interesting food weights

JaydedMiss
JaydedMiss Posts: 4,286 Member
edited November 17 in Health and Weight Loss
what are some interesting/funny/sad things you realized you were eating WAY wrong before weighing? Like peanut butter :'( -i cry daily-

Or prepackaged food thats WAY heavier thn the nutrition facts say xD Happens alot to its sad :(

not sure why i like threads like this lol just so interesting to see
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  • TonyB0588
    TonyB0588 Posts: 9,520 Member
    Some packages tell you the Nutrition Facts for 100g, then you look again and see a serving size is 30g or 200g, so the first impression was misleading.
  • dragon_girl26
    dragon_girl26 Posts: 2,187 Member
    Spaghetti. I had a big time sad the first time I weighed out a serving ages ago.
    Now, though, I've gotten so used to eating a true portion of spaghetti that it sometimes seems like too much! Funny how that happens.
    Potato chips, too...I love those things..sigh..
  • LisaMoxon155
    LisaMoxon155 Posts: 264 Member
    That packaging doesnt always contain the grans it says. Ie weighs more than it says,therefore the increase i calories.
  • Rebecca0224
    Rebecca0224 Posts: 810 Member
    vespiquenn wrote: »
    Bread and granola bars. Sometimes I miss the ignorance is bliss aspect to dieting without a food scale. :lol:

    Granola bars got me to. I would eat two or three at a time thinking it's ok they're healthy and didn't know it was 300 calories. Sad day I looked at the calories :'( .
  • ninjamere1
    ninjamere1 Posts: 40 Member
    Regular fruity candy. I never thought it was nutritional or low calories but I was shocked by how many calories it can be for a really small amount of candy that doesn't even have fat calories to add to the total. Twizzlers :'(

  • cerise_noir
    cerise_noir Posts: 5,468 Member
    zyxst wrote: »
    Using liquid measurements for semi-solids/solids like ice cream and canned veggies/fruits.I'm looking at you, Canada.
    This!
  • cmtigger
    cmtigger Posts: 1,450 Member
    tomteboda wrote: »
    Popcorn. I air pop, and was happy eating large bowls, thinking it was only a couple hundred calories. I was off by 100%

    I eat large bowls of popcorn too, about 50-60g unpopped. It is a couple hundred calories. It's the oil or butter toppings that add to it.
  • melissawill2017
    melissawill2017 Posts: 1,131 Member
    livingleanlivingclean wrote: »
    I don't eat it often.... But, cereal. Who would ever eat the actual serving size of cereal. The weighed serve is nothing like the measured volume.

    Yes, cereal! Not the healthiest of options to begin with, but it is seriously said to weigh out a serving of cereal. My normal bowl (without weighing) is about 2-3 servings of cereal. Accountability really helps you to see how easy it is to misjudge caloric content!
  • ChristinePearlFNP
    ChristinePearlFNP Posts: 72 Member
    My little frooties tootsie rolls are 12 cals...I repeat 12 freaking cals!
  • Strudders67
    Strudders67 Posts: 989 Member
    Some time before I joined MFP, I weighed a 'normal' serving of cereal and realised it was a little over twice the suggested serving size. I had my teenage nieces staying with me at the time, so did the same for them too - one was also having just over 2x servings and the other was happily eating almost three times the suggested amount. Now that I'm on MFP, I weigh out 30g of cornflakes or 40g muesli every day that I eat cereal - and think that amount is just fine.
  • RUNucbar
    RUNucbar Posts: 160 Member
    Oh, this looks fine! Until you realise it says, in TINY font, each pack is 16 servings so each serving is one mouthful.

    30g of cereal?!?! I was eating substantially more than 30g

    Some things are much higher than I thought, some are much lower. I am utterly unable to guess accuratly it seems.
  • JessicaMcB
    JessicaMcB Posts: 1,503 Member
    I've ranted about this before but protein bars are one of the most inconsistently weighted food products I've encountered. The whey isolate type I usually buy (think One, Quest and Kirkland) usually quote a 60g serving size. Never since starting to track have I found a bar weighing less than 65g.

    Also, since there are other Canucks in here, Pillers meat products are very poorly weighted. I bought a European sausage product from them and the total package weight was half the actual weight! When I emailed them to let them know that they needed to fix their damn labeling the response was basically, "Stuff happens." ...Over and over apparently -_-
  • NavajoGirl85
    NavajoGirl85 Posts: 164 Member
    livingleanlivingclean wrote: »
    I don't eat it often.... But, cereal. Who would ever eat the actual serving size of cereal. The weighed serve is nothing like the measured volume.

    Agree. I look at the servings of some of these cereals and they go as low as 1/4 of a cup. My daughter is 8 and skinny and she wouldn't even get satisfaction with that amount.
  • zdyb23456
    zdyb23456 Posts: 1,706 Member
    Croutons. The ones that taste decent are about 3 croutons per serving.

    Doritos about 6-7 chips are a serving! That's it?!?! I don't bother with them unless I can fit in 3-4 servings.

    Goldfish crackers. You get about 40, but they are so little and addicting that I can scarf down the whole package without even thinking about it.

    I'm also on the cereal boat. Plain cheerios isn't too bad except they don't have much taste.

    Ever look at the calories for one of those beautiful decorated Panera cookies? My daughter brought home a tulip shaped cookie from her teacher once, over 400 calories!!
  • strifechick
    strifechick Posts: 129 Member
    I eat dry cereal as a snack, it's my sweet treat, but as soon as I get the box I go home and weigh out each portion into separate baggies. Because I know if I don't I'll eat 2-3x easily.
  • livingleanlivingclean
    livingleanlivingclean Posts: 11,751 Member
    zyxst wrote: »
    amygatl wrote: »
    I'll just leave this here:
    6ek3g9nneka2.jpg

    FTFY

    136g of plastic wrap and sticker?

    :D

    (why is it plastic wrapped and stickered? Kind of unnecessary for a single potato isn't it?)
  • ActivatedAlm0nds
    ActivatedAlm0nds Posts: 169 Member
    Ice cream! I thought a serving would end up way smaller.

    As for cereal, I use unsweetened cashew milk with it. Under 400 calories worth + 25 calories in a cup makes for a nice little evening sweet.
  • seska422
    seska422 Posts: 3,217 Member
    livingleanlivingclean wrote: »
    zyxst wrote: »
    amygatl wrote: »
    I'll just leave this here:
    6ek3g9nneka2.jpg

    FTFY

    136g of plastic wrap and sticker?

    :D

    (why is it plastic wrapped and stickered? Kind of unnecessary for a single potato isn't it?)

    The sweet potato is washed and ready to microwave.
  • antdelsa
    antdelsa Posts: 174 Member
    livingleanlivingclean wrote: »
    I don't eat it often.... But, cereal. Who would ever eat the actual serving size of cereal. The weighed serve is nothing like the measured volume.

    3/4 cup ... why?!?! I don't eat it often either but that blew my mind when i realized the actual serving size.. it's a bit crazy considering how bad things can get out of control really quickly with a bowl of cereal ..3/4 cup, no i want a bowl of cereal lol not whats floating in the milk when I'm nearly done
  • nichell88
    nichell88 Posts: 364 Member
    Definitely coffee. I used to get a medium caramel swirl hot coffee multiple times a week, and although I use Splenda and very little cream anyway, I found out that this was almost 300 calories! 300 calories of no nutritional value whatsoever. I still drink coffee but I either drink it with sugar free flavor shots or no flavoring
  • fitmom4lifemfp
    fitmom4lifemfp Posts: 1,572 Member
    Has to be peanut butter for me. I can eat 4 TB without even trying!
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