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Calorie Counting 101
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Thanks to having read this thread when I first started, I even weighed xanthan gum when I was cooking yesterday. I don't know that I'd have found doing this as smooth a ride as it's been without these TRULY helpful posts.0
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hansel2001 wrote: »my question is how to you weigh soup say like Campbell's chicken noodle soup weigh the liquid and noodles together or liquid then noodles and add them together just trying not to over think
I usually go by the package details, although I know that a certain amount of fudging is permitted. If I wanted to be super-accurate I would buy a cheap scale with a tare function. Put your bowl on the scale, get the weight of the scale, hit tare, pour the soup in the bowl. The scale will subtract the weight of the bowl, leaving you with the weight of the contents.0 -
I disagree about weighing the food before cooking...meat especially! Because if you cook meat, A LOT if not all of the fat comes out! Vegetables will not be the same raw or cooked either because they lose water. I think you have to pay attention to your entries, whether they say cooked or raw, and find one that fits what you have. For example, I am not going to log an entry for sausage that claims it has zero of everything but calories!! I know that almond milk has calcium, so if I see a 0 on calcium, I know that entry is bad. If I see a 0 on potassium for greens, I know that entry is bad. You have to be educated and know what you are dealing with!
Good points. I've been wondering whether I should weigh my meat after cooking.
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Lol I have never seen anyone bring a scale to a restaurant and just start weighing everything. I say you just use your common sense to pick something healthy I mean don't go for anything fatty or full of carbs...a lot of restaurants have below 600 meals or whatever and they are good. You don't have to kill yourself over this stuff just don't ever give up on yourself and eventually you'll get to where you want to be
If you follow your plan 90% of the time a misstep here and there won't be fatal.
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hansel2001 wrote: »my question is how to you weigh soup say like Campbell's chicken noodle soup weigh the liquid and noodles together or liquid then noodles and add them together just trying not to over think
I usually go by the package details, although I know that a certain amount of fudging is permitted. If I wanted to be super-accurate I would buy a cheap scale with a tare function. Put your bowl on the scale, get the weight of the scale, hit tare, pour the soup in the bowl. The scale will subtract the weight of the bowl, leaving you with the weight of the contents.
You can jump through as many hoops as you want chasing 100% accuracy but you aren't going to get it. It's impossible. The label should be a good enough estimate for anyone. And if it isn't good enough then you shouldn't be eating it because there is no way for you to be more accurate. If you're that worried about accuracy you probably need to be making all of your food yourself from scratch.
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GreatDepression wrote: »Geez, you must have a never-ending supply of self-control and motivation to do something like this (weighing to the gram, always overestimating calorie amount, etc.).
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With 23 pages, I'm sure there's some notorious debate afoot, but all in all, this is good information that I will consider going for.0
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TaurianDoll wrote: »With 23 pages, I'm sure there's some notorious debate afoot, but all in all, this is good information that I will consider going for.
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My old mechanical spring scale needs an upgrade
May get a decent digital one this weekend
Even trying to weigh out portions has helped
And a quarter of a cup of mixed nuts is a super tiny amount
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professionalHobbyist wrote: »My old mechanical spring scale needs an upgrade
May get a decent digital one this weekend
Even trying to weigh out portions has helped
And a quarter of a cup of mixed nuts is a super tiny amount
It is just wrong...
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Thanks for sharing.
I think I have not been putting in the correct way. Been trying to lose weight but seems like I'm putting on more.0 -
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Thanks so much for this post. I thought I was correctly tracking but realize now I need to weigh my TBSP of peanut butter and other items like oatmeal. New concept for me but maybe this is why I lose so slowly!!0
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Bumping over the derpline, and borrowing a .Hack gif, too.0
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