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The only things I don't weigh or measure are lettuce and spinach. I've been doing this for 2 months (well, on and off my whole life) and I still can't eyeball anything accurately.0
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At this point I mostly eyeball it.But I try to over estimate in calories as well, if its over 1/2 cup I will go to 3/4 I would rather overestimate than under. Starting out I weighed and measured everything. But it may be time to go there again to make sure everything is still on target. Thanks for the reminder.
It's as if I wrote this but didn't have to! LOL0 -
At this point I mostly eyeball it.But I try to over estimate in calories as well, if its over 1/2 cup I will go to 3/4 I would rather overestimate than under. Starting out I weighed and measured everything. But it may be time to go there again to make sure everything is still on target. Thanks for the reminder.
I completely to this! I over estimate my intake, and under estimate my workouts. I become too obsessed when I get on certain things (scales especially) even with food weighing. I become a mad woman, and I don't want to rely on it to the point I have an anxiety attack with out a scale around.0 -
You're welcome.
lol, I have tiny hands - I think that would be very out for me :laugh:
I weigh as much as I can, but not everything.0 -
i measure some stuff. i had too to see what exactly the measurement looked like. but i found this yesterday and it was pretty eye opening.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVjWPclrWVY
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When I first started (back in December), I measured EVERYTHING!!! I still do to a certain extent... however, if I don't have my measuring spoons, measuring cups, scale, etc... I just eyeball... I've started eyeballing on things like ketchup, dressing, etc... I still pretty much measure, but I don't stress if I'm not able to measure it...0
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I measure what I can (cereal, pasta, rice, potatoes, etc), read the package label for serving sizes (snacks) and eyeball meat, lol! I probably underestimate how much meat I eat, but it seems to be working ok so far.0
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i measure some stuff. i had too to see what exactly the measurement looked like. but i found this yesterday and it was pretty eye opening.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVjWPclrWVY
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I over estimate food and completely under estimate exercise.0
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My husband and I weigh and measure everything.0
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I weigh for a lot of things and eyeball for others. I try to be fairly accurate.0
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I pretty much weigh everything that isn't pre-packaged. Eyeballing it doesn't work for me long term, let's just say that the portions gradually get more "optimistic". Weighing my food is easy and it helps me make sure that my macros are accurate.
The only issue is when I eat out, which I do love to do. In those situations, I just do the best I can and overestimate the calories a bit.0 -
the harder it is to measure, the less likely I am to measure it. If its cereal or a drink, these can easily be poured in a measuring cup, but things like peanut butter or yogurt... I just dont have the patience to scrape them out of whatever I use to measure them. I dont have a food scale so I cant measure things like cold cuts but try my best to divide them up by the weight on the package and number of slices. After measuring the same food over and over again, you get a pretty good idea of what an ounce or a half a cup looks like, but once in a while I will measure something I usually eyeball just to make sure my perceptions haven't been skewed.0
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in march, i lost 10 lbs by just eating clean and "eyeing" my nutes (with working out). now that i have seen major progress, i took it up a notch. i weigh my food, measure my liquids and INPUT everything into MFP. i believe if i want my progress to be on point, my nutrition has to be on point.0
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I measure everything! But I am only 5 days in lol I am sure in a few months I will be able to eyeball things. At this point if I dont know how much a serving is I wont eat it.
I am 13 months in and still weigh and log every little thing. lol0 -
When I got my food scale, I obsessively measured EVERYTHING. Now, I just weigh stuff that I don't want to overdo, like cheese, meats, potatoes, pita chips, etc. Everything else I just eyeball.
Unless I'm entering a recipe. Then, I'm pretty exact with weights and measurements.0 -
You're welcome.
Awesome! Thank you!!0 -
You're welcome.
lol, I have tiny hands - I think that would be very out for me :laugh:
I have large hands for a woman, so this way of doing things always makes me laugh. My palm is a hell of a lot more than 3 oz. (I know this because I weigh my food whenever possible.)
#Man Hands0 -
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I don't think this is fair. i have really small hands!0 -
bit of both0
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