Biggest surprise after buying a scale
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I finally heeded all the advice about buying a kitchen scale. There were some surprises and some I had been guesstimating almost perfectly. But, what a surprise I had with the mayonnaise. It was twice the amount I had been logging! I wil not be without a kitchen scale again! What was your biggest surprise?
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Mine was the amount of meat and cheese. I thought before I got my scale I was having 4 ounces of steak. I actually was having 6-7 ounces and logging as 4. Same with cheese. I would not be without my scale now.. Real eye opener..0
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I finally heeded all the advice about buying a kitchen scale. There were some surprises and some I had been guesstimating almost perfectly. But, what a surprise I had with the mayonnaise. It was twice the amount I had been logging! I wil not be without a kitchen scale again! What was your biggest surprise?
What an ounce of certain fruits looked like.0 -
Mine was quite similar to you! I was sometimes having almost three times the serving of peanut butter versus the weight!0
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difference in weight cooked vs. uncooked.0
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Cheese, chips, condiments, peanut butter/nuts, etc.
Pretty much everything except pasta. For some reason, I always did 2 ounces of pasta for a meal...0 -
difference in weight cooked vs. uncooked.
Oh and that.0 -
The fact that I had been largely OVERESTIMATING my portions before the scale, even though you constantly hear that most people underestimate what they're eating. I was eating way less than I thought, so I was pleasantly surprised at how much more I could add to equal one serving. I'm always on board for more food. :bigsmile:0
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Peanut butter, condiments, cereal, cheese, and I agree about meat weighed cooked vs. raw. I used to always weigh it cooked and I realized how off I had been for so long. I make it a point now to weigh raw usually, and if not I find the "cooked" values in the database and check the USDA site too for confirmation.0
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I was eating a lot more peanut butter than i thought.0
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1 ounce of chips is more chips than I thought it was. So. Score on that one.0
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I used to think I was eating one serving of cereal, but after I got my scale I realized it was three!! Since then I use it no matter what! :-)0
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I was way underestimating my pretzels (serious addiction), eating three times what I thought I was. I solved that by weighing and separating individual servings into ziplock bags as soon as I got the box. Meat, however, is a different story. I was seriously OVERestimating that. What I thought was about 4 oz was actually 2.0
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Weight of meat. 100g chicken is like, nothing. And bacon.0
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butter - mostly because it's high calorie and I started watching how much I use - without a scale I would have guestimated but I use a lot less I thought - weighing it in grams helps0
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Cheese. Heck after a year it's still depressing to see how small one ounce is (but grated cheese = awesome, it seems like a lot!). Butter really adds up too.
And beef, those steaks always look tiny for how much they weigh.0 -
I finally heeded all the advice about buying a kitchen scale. There were some surprises and some I had been guesstimating almost perfectly. But, what a surprise I had with the mayonnaise. It was twice the amount I had been logging! I wil not be without a kitchen scale again! What was your biggest surprise?
This is why it's a great tool especially if a person has stopped losing and can't figure out why. A greater degree of accuracy can make the difference between losing, maintaining and gaining.0 -
Well, after a trip to the ice cream shop (with my kitchen scale) - my biggest surprise yet! A cone of chocolate soft serve - 130grams- 270 calories - way over the 150 calories I would have guesstimated!! But I DO love my scale!0
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So far the only thing I discovered to have been inaccurately logged is avocado. That was off by about 25.
Everything else my estimates have been correct within five calories.
I was both pleased at my estimating abilities and disappointed. I had sort of hoped a scale would improve my accuracy and get me out of my plateau, but no.0 -
I'm really sad about how much a serving of cereal really is.0
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