Confused as calories coming out very high

SammyBoo1980 wrote: »

I do have a digital scale, thanks I'll start using it. I never thought of weighing stuff as I add it to the sandwich. . Was trying to work out how to do it haha. I've been trying to plan out my foods the day before to see what the calories will be but had a busy morning today and couldn't resist a quick sarnie

What I would do is use the suggestions above and put the bread on the scale, weigh it and tare the scale with the bread still on it, add your spread, weigh again to get the weight of the spread, so for and so on. Once you've completed it, add it to your recipes section in the MFP app as "Super Sarnie 1" for example. That way you can just add that each time you make it. It means it's only a pain in the *kitten* the first time you make it.

I do that with loads of things I have regularly.

yarwell wrote: »

you aren't tracking fat on your diary which makes it harder to figure, but 50 grams of cheese is a lump not a couple of shaves :-

Agreed, 50g of cheese is a lot! I use 30g of mature cheddar and sometimes think that is too much taste wise.

Different ways of presenting the food can also make a difference if you are forced to guess (which, as mentioned, shouldn't be done but is sometimes inevitable). 30g of cheese, a serving, looks pitiful as a block... but grated it can easily cover a sandwich - and it's not many calories difference to get the strongest flavour (at least with dairy based cheese) but you get more bang for your buck as a result.

Have you tried preportioning a few things, just to make your life a bit easier? Like cut your cheese into 30g chunks, chop up 80g worth of mixed veggies, etc? Means when you're all over the place (like me in the morning), all the measuring is done for you and you can add the entries in later as they're "standard" measurements.

Good luck!

PS: My boyfriend eats 250g of cheese at a time... like, literally, just eats the block. He's underweight, so I encourage it, but boy, does it make me jealous! Preportioning 30g of cheese has saved me just doing what he does! Not quite the same, but keeps me sane :P

ReadyWillingEager wrote: »

Another way to simply weigh is to put the hummus while in the container on the scale (just plop the entire thing on there) hit tare, then scoop out what you'd like. It will give you a negative read "-14g" for example, but it's 14g.

This is brilliant. Thanks. Had been tare-ing plates and silverware but this sounds a lot easier for things like peanut butter.