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Weighing food

gnerre13
gnerre13 Posts: 15 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
This might sound ridiculous but i weigh my food all the time. But my ques is, lets say i'm eating corn on the cob and i find and ear of corn (200g) when i search for it. Does the weight take into account the actual cobb?? Or is it 200g of corn?? Same for an apple, i search for a red delicious apple and find one thats (242g). Does that include the core which im not eating or am i splitting hairs? I just want to make sure i'm not going over my calorie allowance. Thanks for any help.

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  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    Generally the weight is for the edible portion
  • angelamary61
    angelamary61 Posts: 97 Member
    edited June 2015
    I wish it would give you the weight in grams and ounces as I cant even guess what an ounce is these days. Especially for drinks, I only know mls,
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    edited June 2015
    angelamary61 wrote: »
    I wish it would give you the weight in grams and ounces as I cant even guess what an ounce is these days.

    Slightly over 28 grams. If your scale only does grams, use a Google converter to change it to ounces.

    Edited because I see you're not American, so the measurements should be switched.
  • LaurenAOK
    LaurenAOK Posts: 2,475 Member
    I believe the weight you log is what you actually eat. For example I cut my apples into slices (not including the core) and weigh/eat those. Corn on the cobb is a little more complicated; you could weigh it, then eat the corn and then weigh the cobb and subtract, but that is rather annoying.
  • FaylinaMeir
    FaylinaMeir Posts: 661 Member
    angelamary61 wrote: »
    I wish it would give you the weight in grams and ounces as I cant even guess what an ounce is these days. Especially for drinks, I only know mls,

    1 ounce = 28g
    1 pound = 454g
    2.2lbs = 1kg

    1 cup = 240ml
    1 tablespoon = 15ml
    1 teaspoon = 5ml

    hope that is helpful, keep in mind that is an approx :) I live in USA but I prefer metric system, it makes more sense.
  • gnerre13
    gnerre13 Posts: 15 Member
    Thanks for all the help everyone!!
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