Weighing fruit
elphie754
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I tend to eat alot of fruit. I go on fruit cravings where ill eat one type of fruit for two or so weeks (as a snack in conjunction with other food) and then get bored of it and switch to another. I have been weighing the fruit before any cutting/peeling. This past week or so it has been naval oranges. I would weigh them before I peeled them, but I've noticed that some of their peels are really thick! I'm just wondering if maybe I should be weighing the fruit after peeling/coring/cutting etc.
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Yeah no need to weigh something you aren't actually going to eat. I weigh my pineapple after I've prepared it and works ok for me.0
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It's dependent on the entry you're using, like if it says whole with core and peel (like for an apple), or just the apple meat cored and peeled. The latter entry would likely be more precise entry to use than the former.0
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Yeah no need to weigh something you aren't actually going to eat. I weigh my pineapple after I've prepared it and works ok for me.
I did do that with the pineapple but for all other fruit I don't for some reason.Lourdesong wrote: »It's dependent on the entry you're using, like if it says whole with core and peel (like for an apple), or just the apple meat cored and peeled. The latter entry would likely be more precise entry to use than the former.
The entries I use are per 100g. It usually doesn't say anything about the measurement except the name. Like for the oranges: "oranges- raw, navel".0 -
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The entries I use are per 100g. It usually doesn't say anything about the measurement except the name. Like for the oranges: "oranges- raw, navel".
The entries I use are typically grams as well. I found a USDA entry for oranges with peel, per 100g, you could see how it compares to the entry you're using.
http://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/foods/show/2334?fg=&man=&lfacet=&format=&count=&max=25&offset=&sort=&qlookup=orange+raw
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Lourdesong wrote: »
The entries I use are per 100g. It usually doesn't say anything about the measurement except the name. Like for the oranges: "oranges- raw, navel".
The entries I use are typically grams as well. I found a USDA entry for oranges with peel, per 100g, you could see how it compares to the entry you're using.
http://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/foods/show/2334?fg=&man=&lfacet=&format=&count=&max=25&offset=&sort=&qlookup=orange+raw
That actually lists for calories per 100g than every where else, so now I'm confused.0 -
Yeah no need to weigh something you aren't actually going to eat. I weigh my pineapple after I've prepared it and works ok for me.
I did do that with the pineapple but for all other fruit I don't for some reason.Lourdesong wrote: »It's dependent on the entry you're using, like if it says whole with core and peel (like for an apple), or just the apple meat cored and peeled. The latter entry would likely be more precise entry to use than the former.
The entries I use are per 100g. It usually doesn't say anything about the measurement except the name. Like for the oranges: "oranges- raw, navel".
These built in entries pulled form the USDA nutrient database (the per 100g information) are based on the weight of the portion you eat, so yes, you would just use that weight. It's not a huge difference, almost always less than 10%.
For stuff like apples, I weigh before/after to subtract out the core. Or with cherries, I weight the stems/pits left over and subtract that from the total amount I weighed in the beginning. Or on oranges/bananas, I weigh after peeling.0 -
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I weigh peeled, but I can't be bothered to weigh cores. I figure I'll catch those stray calories somewhere. Especially since I just learned that cinnamon has 5 calories a teaspoon.0
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I weigh everything I eat. But only what I eat not what's gonna be end up in the trash.
For example, if you eat a grapefruit, more than half the weight comes from the peel!
As for logging, I only only only use the entries than count in grams. "One small apple" or "one medium banana" don't mean anything to me.0 -
Lookingformyself wrote: »
As for logging, I only only only use the entries than count in grams. "One small apple" or "one medium banana" don't mean anything to me.
True. And I had a small but fairly dense banana clock in at 120 calories the other day, not the 105-cal generic
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The_Enginerd wrote: »Yeah no need to weigh something you aren't actually going to eat. I weigh my pineapple after I've prepared it and works ok for me.
I did do that with the pineapple but for all other fruit I don't for some reason.Lourdesong wrote: »It's dependent on the entry you're using, like if it says whole with core and peel (like for an apple), or just the apple meat cored and peeled. The latter entry would likely be more precise entry to use than the former.
The entries I use are per 100g. It usually doesn't say anything about the measurement except the name. Like for the oranges: "oranges- raw, navel".
These built in entries pulled form the USDA nutrient database (the per 100g information) are based on the weight of the portion you eat, so yes, you would just use that weight. It's not a huge difference, almost always less than 10%.
For stuff like apples, I weigh before/after to subtract out the core. Or with cherries, I weight the stems/pits left over and subtract that from the total amount I weighed in the beginning. Or on oranges/bananas, I weigh after peeling.
Ahh okay. Cherries I used to just weight. Never thought to subtract the pits and stuff after. Part of me sees that as tryi g to "stretch" my calories if that makes sense.
Ahh. Will have to introduce you to garbage peel Fridays.obscuremusicreference wrote: »I weigh peeled, but I can't be bothered to weigh cores. I figure I'll catch those stray calories somewhere. Especially since I just learned that cinnamon has 5 calories a teaspoon.
I never weigh cores. As I said above it feels like I'm trying to nitpick to stretch the cals.Lookingformyself wrote: »I weigh everything I eat. But only what I eat not what's gonna be end up in the trash.
For example, if you eat a grapefruit, more than half the weight comes from the peel!
As for logging, I only only only use the entries than count in grams. "One small apple" or "one medium banana" don't mean anything to me.
Same. All my fruit entries are in grams. A "medium" orange means nothing to me.0
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