Biggest eye opener from weighing food

Cheese, nuts, and chocolate. But most of all BUTTER! I found that the amount of butter I would put on my toast to be at least a tablespoon for each slice (I love butter and like to see my teethmarks in it! ) Actually, most carby things I like; bread, toast, potatoes; were really just a vehicle for more butter. So, I seriously reduced them and weigh the butter I use now.

On the plus side, I was underestimating most meat and fish.

Creamer for my coffee is killing my caloric intake. I was weighing my pasta COOKED up until last week. For a whole year I did not eat spaghetti with my family. I refused after seeing what 2 oz was....only I was seeing it COOKED lol

krissyreminisce wrote: »

briandap1 wrote: »

Another food I had to do some research and testing on was steel cut oatmeal. Serving size is 1/4 cup dry, but how much is that wet? I make 2 cups of oatmeal with 8 cups of water in a crock pot every 8 days or so. It yields me 8 cups plus a little extra, so now I know 1/2 a cup is about 1 cup cooked. Before this I was only eating half a cup wet, not thinking about the water absorption.

This is helpful for me to know! I just started eating steel cut oats for breakfast and made one cup of dry oats for the week and then wasn't sure how much wet I should eat. I've been portioning out 2 ounces wet.

It seems that might not be correct or enough.

Weigh it dry, then weigh it cooked, and you'll know how many servings you have cooked.

Potato chips were one of the biggest eye openers. And yes, I do weigh out 28g of chips because they can easily add and push me over my goals.

I haven't eaten cereal much since childhood so I can't relate on that one. I was pleasantly surprised at peanut butter though. 1 serving is huge and about twice what I would ever use on a sandwich. Though I use 1 serving now just to get more protein.

Most of my foods have been surprising. I still need to get the hang of measuring dry pasta for cooking, rice as well. We use a lot of rice around my house, but I will measure out a small portion once it is cooked for myself. The skin on a banana was surprising.

twinteensmom wrote: »

kristen6350 wrote: »

Cereal. 3/4 cups (which is the serving size for most cereals) is practically nothing. It's really sad.

next time you are watching TV and see a Special K commercial, look at how much is in one of those bowls! No way that is only one serving!

right? lol

How big a serving 2 oz of pasta is. It's quite a bit.

azulvioleta6 wrote: »

A slightly different issue, but lately I have been realizing that commercial canned foods often do not contain what they say on the label. Measuring and weighing are showing that a lot of cans contain much less than they say they do.

Thank goodness most of the canned foods that I eat are HOME canned.

Most of mine are HOME canned too, but being a HOME canner I fully understand how all cans will not weigh the same.

pinkteapot3 wrote: »

Everything for me. We have oversized dinner plates and correct portions look tiny.

I saw a headline about a study which had found that people who are overweight underestimate what they're eating for more than people of a healthy weight (not surprising but looked like an interesting read). Can't find it anywhere now!

I use my salad plate for meals. It let's me feel like I get a full meal.

guinevere96 wrote: »

kandell wrote: »

Pasta This morning while packing lunch I discovered what 2 ounces of spaghetti actually looks like...practically heartbreaking -.-

When weighing pasta, mostly the weight goes by DRY pasta, like 2oz of dry pasta is a serving. Did you weigh it already cooked?

Yes, pasta, dry looks so little but cook it and it looks like a WHOLE lot to me. (Just made Chicken Cacciatore with Farfella last night and it was soooooo good!)