My scoops are never above the rim, but it was fun to watch!

I'm not exactly sure why this shows that measurement counts for LCHF. It does show that weighing is more accurate than estimating. But, the rest of the video is predicated on the idea that counting calories is important to low-carb and that low-carb is based on the idea that we're consciously trying to keep calories under a certain level. It may be, for some people with severely damaged hormonal signals or other issues, but it's not for a lot of us.

Calories count, in the sense that you must have an average negative calorie balance between what goes into your fat stores and what comes out. The problem is the idea that we can know what amount of calories to eat each day to ensure that circumstance. While we may control the amount of calories in, we have little control over the amount out. Even exercise amounts to very little compared to the rest of the ways our body expends calories. Will we lose weight if we force our calories so far down that our body has no chance of compensating? Yes. But, that's not the aim of LCHF. If we wanted to starve, we'd pick a way that at least allowed cake once in a while.

I weigh only after deciding how much I am going to eat, and only because I promised to log for a friend. I never consciously restrict. When not logging for my friend, I never weigh, portion, or even pay attention to the amounts of things. That includes those things most easily over-consumed (like butter, where I just lop off part of the stick and consume it). Still able to lose weight doing that. Even my worst weeks (where I eat tons all week), I end up weight stable instead of losing.

I have the same gram scale I used 40 years ago and it is still accurate. It is very important to some of us to know the amounts they are eating precisely to be able to calculate macros. Not all of us just eat a half a beef a day and call it good.

That's some good looking meat!

LOL That was fun but I'd like to know why she thinks that measuring cups shouldn't be *level*. My understanding has always been that you overfill them and then drag a knife over the top to ensure it's level. I don't think you can equate cups and grams (or ounces). You're either measuring one of the other. Aren't you? If I was going to have 40g oats I would weigh it, if I was going to have 1/2 cup oats I would measure it.

But I get it, it was fun, and made a point about not being generous with any measurement - for those that do measure.