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Shocked!

heyaliwood458
heyaliwood458 Posts: 75 Member
edited December 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
I was SO excited because I found the 365 crinkle cut fries at whole foods without salt and it said they were 110 calories for about 28 pieces (about 84 grams)

Thank God I bought my food scale yesterday because I made about 30 pieces to weigh out and they were above 200 grams! Thats way more calories than I assumed!

So so SO happy I bought the food scale haha I weighed out around 100 grams and just added the extra calories and worked out a little more :)

BUY A SCALE EVERYONE! They are so extremely useful.

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  • Bee_Le
    Bee_Le Posts: 48 Member
    Ya. We're counting.. so we need to have something accurate to count on. Damn those estimated number! You can eat WAY more calories than you think if you don't have a scale :(
  • heyaliwood458
    heyaliwood458 Posts: 75 Member
    AnTruong2 wrote: »
    Ya. We're counting.. so we need to have something accurate to count on. Damn those estimated number! You can eat WAY more calories than you think if you don't have a scale :(

    Exactly! I knew the package wasnt 100% accurate because it said about 28 pieces and they are obviously didnt sizes but dang I didnt expect it to be so off!

    And Ive realized I can eat more eggs than I thought because I dont add any salt or butter or milk so thats a plus :)
  • queenliz99
    queenliz99 Posts: 15,317 Member
    Eye opening huh!
  • heyaliwood458
    heyaliwood458 Posts: 75 Member
    queenliz99 wrote: »
    Eye opening huh!

    Extremely! Im so glad I finally decided to buy one!
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    Have you weighed peanut butter yet? Be prepared for major disappointment :sad:
  • heyaliwood458
    heyaliwood458 Posts: 75 Member
    Christine_72 wrote: »
    Have you weighed peanut butter yet? Be prepared for major disappointment :sad:

    Sadly no hahaha Im not looking forward to it though! :(
  • tkdchick2016
    tkdchick2016 Posts: 38 Member
    Peanut butter was my biggest food-scale disappointment :(
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    I remember the first time i added Peanut Butter to my smoothie, 120 calories wasted as the amount was so small i couldn't even taste it..
  • heyaliwood458
    heyaliwood458 Posts: 75 Member
    I normally eat it on toast but Im so scared to weigh it out hahah so I havent eaten it lately
  • SueSueDio
    SueSueDio Posts: 4,796 Member
    Cheese too - although I usually tell people to grate it now because it looks like more! A little 30g block is disappointing, but a 30g heap is much better!
  • pebble4321
    pebble4321 Posts: 1,132 Member
    Whereas I found the opposite - that 20 or 25g of peanut butter (the serving size seems to vary from brand to brand) is actually more than I thought. I usually scoop out a biggish teaspoon (as in, not flat but not completely overloaded) and it's around 15 - 18g when I weigh it as I add it to my smoothie.
    And the same with rice - I had been logging 1/2 cup, but when I weighed it I found that 100g was more than half a cup, but about the same (or slightly less) cals.
    I was way off on potatoes though - a small potato weighs more than I thought.

    I like shredded parmesan cheese because with the stronger flavour you get more bang for your buck (calories). 10g of that gives more flavour than 25g of light tasty in my opinion. It does depend a bit on the dish though.

    So, that's the other good reason to weigh food - sometimes you get to eat more or log less calories!
  • DanniB423
    DanniB423 Posts: 777 Member
    PB and cheese will make you tear up.
  • lauraesh0384
    lauraesh0384 Posts: 463 Member
    Christine_72 wrote: »
    I remember the first time i added Peanut Butter to my smoothie, 120 calories wasted as the amount was so small i couldn't even taste it..

    That's why I love PB2. I add it to shakes and greek yogurt and you can definitely taste it with a lot fewer calories. :)

  • Psychgrrl
    Psychgrrl Posts: 3,177 Member
    @Christine_72 Quest makes a good peanut butter protein powder. I mix it with their chocolate or salted Carmel (my fav). :smiley:
  • heyaliwood458
    heyaliwood458 Posts: 75 Member
    Im confused though a little because my fiance made an omlet tonight with pepperoni and bacon and I found egg, omlet in my packet and weighed it but is it not correct because of the bacon and pepperoni?
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    lauraesh0384 wrote: »
    Christine_72 wrote: »
    I remember the first time i added Peanut Butter to my smoothie, 120 calories wasted as the amount was so small i couldn't even taste it..

    That's why I love PB2. I add it to shakes and greek yogurt and you can definitely taste it with a lot fewer calories. :)

    Ha I just got back from the store with a big tub of PB2 :+1:
    Psychgrrl wrote: »
    @Christine_72 Quest makes a good peanut butter protein powder. I mix it with their chocolate or salted Carmel (my fav). :smiley:

    Yum, i just finished a tub. I might buy one each of chocolate and peanut butter quest and mish mash them together in the same tub.


    heyaliwood458 wrote: »
    Im confused though a little because my fiance made an omlet tonight with pepperoni and bacon and I found egg, omlet in my packet and weighed it but is it not correct because of the bacon and pepperoni?

    What do you mean? Did you mean to type plate, not packet? So he got all the bacon and pepperoni and you get left with just egg?? I'd still log it as is, better to over estimate than under.
  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,179 Member
    I weigh food. My daughter weighs oil and lye. I make dinner. She makes soap. That scale gets used.
  • youngmomtaz
    youngmomtaz Posts: 1,075 Member
    edited July 2016
    ^ that was the only way my scale got used for YEARS!! Thanks for the reminder, have to get some more made up to cure.

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    JeromeBarry1 wrote: »
    I weigh food. My daughter weighs oil and lye. I make dinner. She makes soap. That scale gets used.

  • babypunkprincess
    babypunkprincess Posts: 109 Member
    I don't have a food scale...I use a hair color scale lol. I have one from when I worked in the beauty industry. Weighs in oz and grams
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