stuff a lot, too, so the measurement is in grams.0 -
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As above, yup, I weigh most everything I eat and measure all liquids. Am one of those 'same food' eaters so some things I now guesstimate but after 4 months of weighing I'm normally pretty close (I think).
Then of course there is the can of worms that gets opened when you try and choose the correct food item from the database
I get myself - I get out what I think is right, then double check.0
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