Weigh everything!
westguy27
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I'm in shock. I just weighed a scone of the type and size I normally eat. I normally log it as a 70g scone. It's 159 grams!!!!!!! A 70 g scone must be tiny!
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Omg I found this too when I started weighing food. I'd have nuts as a 'healthy' snack but hadn't appreciated quite how many calories I was mindlessly munching!1
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I know, it's crazy how your mind can trick you! I normally estimate everything by eye but I'm going to get the scales out from now on! Big learning curve!1
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Hello fellow Irishman! Yep. Eyeballing is fine when you've already weighed the same thing 100 times before, but only then!1
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Hey there, yeah I guess so. You probably develop an eye for it after a while.2
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Oh yes if you're trying to lose weight you really do need to weigh and measure everything. Its very frustrating to be trying to lose weight, counting calories and not see any results because you're eating more food than you realize.1
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The biggest disappointment for me has been cereal. The portion sizes are so small compared to what I used to pour. Weighing it out has been a real eye opener.9
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Though some scales are sensitive. For example my scale has been off by 10 grams multiple times. So eyeballing helps me notice if my scale is acting up from some thing weird surrounding it.0
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isabellapanzica9387 wrote: »Though some scales are sensitive. For example my scale has been off by 10 grams multiple times. So eyeballing helps me notice if my scale is acting up from some thing weird surrounding it.
My scale does that when I have my cell phone too close to it while I'm weighing items. It starts to jump all over and won't sit on a number0 -
Definitely! I weigh/measure everything I eat or drink. I also use small dish ware. Over the years plates, bowls, cups have increased in size so people eyeballing things would also gradually increase their portions so it looked "right." Weighing/measuring is only way to be 100% sure.0
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suzannephillips76 wrote: »Omg I found this too when I started weighing food. I'd have nuts as a 'healthy' snack but hadn't appreciated quite how many calories I was mindlessly munching!
So easy to overeat on nuts - that was my problem. I was eating a very clean diet just too much of it. First week of weighing on a low carb diet and I've lost 6lbs, probably water weight, but like to think the weighing of food is more the reason1 -
heck most of the scones I eat are around 320 cals - as in double the cals and weight you would think a scone should be. Weighing foods is very eye opening. And cereals, who would be happy with a 30g portion! its TINY! LOL1
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So important to weigh everything. Over the past ten years, I put on about 30 lbs. in spite of always eating reasonably well, or so I thought. Attributed the weight gain to any number of things - you know, the head games.....??
Once I started weighing my food rather than eyeballing, I realized that while I had been eating good, healthy food, I was eating an awful lot! Now I weigh everything and the weight I thought I would never lose is starting to come off.
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Weighing can be a good tool. But it is absolutely not necessary.1
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Need2Exerc1se wrote: »Weighing can be a good tool. But it is absolutely not necessary.
But I'm also not gaming the system, as I know if I eat a bigger serving or fail to log food, my body still counts it. I also have a pretty good estimating game (as evidenced by my success so far).
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Need2Exerc1se wrote: »Weighing can be a good tool. But it is absolutely not necessary.
The relative importance of it depends very much on your goals, your body's needs, and the size of your calorie deficit. I did just fine without weighing anything for the first 75 pounds or so. As you lose weight, though, your calorie needs decrease. Especially if you are very short (as I am), you may wind up with a very small deficit as you get closer to goal, and then weighing becomes extremely useful. At 215 pounds, my measurements could be off by a few hundred calories per day and I'd still lose weight. Now, at 122 pounds, the same error could put me out of my deficit altogether.1 -
Need2Exerc1se wrote: »Weighing can be a good tool. But it is absolutely not necessary.
The relative importance of it depends very much on your goals, your body's needs, and the size of your calorie deficit. I did just fine without weighing anything for the first 75 pounds or so. As you lose weight, though, your calorie needs decrease. Especially if you are very short (as I am), you may wind up with a very small deficit as you get closer to goal, and then weighing becomes extremely useful. At 215 pounds, my measurements could be off by a few hundred calories per day and I'd still lose weight. Now, at 122 pounds, the same error could put me out of my deficit altogether.
I never suggested it wasn't useful. I said it can be a good tool.0 -
braves3134 wrote: »isabellapanzica9387 wrote: »Though some scales are sensitive. For example my scale has been off by 10 grams multiple times. So eyeballing helps me notice if my scale is acting up from some thing weird surrounding it.
My scale does that when I have my cell phone too close to it while I'm weighing items. It starts to jump all over and won't sit on a number
You have no idea how much money you've saved me in batteries! I never would have thought.0
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