Do you allways wheigh your food?

I weigh everything at home. It actually doesn't take much time at all. I usually prelog everything in the morning and just adjust weights when I go to eat. Like I already have my lunch in there and I guessed the approximate weight of my chicken (having a shredded chicken wrap) but will adjust the weight accordingly when I get home for lunch.

If I'm eating out, I make best guesses, usually overestimating. But I don't stress too much about it, don't want to get too OCD about it and end up taking my scale everywhere

mds438 wrote: »

Honestly? Do you wheigh your food all the time?
I know it is the best (or only) way to know the kcal-amount in the food, but it appears too much for me to fathom.
And what about dishes with meat and veggies in it? And what about eating out or with friends? And what when the desired wheightlos is achieved?
I also know this could be the reason for not loosing wheight. I am not new to counting kcal, but I have not wheight all my food. It appears time-consuming and massive, which I also find kcal-counting and logging to be. This being the reason I have tried different non-counting diets both with and without results.
Sorry for all the questions - just something I have been wondering about.
I do not have that much to loose, only about 7kg, but they stick like glue.....

When I'm at home, yes. Otherwise, nope. But I eat at home 90% of the time.

It's really not that time consuming to weigh though - all you do is put your plate on a scale and hit a button. That's it. It's annoying when making dishes though, but I'd still rather do that and know how much I'm eating than having to guess and potentially be completely off.

No. I don't weigh everything I eat all the time. I do log everything as best I can. I prelog my food for the whole day every morning. It takes very little time usually and then I just eat the amount I logged.
I weigh stuff when I am home. I usually eat all of my meals except one per week prepared from home.
When I am home I definitely weigh yogurt, meats, cheese, nuts, etc. I don't stress about weighing out the spinach for my salad though.
A food scale is a handy tool. Logging food and drink is a handy tool. My weight loss has been more succesful and consistant using these tools. People lose and maintain weight without doing these things. If you are struggling though give them a few months trial and it might make things easier.

mds438 wrote: »

Honestly? Do you wheigh your food all the time?

No, because I am not currently logging (been at maintenance for a while, although I may choose to lose more).

When I was, I did not weigh foods at restaurants or meals at friends or some things I sometimes bought or brought for lunch (I'd estimate fruit and veg sometimes if I brought it to work or bought it on the go or use the calorie count from a lunch place or off a protein bar or container of yogurt).

I know it is the best (or only) way to know the kcal-amount in the food, but it appears too much for me to fathom. And what about dishes with meat and veggies in it? And what about eating out or with friends? And what when the desired wheightlos is achieved?

Two things:

(1) If you don't want to weigh, you may not need to. I lost weight initially without weighing and have in the past. There are ways to estimate and just adjust if you seem to be estimating too low.

(2) I think you are mistaken as to how difficult or burdensome weighing is, however. I switched to weighing in part because I was undereating and wanted to assure myself I could loosen up on my food choices, but also because I find it a lot easier than having to estimate everything and certainly preferable to measuring cups. Also, most of what I eat is homecooked foods like meat and vegetables, and those don't come with a package and calorie information, so weighing is just as easy--when logging I use the USDA entries and weigh when I'm cooking as part of the preparation. It adds no time and is fun.

I do not have that much to loose, only about 7kg, but they stick like glue.....

Simply writing down what you eat and then making an effort to cut back/reduce portions of higher cal foods can work for some (I've done this in the past). The main thing for many is being mindful of what you eat.

Not at all. First of all, it isn't practical as I'm not in control of everything I eat (restaurants, over at families/friends). Secondly, for packaged easily countable uniform goods (single slice of cheese, single serve candy bar in a wrapper, etc...) I figure it is close enough most of the time and I'm getting the results I expect so it must be close enough. Everything else gets weighed.

If I wasn't getting the results I expect I would weigh more stuff.

When it's convenient to do so.

I weigh everything at home. I use the recipe builder A LOT because we eat cooked meals mostly. I weigh all the ingredients I put in, log them in the recipe, then after the meal is done I weight all of it and decide how much is a portion. I don't weigh stuff which comes in items and the calories on the package are given per item, like sausages or sliced cheese or sliced bread.

I only weigh certain things like my meats and things like pasta and nuts and what not...I've never weighed a prepackaged item and I don't really weigh less calorie dense things. I also tend to use measuring cups for things like quinoa or rice or whatever as I'm not an idiot and know how to properly use a measuring cup.