Liars!

Royse
Royse Posts: 7
edited September 21 in Food and Nutrition
I pulled 2 slices of bread from the bag to male a sandwich (turkey on rye with Kraft free mayo, beaver sweet hot mustard, and a pile of lettuce). The turkey was 80 calories for 2 oz. I zeroed the plate so I could weigh the mayo, mustard, and turkey. When I put the bread on to zero again for the other stuff, it was 63g. It should have been, according to the package 28g/slice or 56 total. 7g over or 1/4 serving more. Liars! I jest of course, I'm sure they average the "slice" serving size. The moral is weigh everything, and if you don't have a scale, get one. Mine cost $30, a small price for accuracy!
All my best!
JJ

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  • Edestiny7
    Edestiny7 Posts: 730 Member
    Yes, I agree. I weigh everything.
  • nicolina823
    nicolina823 Posts: 450 Member
    I use my hair color scale. That is the most acurate I have found.
  • ccgisme
    ccgisme Posts: 239 Member
    Yep, weigh everything. Or leave 1/2 or more of your exercise calories as a safety net. (Or both!):wink:
  • lilmissy2
    lilmissy2 Posts: 595 Member
    I don't weigh everything, only things I need help to portion e.g. pasta but the weight listed on the package, by law, has to be the minimum weight of the product (so that you aren't getting shortchanged or something like that). Remember that while the amounts on your packages aren't exactly correct, neither is your calorie estimate... so if you don't like/have time to weigh things then don't stress too much but if weighing makes you happy then by all means, it can't hurt :)
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