Weighing food help

healthy_life2015
healthy_life2015 Posts: 215 Member
edited November 14 in Food and Nutrition
I weigh my foods to be accurate in tracking, but what about pre-portioned snacks?

Do I need to weigh the following:
- breakfast bars
- 100 calorie packs
- Frozen entrees
- Other single serving items where the service size is 1 container or 1 bar or 1 entree?

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  • randomtai
    randomtai Posts: 9,003 Member
    Some people do, some people don't. If you hit a plateau, it might be worth it to look into weighing them.
  • Mark330
    Mark330 Posts: 75
    The difference would probably be negligible. Focusing on the make-up of the foods is probably more important in the case of breakfast bars, 100 calorie packs, and frozen entrees. Breakfast bars and 100 calorie packs can (general statement because I dont know what you are eating) add lots of empty calories into a fitness regimen. Then again, a 100 calorie pack of raw almonds and a big glass of water could do alot of good.

    Good Luck!!!!
  • shmulyeng
    shmulyeng Posts: 472 Member
    I weigh all my food but not pre-measured.
  • Altagracia220
    Altagracia220 Posts: 876 Member
    Just like you, i weigh everything but pre-portioned snacks. If i come to a point where I've just stopped seeing results and weight loss then I'll probably weigh everything else. Until then, I find it unnecessary for me
  • ana3067
    ana3067 Posts: 5,623 Member
    I weigh everything. My 53g donuts are usually more like 60-70g. Similar trends for other food.

    The only things I don't weigh anymore are things like rice cakes (usually, unless I'm adding something to them then I just weigh it anyways), canned tuna, individual jello packs, protein bars if I bought them on the go (obviously no scale on me), I don't need to weigh my Breton crackers if I'm eating the rec'd serving size.... these are all things that when I've weighed them in the past, they came up to their listed weight. Canned tuna comes up to the net (with water) weight, and since I am not going to squeeze out the same amount of water each time it's not worth it to weigh out the drained portions.

    Everything else comes out variable, so I weigh it.
    Mark330 wrote: »
    The difference would probably be negligible. Focusing on the make-up of the foods is probably more important in the case of breakfast bars, 100 calorie packs, and frozen entrees. Breakfast bars and 100 calorie packs can (general statement because I dont know what you are eating) add lots of empty calories into a fitness regimen. Then again, a 100 calorie pack of raw almonds and a big glass of water could do alot of good.

    Good Luck!!!!
    This doesn't matter a lick for weight loss or even for general health. I've eaten chocolate with breakfast and still lost weight. someone on my friends list has eaten chocolate before going out on his runs and had improved performance.
  • futuremanda
    futuremanda Posts: 816 Member
    Might be good to weigh what you eat regularly a few times. If it comes in at what the package says, don't worry about it. If you see variance in any items, weigh them, or learn what they typically weigh and log that. (Like if your bread is supposed to be 40g per slice, but is more like 50g, you can just log 50g instead of weighing every time, once you learn that that is the typical weight.)
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