Weighing confusion

kimf1991
kimf1991 Posts: 1 Member
in Food and Nutrition
If you are eating an orange for example. You weigh it whole and it's 300grams. In your diary when you find an entry for the orange is it just the edible portion that you add? So the skin of the orange will be approximately 80grams. So do you enter it as 220grams because that's what you've eaten?

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  • kommodevaran
    kommodevaran Posts: 17,890 Member
    Yes, you enter what you've eaten. Subtract skin, bones, pits. And verify the entry. USDA is good.
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    I peel it then weigh it
  • GrumpyHeadmistress
    GrumpyHeadmistress Posts: 666 Member
    malibu927 wrote: »
    I peel it then weigh it

    So do I.

    Or if something is in a container (yoghurt for instance) or has an inedible element (ice cream on a stick) I weigh everything, eat the edible portion and then reweigh the packaging and inedible bits. The difference in weight is what I ate.
  • beastmode_kitty
    beastmode_kitty Posts: 844 Member
    Peel the orange first, then weigh it. Easiest! With apples, i take the core out first and then weigh the portions I am going to eat.

    Then I look for USDA entries. Seems to be the most accurate.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    Yeah...why would you enter the weight of something you didn't actually eat?
  • VUA21
    VUA21 Posts: 2,072 Member
    Enter the amount that is eaten. That goes for all foods.

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