How obsessed are you with measuring food?

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  • stormieweather
    stormieweather Posts: 2,549 Member
    I have a wonderful scale with the tare function (you can add to and get only the weight of the additional item). So I can put a plate on it, then hit 'tare', then add my pasta and it will tell me how much only the pasta weighs.

    I weigh & measure everything where a variance matters. Pasta, meat, sauces, oils, spreads, etc. I generally estimate veggies.
  • missy3479
    missy3479 Posts: 30
    If it says 1/4 then I measure it. I get crap from family and friends constantly but if the nutrition facts are on the package then follow it.
  • em9371
    em9371 Posts: 1,047 Member
    i have a food scale and i weigh everything i cook, im terrible at estimating portions, especially with dry pasta / rice. When i am cooking for myself and my husband, I will weigh the whole amount, and then log 1/3 for my portion, he will have the other 2/3.
    the only things i dont weigh are milk in tea / coffee, or a sprinkle of parmesan on my pasta.
  • Meggles63
    Meggles63 Posts: 916 Member
    Not at all. I eyeball things, and estimate. Maybe not 100% correct, but I managed to lose 20lbs., so who cares? I am way to prone to OCD and refuse to do that.
  • warmachinejt
    warmachinejt Posts: 2,162 Member
    very i have a food scale and if you see my diary some of my foods are precise, like a .56 of a cup of brown rice or 155g of banana
  • snookumss
    snookumss Posts: 1,451 Member
    Now that I have a food scale, and realized how off I was before on things like meat portions that I weigh every single thing. I have to weigh my veggies, coffee creamer, protein powder, etc... all to the very gram.

    I don't think thats being obsessed when your diet choice requires you to be precise.
  • nickyfm
    nickyfm Posts: 1,214 Member
    Yeahh I bring out my cups for breakfast, count my tomatoes and nuts. Very shameful! haha
  • mfp_1
    mfp_1 Posts: 516 Member
    musicalmargar wrote:
    There is one item in the food list that shows a 100 gram banana, so if your banana is 93 grams you'd enter it as 0.93.

    Do you know even if it is "banana 28 g", you can enter 93 servings of 1 g?
  • steach
    steach Posts: 10
    Thank you for all for the suggestions! I found a great scale with free shipping...I live in the middle of nowhere. Can't wait to trash the 'ol spring load!
    http://www.wayfair.com/EatSmart-Precision-Pro-Digital-Kitchen-Scale-in-Black-Chrome-ESKS-06-EES1004.html
  • MrsAngelique
    MrsAngelique Posts: 164 Member
    :blushing: Let’s just say that I actually ask the fast food personal how many ounces they are serving me and if that is not bad, I also carry my measuring cups and spoons when I go out to eat. This way I can log in exactly what and how much I ate.
  • pornstarzombie
    pornstarzombie Posts: 297
    i measure everything.
  • Cr357
    Cr357 Posts: 238
    I'm so obsessed I drink milk out of a measuring cup.
  • quishajuice
    quishajuice Posts: 106 Member
    I'm so obsessed I drink milk out of a measuring cup.

    I thought I was the only one who did this! I measure everything I can simply because if I don't, I will try to lie to myself about how much I'm actually eating. Plus if you are at a point where you can't have that many calories to begin with every little one counts!
  • Le_Joy
    Le_Joy Posts: 549 Member
    That is why I have a food scale, so i don't have to count pieces of spaghetti.
  • Pebble321
    Pebble321 Posts: 6,423 Member
    Nope, definitely not that obsessed! I weigh things or use cups every now and again to confirm that my eyeballing is close enough - and that's worked OK for me. I find that with some things I tend to be under, and others (like pasta) I'm overestimating so it seems to balance out OK.
  • change_happens
    change_happens Posts: 491
    I just counted every strand in a box of whole wheat sphagetti. By the way...it's 34 strands per ounce. There has got to be a better way! lol

    thanks for doing this for us :) lol! yeah... I am totally addicted to measuring. Have to get a new food scale since I gave my other one away.

    what brand spaghetti? :) Just wondering
  • change_happens
    change_happens Posts: 491
    I'm so obsessed I drink milk out of a measuring cup.

    DITTO
  • missmacknz
    missmacknz Posts: 39
    When I had Weight Loss Surgery I counted and weighed and measured every friggen gram. I had lost all concept of portion. Now I can eye roll 100 grams of most anything BUT i STILL WEIGH it at least once a week (if not more) of regular food and at least 3 times of a new food to make sure I can eye ball it.

    Portion Distortion is a BIG problem.

    It also makes you really think about how you are going to spend your calories.

    Don't be ashamed to measure you food but don't obsess over 1-2 grams either!

    Good luck!!
  • missmacknz
    missmacknz Posts: 39
    I do that all the time - break it down to a 1 gram equivalent and then enter 93 servings or whatever xx
  • beckylawrence70
    beckylawrence70 Posts: 752 Member
    I measure everything, get a small scale, helps alot!
  • PercivalHackworth
    PercivalHackworth Posts: 1,437 Member
    I'm not obsessed, I'm accurate :glasses:
  • FoxyMcDeadlift
    FoxyMcDeadlift Posts: 771 Member
    Im generally quite good with logging my food, but i probably eat around 200kcals a day of nibbles that i dont log. I generally dont log sauces or marinades either. But im not trying to lose weight at the moment, so thats fine.
  • organiclove
    organiclove Posts: 12
    I know I'm obsessive when it comes to weighing each gram/ounce, and I prefer my scale over measuring cups/spoons. This isn't the case for everyone, but I honestly feel as though I'd eat LESS calories than I need to be, if I were to eyeball most of my portions! I like getting every calorie worth, out of each meal :]
  • californiagirl2012
    californiagirl2012 Posts: 2,625 Member
    A digital scale!
  • Sarah_Wins
    Sarah_Wins Posts: 936 Member
    A pinch of this and a handful of that is as close I get to obsessed. I'm an awesome cook too. :happy:
  • MichelleLaree13
    MichelleLaree13 Posts: 865 Member
    I use a scale so I dont have to count things out like that.
  • Awkward30
    Awkward30 Posts: 1,927 Member
    I count pretzels when I eat them at a happy hour...

    I also tare a spoon and bowl, stick spoon in the peanut butter, and put the peanut butter in a bowl so I get exactly one serving of peanut butter.

    I also don't use measuring cups for calorically dense items because the scale is SO much better.

    Yup. Obsessed.
  • NCchar130
    NCchar130 Posts: 955 Member
    A serving of Goldfish crackers is 51 crackers. And I do, in fact, count out exactly 51. :bigsmile:
  • GoaliesWife123
    GoaliesWife123 Posts: 31
    I measure, count and all the things in between! :D I do need a better scale, though...
  • lilmisfit
    lilmisfit Posts: 860 Member
    I measure and/or weigh 99% of everything I eat.
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