Weighing food..

Nah, I usually just go by what it says on the package. For example, the chicken breasts I buy are, according to the package, 4 oz each. I trust what the package says. If it's +/- an ounce, I'm not worried about it.

Before, unless it is the data bank as cooked, like chicken breast without skin for instance

before. The weight/calorie information on the package is the raw weight. Cooking dehyrates/removed the water content so the weight will decrease after it is cooked.

Also for veggies, pasta, rice, anything that you cook by steaming, boiling adding water the weight will increase due to water absorption. So weigh it before otherwise you'll be over estimating (cooking with water does not add calories).

For meat with bone in it, this is what I do:

Right before I eat, I put my plate (with food on it) on my scale and record the weight.

After I'm done eating, with leftover bones on the plate, I weigh again. Then I subtract the second weight from the first, and I have an accurate measure of the meat I consumed. Then just find the closest cooked meat entry, and voila!

...bone weight.

can't. stop. giggling.

Nah, I usually just go by what it says on the package. For example, the chicken breasts I buy are, according to the package, 4 oz each. I trust what the package says. If it's +/- an ounce, I'm not worried about it.

This is what I had been doing, but wasn't sure if it's entirely accurate.
Thank you

It may be, or it may not be. All I can say is I've had no problems losing weight and I certainly DON'T weigh everything I eat (I do, however, practice portion control with measuring cups). +/- an ounce or two isn't gonna matter at all.

In addition, you can also use the "Rule of the Palm" i.e. a single serving of meat (4 oz) should be about the size of your palm, so if you can palm it, you can eat it.

Nah, I usually just go by what it says on the package. For example, the chicken breasts I buy are, according to the package, 4 oz each. I trust what the package says. If it's +/- an ounce, I'm not worried about it.

This is what I had been doing, but wasn't sure if it's entirely accurate.
Thank you

It may be, or it may not be. All I can say is I've had no problems losing weight and I certainly DON'T weigh everything I eat (I do, however, practice portion control with measuring cups). +/- an ounce or two isn't gonna matter at all.

In addition, you can also use the "Rule of the Palm" i.e. a single serving of meat (4 oz) should be about the size of your palm, so if you can palm it, you can eat it.

Well, it's working so far, and I really haven't been weighing food, just guessing oz's. I'd measure out the foods I could, but meats I never did.. just went off what was on the package.

I'd at least estimate. Palm = 4oz, etc.

I DO really love my food scale though.

I weigh meat after it's cooked.

Nah, I usually just go by what it says on the package. For example, the chicken breasts I buy are, according to the package, 4 oz each. I trust what the package says. If it's +/- an ounce, I'm not worried about it.

This is what I had been doing, but wasn't sure if it's entirely accurate.
Thank you

It may be, or it may not be. All I can say is I've had no problems losing weight and I certainly DON'T weigh everything I eat (I do, however, practice portion control with measuring cups). +/- an ounce or two isn't gonna matter at all.

In addition, you can also use the "Rule of the Palm" i.e. a single serving of meat (4 oz) should be about the size of your palm, so if you can palm it, you can eat it.

Well, it's working so far, and I really haven't been weighing food, just guessing oz's. I'd measure out the foods I could, but meats I never did.. just went off what was on the package.

I'd at least estimate. Palm = 4oz, etc.

I DO really love my food scale though.

I have a food scale as well, but I haven't really ever used it. It's just much simpler for me to go by what the package says. However, I can't do this for everything so that's why I have measuring cups for things like milk and cereal.