amythomas2 Member

I like porridge, chopped banana, chopped dates and a drizzle of my protein maple syrup :-) today it's 336 calories with a 70g banana and 20g dates.

I'm from the Midlands, started tracking calories one year ago, starting at 12st5lb and currently 9st3lb. (44lbs down but mfp doesn't agree as i messed up my start weight) I'm 5ft 3 and not quite sure on my end goal yet :-) xxx

I like this lol... I sometimes 'guess' amounts as I put them on the scale (for fun?? I don't know...) and I'm usually pretty accurate but without the scale to back me up I don't trust my own judgment lol xx

I agree, I don't know why people don't weigh! It takes no time! 500calories sounds a lot but my pizza showed how 100 here and there would add up if you're not careful!

That's my point, I always weigh everything but I know a lot of people don't, particularly new people, so I wanted to show how not weighing can affect your calorie intake, deficit and therefore loss if it happens regularly.

I'm not too sure tbf, I'm in the UK but was using an American recipe book so thought I'd use their measurement per recipe but weigh it for calorie accuracy lol. Maybe next time we make dough I'll use less flour but it might affect the consistency or not make enough dough for four servings...our pizza yesterday was a good…

@amythomas2 Back to the flour used for rolling/handling dough. I end up using so little the residue on the counter top is minimal. If you happen to throw it around like confetti at a wedding; you could scrape it up and weigh it too- personally that amount of precision is a little too OTT even for me. [/quote] That's what I…

I do that with oil but I thought flour might be tricky as it gets scattered/stuck on the work surface?

I expect most things don't have that much of a discrepancy but if they did, it would soon eat up your deficit excuse the pun haha! I never trust recipes either ... I honestly don't know where they get their calories from as the same product in different brands has different calories sometimes! Once I'd shown my other half…

It was awesome pizza if I do say so myself! Thank you for your comments, I knew there was a reason why I weighed food (the obvious) but this highlights the importance for sure!

Oh wow! That's really good to know! I just keep thinking to myself I'm doing myself good on the inside by keeping this going and one day I will be repaid lol!

I have lost almost 40lbs in 9 months since being diagnosed with hypothyroidism and still adjusting my medication. I don't find it harder as such but I do have to make sure I'm as accurate as I possibly can be with my weighing and calorie counting (although I have nothing to compare with a normal functioning thyroid if that…

You could paint your nails as it's something to do for a few minutes but whilst they are drying you can't really eat without the risk of smudging them :-)