I bought a food scale, and I havent been eating what I thought!
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kirstenb13 wrote: »iecreamheadaches wrote: »
Do you weigh yours cooked or raw? The package doesnt say for the noodles I've been using which I thought was odd, usually they have a dry and a prepared, or maybe thats just like the noodles with sauce or whatever?
Always weigh dry things like pasta, rice, oatmeal before cooking them. That's what the package information refers to anyway. There are huge difference in how much water they absorb when you cook them so it makes no sense to weigh the finished food.0 -
My scale is the best!
Have you ever tried measuring out something in a cup or tablespoon, then weighed it? Sometimes those even arent the same!
It's also just SO much easier for so many things. When I'm making salads, for example, I'll TARE my bowl, then add 4 oz mixed greens, 0.5 oz roasted almonds, 1 oz feta, 2 oz blueberries, 2 oz chopped fresh fennel, 1 oz pear, and then 14 grams of dressing. Tada! Easy peasy.
Or weighing out cooked meat.
Or huge wonderful servings of steamed broccoli. There is just really no way to estimate that. How in the world to measure it in a cup?
The only thing I discovered I consistently underestimated on is peanut butter. That stuff is my kryptonite.0 -
Purchasing a food scale that can measure in different units (grams, oz, ml) was seriously the best health related purchase I ever made for myself. It took out the question mark calories in my diet and really empowered me to know more about my food!0
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jennkaufer89 wrote: »Purchasing a food scale that can measure in different units (grams, oz, ml) was seriously the best health related purchase I ever made for myself. It took out the question mark calories in my diet and really empowered me to know more about my food!
.. ml is completely useless on a scale, unless you're measuring water.0 -
That's pretty much the opposite of most people. People who think they're eyeballing 1 serving of salad dressing or peanut butter, are typically actually using 3 or more. Because the food industry gives us warped views of portions.0
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That's pretty much the opposite of most people. People who think they're eyeballing 1 serving of salad dressing or peanut butter, are typically actually using 3 or more. Because the food industry gives us warped views of portions.
That's what I found so strange when I got mine. Same thing happened today with pork... 4 oz was double what I had been eating!
Definitely love my food scale now, haha.0 -
Portioning out any snack food makes me sad. Have you seen what a serving of Doritos looks like? I end up saving about 500 calories just for my evening snack so I can have several servings.0
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Ditto - I actually overestimated the amount of cream cheese, Nutella, etc - have sometimes been very pleasantly surprised. Deli meat shocked me - didn't know I could eat THAT many slices0
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Escloflowne wrote: »Weighing cereal is sad.....
Thats what got me.. I was about 3.5 servings worth eyeballing it lol0 -
Best and least expensive food scale? And where to find it.0
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littlewomensmom wrote: »Best and least expensive food scale? And where to find it.
You don't need anything too fancy. Look for a digital scale with a tare feature that can switch easily between grams and ounces. I got mine for about $20 at Target. Walmart, Amazon, eBay, some grocery stores, most kitchen supply places, etc stock them.
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I have a scale that can change from oz's to grams to kgs to lbs. It's label is called Oneida, and it comes with a plastic tray you can put on it, before you start weighing items. It has a flat surface so you can put whatever container you wish to put on it to measure. I use it practically every meal! It was about $35. I think.0
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7ug7DGPpxU there ya go.
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littlewomensmom wrote: »Best and least expensive food scale? And where to find it.
I LOVE this scale. Cost $15, and I have had it 2 years, still going strong: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00FF1WJ0I?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_search_detailpage
It can do oz, lbs, fluid ounces, grams, and ml. It can TARE, and go up to 11 lbs of weight.0 -
sunparakeet wrote: »I usually put honey on my pancakes instead of syrup. Today I actually weighed out a tablespoon of honey and found that it was WAY more than I thought. When I was eyeballing, I was using about half! One tablespoon of honey is perfect for two small pancakes in my opinion
I actually got my food scale for baking, not for weight loss. Weighing out dry ingredients such as flour was a game-changer for me, especially for bread. Now I get consistant results every time. Plus I don't have to dirty as many measuring cups. I just tare the scale after I add each ingredient.
Now that I have the food scale, I weigh lots of things which helps me to more accurately eyeball portion sizes. That's why I think more people should get a food scale - just to get a visual on portion sizes, and after a month or so you wont even need it anymore. I have found that I am about dead-on perfect guessing the calories in an avocado. But cheese... An ounce of cheese is just sad!sunparakeet wrote: »I usually put honey on my pancakes instead of syrup. Today I actually weighed out a tablespoon of honey and found that it was WAY more than I thought. When I was eyeballing, I was using about half! One tablespoon of honey is perfect for two small pancakes in my opinion
I actually got my food scale for baking, not for weight loss. Weighing out dry ingredients such as flour was a game-changer for me, especially for bread. Now I get consistant results every time. Plus I don't have to dirty as many measuring cups. I just tare the scale after I add each ingredient.
Now that I have the food scale, I weigh lots of things which helps me to more accurately eyeball portion sizes. That's why I think more people should get a food scale - just to get a visual on portion sizes, and after a month or so you wont even need it anymore. I have found that I am about dead-on perfect guessing the calories in an avocado. But cheese... An ounce of cheese is just sad!
Yes, I love cheese! I don't eat as much of it now
It seems like a lot of things (like honey, I found that out too! ) don't measure right with spoons/cups. Grams and ounces are so much nicer to my stomach! Haha0 -
Escloflowne wrote: »Weighing cereal is sad.....
Amen...I eat a serving in a coffee mug instead of a bowl because in a bowl it just looks so pathetic.0
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