weighing food, seriously?
missfancy1980
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I'm confused how people do this. If I am about to eat greek yoghurt the last thing i want to do is weigh it... that causes washing up and wastes the bit of yoghurt that is left in the scale when i'm finished weighing. And cheese... i tried weighing 4 small slices of cheese the other day, and then 1 slice, the scale hardly moved.. what is that supposed to tell me? And my scale measures lb's, so how do i know how many cups of something that is? etc etc
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Are you using a food scale?0
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1. Get a food scale.
2. 'Tare'0 -
first, a good food scale should be able to tell you what something weighs down to the gram or fraction of an ounce.
when you weigh something u arent measuring it in cups (cups are volume) weight is grams/ounces/lbs.
if you dont want to weigh something, then use measuring cups. Hope that helps a bit!
weighing just helps make ur calorie estimating a whole lot more accurate0 -
Why are you weighing yogurt and cheese? I weigh meat. Everything else has a calorie count on the back of the packaging. If you eat half, log half.0
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measure in grams not pounds. and put your plate, cup whatever on the scale then zero it...then add your food. digital scales are much better.0
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For those who weigh their food, I doubt if they're weighing servings that state "per cup" or "per half cup". Most will weigh meats and cheeses or anything that say's "per ounce". A good food scale will be very small and will measure the weight in ounces. Good Luck!!0
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Why are you weighing yogurt and cheese? I weigh meat. Everything else has a calorie count on the back of the packaging. If you eat half, log half.
you buy everything in single serving containers? i buy big tubs of greek yogurt and bags of shredded cheese. i have to weight whatever portion i am going to use.0 -
when i weigh my greek yogurt, i just put the bowl im going to eat it out of on the scale, zero it, and then weigh out 227 grams (my greek yogurt says 1 cup [227g] for a serving size)..
but my scale does grams, or oz/lbs .. and fractions of an oz0 -
I weigh mine out.. it was very sad to see how little one ounce of nuts is..... = (0
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Yogurt & other liquidy items I would measure using a measuring cup not by the ounce. If the package lists the nutritionals by the slice/cup/whatever I would use that information. Meat or nutritionals by the ounce (or whatever unit) I would weigh on the scale.
A digital food scale would help.0 -
Measuring cups, spoons, and a digital food scale are your friends. It sucks at first but once it's part of your routine you'll be fine. It's the only way to accurately figure out how much you're eating. If you want some rice and you only want one 2/3 cup or ## grams serving how would you know without a measuring cup or scale?0
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I'm confused how people do this. If I am about to eat greek yoghurt the last thing i want to do is weigh it... that causes washing up and wastes the bit of yoghurt that is left in the scale when i'm finished weighing. And cheese... i tried weighing 4 small slices of cheese the other day, and then 1 slice, the scale hardly moved.. what is that supposed to tell me? And my scale measures lb's, so how do i know how many cups of something that is? etc etc
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i would go to walmart and buy a 20.00 digital scale. it measures grams, lbs, oz and kg. you can also use the "tare" so if you set a cup on it and it weighs 13g you can hit the button called "tare" and it will ZERO the scale then you can put the correct amount of say cereal or whatever. it's the best thing i ever used besides of course "myfitnesspal" Hope this helps
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I'm confused how people do this. If I am about to eat greek yoghurt the last thing i want to do is weigh it... that causes washing up and wastes the bit of yoghurt that is left in the scale when i'm finished weighing. And cheese... i tried weighing 4 small slices of cheese the other day, and then 1 slice, the scale hardly moved.. what is that supposed to tell me? And my scale measures lb's, so how do i know how many cups of something that is? etc etc
Pretty much!
I use a digital food scale and I weigh everything, for the most part. The only things I don't weigh are things like the 6oz greek yogurt cup (when I eat the whole thing - if I split it up, I weigh it!).0 -
The main reason to weigh food is that we tend to have "lying eyes". Most of us over estimate our calories burned and under estimate our calories eaten (usually due to underestimating portion sizes).
However, if you're eating something that's premeasured like a tub of Greek yogurt, there's no need to weigh it - just use the facts on the container. If you're scooping it out of a big tub, scoop it into a measuring cup, weigh it once and you know how much that cupful weighs...then just use that to scoop it out all the time. I also generally don't weigh or measure things I'm splitting into a specific number of portions all for myself. Example: If I eat "half" of something one day and "half" the next day, it doesn't really matter that one day may be a little more than half and the other less. I just log half each day.
I do weigh stuff that I have no other way of determining serving size, but it only takes a second. Set bowl/plate on scale and note weight. Add food. Note weight. Subtract.0 -
I bought my food scale at WalMart. It was a Biggest Loser scale. It measures in oz. or metric and has a memory and zeroes out with whatever you put on top of it before adding to it. I love it.0
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Wondering where some of these people come from.. lol
First get yourself a digital kitchen scale. For about $10-$15 you can get one that weighs in oz/lb or grams. Most will subtract the dish if you put it on the scale before turning the scale on (this is known as tare). Then whatever you put in the dish is the only thing weighed. Then measure foods like pieces of meat, vegetables, flour, sugar.. etc. You don't measure a cup of yogurt if you are eating the whole thing. It should have the weight already on it. You can use that as a reference in MFP database when you log your food to make sure you have the right product chosen.0 -
I do weigh stuff that I have no other way of determining serving size, but it only takes a second. Set bowl/plate on scale and note weight. Add food. Note weight. Subtract.
I'm spoiled, my digital scale does that for me.0 -
I weigh lots of things, not if the are prepackaged in individual units though...my yogurt is 6 ounces so no need to way.
My meat-weighing for sure!0 -
I hope you aren't using your body scale to weigh your food..............0
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measure in grams not pounds. and put your plate, cup whatever on the scale then zero it...then add your food. digital scales are much better.
This. Its better to weigh in grams.0 -
Try using something other than a postal scale, say...like a food scale.0
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I love my food scale! I use it daily!0
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@ACG - That's a brilliant vid. Explains it very well.
@Original Poster - You know you weigh things in a bowl right? That's what the "tare" function is for. Turn it on, put your bowl on there, hit "tare" and it's back at zero. Do this after every addition to the bowl if you're using multiple ingredients.0 -
what i can't seem to figure out is why such a variance between what an ounce is? some things says it's 28grams others say 31 grams and i have dried fruit that says 1 portion is 1oz or 20grams. why such a difference for the same measurement?0
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I'm sorry, I can't stop chuckling over the prospect of slathering yogurt on a scale..
Get a food scale that weighs in grams and ounces and has a tare button. Put a bowl on the scale, hit the Tare button, then deposit the yogurt into the *bowl*. Voila. No mess.0 -
Sometimes I weigh in reverse if it's a messy food, like greek yoghurt. I put the 500g tub onto the scale, scoop out 100g into my bowl, and so when the scale measures the tub at 400g I know I've taken 100 out. The container is going to add to the weight of course, but I just stop at the point where I've taken 100g away from the original total.0
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I think the original poster was using a bathroom scale. I did use a bathroom scale to measure food once . . . when I had a whole bunch of green tomatoes and a salsa verde recipe that called for four pounds. For a slice or two of cheese . . . not so much.0
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Sometimes I weigh in reverse if it's a messy food, like greek yoghurt. I put the 500g tub onto the scale, scoop out 100g into my bowl, and so when the scale measures the tub at 400g I know I've taken 100 out. The container is going to add to the weight of course, but I just stop at the point where I've taken 100g away from the original total.
You assume everyone know how to subtract. Most people learn that in second grade, but I think some of the posters here never made it that far.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVjWPclrWVY
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