Can't rely on labels all the time

servilia
servilia Posts: 3,452 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I've started weighing various foods that I hadn't before... Like my favourite turkey deli meat. The label says 2 slices are 30g but when I weighed two slices it's more like 40, sometimes even 50! So we really can't even rely on those. Blah. Just thought I'd put that out there.

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  • fitandgeeky
    fitandgeeky Posts: 232 Member
    Yeah, I just started weighing all my food rather than relying on measuring and labels and I was surprised by how off it can be.
  • Lifting_Knitter
    Lifting_Knitter Posts: 1,025
    It really can be. I weigh everything now because of that!
  • Raynne413
    Raynne413 Posts: 1,527 Member
    It's basically just an estimate, like everything else. Nothing is 100% correct. :)
  • JeanMBK
    JeanMBK Posts: 728 Member
    Weighing things like deli meat makes sense because the person cutting it may be cutting a different thickness each time for the meat.

    I have tried eyeballing salad dressings ( for example) at work because I do not have a tablespoon with me and I believe I am using too much because when I actually measure it out at home with a tablespoon there is less dressing sitting in the bottom of the bowl when I am finished.
  • servilia
    servilia Posts: 3,452 Member
    Weighing things like deli meat makes sense because the person cutting it may be cutting a different thickness each time for the meat.

    I have tried eyeballing salad dressings ( for example) at work because I do not have a tablespoon with me and I believe I am using too much because when I actually measure it out at home with a tablespoon there is less dressing sitting in the bottom of the bowl when I am finished.

    Yep when I started using an actual tablespoon to measure out my olive oil I was shocked by how little it actually is. :(
  • The_Enginerd
    The_Enginerd Posts: 3,982 Member
    Weighing things like deli meat makes sense because the person cutting it may be cutting a different thickness each time for the meat.

    I have tried eyeballing salad dressings ( for example) at work because I do not have a tablespoon with me and I believe I am using too much because when I actually measure it out at home with a tablespoon there is less dressing sitting in the bottom of the bowl when I am finished.

    True for the actual deli, but this was for prepackaged deli mean, no? I would expect it to be much closer. The stuff I've measured has been pretty close.

    After years of measuring, I can eyeball stuff pretty good. I still consistently measure to keep my eyeball calibrated for when I am out and cannot measure.
  • servilia
    servilia Posts: 3,452 Member
    Weighing things like deli meat makes sense because the person cutting it may be cutting a different thickness each time for the meat.

    I have tried eyeballing salad dressings ( for example) at work because I do not have a tablespoon with me and I believe I am using too much because when I actually measure it out at home with a tablespoon there is less dressing sitting in the bottom of the bowl when I am finished.

    True for the actual deli, but this was for prepackaged deli mean, no? I would expect it to be much closer. The stuff I've measured has been pretty close.

    After years of measuring, I can eyeball stuff pretty good. I still consistently measure to keep my eyeball calibrated for when I am out and cannot measure.

    Yes it was prepackaged I should have specified that.

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