Did you have any surprises about how much you were eating when you got a food scale?

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  • MeteoraTitanium
    MeteoraTitanium Posts: 102 Member
    When I first starting using my food scale I discovered that a 75g of dry pasta looks miniscule. I must have been eating twice that amount before tracking. 😳 and don't get me started on peanut butter!
  • loneda
    loneda Posts: 103 Member
    @lsutigerscage Check out PB2. It is basically peanut butter powder. I think it is delicious and packs a lot of pb flavor for far fewer calories.

    For me I was bad at judging rice and pasta.
  • tayusuki
    tayusuki Posts: 194 Member
    cwolfman13 wrote: »
    I was regularly logging my chicken and other meat as 4 ounces because that was the standard serving size...turns out an actual chicken breast is closer to 8-10 ounces or more.

    That's why I buy tenderloins, they're quite close the the norm serving size!
  • Noreenmarie1234
    Noreenmarie1234 Posts: 7,492 Member
    My cereal was way underestimated using measuring cups. my 1c was more like 1.5c in weight.

    Same with powdered peanut butter! I thought I was eating 2tbsp, but when I weight it it was close to double because the powder had settled a bit. My veggies sure added up and I was eating a lot more than I thought. (I was estimating my salads)

    When I first started weighing, I found out I was eating about 300 more than I thought a day.
  • shakachewbacca
    shakachewbacca Posts: 5 Member
    The variation in packaged food weight accuracy is eye-opening.
  • deannalfisher
    deannalfisher Posts: 5,600 Member
    ashliedelgado wrote: »
    deannalfisher wrote: »
    teranga79 wrote: »
    Turns out my previous portion size of pasta was actually enough for a family of 6.

    ditto with my cereal portion...lol!

    Cereal... Sigh. I never eat it any more. It's just not worth it. I don't understand how to not eat a mixing bowl full.

    oh I still eat it - I plan 2ish servings in my calorie goals most days - and for stuff like strawberry frosted shredded wheat - that is a decent amount
  • Kst76
    Kst76 Posts: 935 Member
    Without the food scale I always overeat. As soon as I start to measure my food, I start to lose weight. I don't even have to cut down very much, just keeping track makes a huge difference.
  • maryadavies4667
    maryadavies4667 Posts: 58 Member
    edited July 2018
    You guys prolly know I just started right?

    Before I started tracking, I'd annoy my sister and get out a tablespoon out of the drawer to keep track of the peanut butter; I never did heaping, I'd level it off with a finger. (She hate hate HATES washing that) Unlike most of you, I don't have a food scale. But..I DO HAVE A MAIL SCALE THAT DOES GRAMS. I just checked and I've been doing a little under on the peanut butter, lol! (We've used that mail scale for recipes where you have to weigh stuff in the past; I'm considering getting a real food scale since I think I'll prolly be resorting to that for a while.)
  • motivatedmartha
    motivatedmartha Posts: 1,108 Member
    maryadavies4667 wrote: »
    You guys prolly know I just started right?

    Before I started tracking, I'd annoy my sister and get out a tablespoon out of the drawer to keep track of the peanut butter; I never did heaping, I'd level it off with a finger. (She hate hate HATES washing that) Unlike most of you, I don't have a food scale. But..I DO HAVE A MAIL SCALE THAT DOES GRAMS. I just checked and I've been doing a little under on the peanut butter, lol! (We've used that mail scale for recipes where you have to weigh stuff in the past; I'm considering getting a real food scale since I think I'll prolly be resorting to that for a while.)

    I used a mail scale for years, only replaced it when it finally died!

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