AlabasterVerve wrote: » 100's of calories from fat each meal seems absolutely insane when I look at it in my food log but by the end of the day my calories are low -- or at least lower than when I was focused on eating low calorie diet friendly foods. Seems like voodoo.
VasquezDoreen43 wrote: » higgins8283801 wrote: » That two tablespoons of peanut butter is closer to 1 scoop when not weighed. Before I started weighing I was eating closer to 4tablespoons and not even knowing it. Chips and nuts that say 9 pieces 100 grams (example) is not remotely close to 9! When weighed, it's more like 5 pieces for 100 grams. And ground turkey and 97% ground beef are actually pretty close in calories and 4ozs of chicken is a lot of chicken! How do you weigh Peanut butter? I'm new to this and having trouble figuring how to "weigh" things like this... for example I'm having a small amount of rice and refried beans today, leftover from my Cinco de Mayo lunch yesterday which I only ate half of as to not blow my daily calories, and I'm trying to figure out how to "weigh" them. I did bring a 1/2 cup measuring cup to work and I was going to go that route as I don't see how to place refried beans and rice on a scale, LOL!
higgins8283801 wrote: » That two tablespoons of peanut butter is closer to 1 scoop when not weighed. Before I started weighing I was eating closer to 4tablespoons and not even knowing it. Chips and nuts that say 9 pieces 100 grams (example) is not remotely close to 9! When weighed, it's more like 5 pieces for 100 grams. And ground turkey and 97% ground beef are actually pretty close in calories and 4ozs of chicken is a lot of chicken!
VasquezDoreen43 wrote: » How do you weigh Peanut butter? I'm new to this and having trouble figuring how to "weigh" things like this... for example I'm having a small amount of rice and refried beans today, leftover from my Cinco de Mayo lunch yesterday which I only ate half of as to not blow my daily calories, and I'm trying to figure out how to "weigh" them. I did bring a 1/2 cup measuring cup to work and I was going to go that route as I don't see how to place refried beans and rice on a scale, LOL!
Francl27 wrote: » VasquezDoreen43 wrote: » higgins8283801 wrote: » That two tablespoons of peanut butter is closer to 1 scoop when not weighed. Before I started weighing I was eating closer to 4tablespoons and not even knowing it. Chips and nuts that say 9 pieces 100 grams (example) is not remotely close to 9! When weighed, it's more like 5 pieces for 100 grams. And ground turkey and 97% ground beef are actually pretty close in calories and 4ozs of chicken is a lot of chicken! How do you weigh Peanut butter? I'm new to this and having trouble figuring how to "weigh" things like this... for example I'm having a small amount of rice and refried beans today, leftover from my Cinco de Mayo lunch yesterday which I only ate half of as to not blow my daily calories, and I'm trying to figure out how to "weigh" them. I did bring a 1/2 cup measuring cup to work and I was going to go that route as I don't see how to place refried beans and rice on a scale, LOL! Put plate on scale, tare the scale, put food on scale, and tare between each food. Easy, no clean up, I'll never understand why people use measuring cups, it's more stuff to clean!
seska422 wrote: » VasquezDoreen43 wrote: » How do you weigh Peanut butter? I'm new to this and having trouble figuring how to "weigh" things like this... for example I'm having a small amount of rice and refried beans today, leftover from my Cinco de Mayo lunch yesterday which I only ate half of as to not blow my daily calories, and I'm trying to figure out how to "weigh" them. I did bring a 1/2 cup measuring cup to work and I was going to go that route as I don't see how to place refried beans and rice on a scale, LOL! For peanut butter (and anything in a jar), weigh the jar, remove what you want, and then weigh the jar again. The difference in weight is what you removed. For things in a container, you can weigh the container before you add the food or after you've eaten the food and then subtract that container weight from the total weight of food+container.
VasquezDoreen43 wrote: » Oh duh! LOL! okay... thanks! But what about my rice and beans?
VasquezDoreen43 wrote: » Francl27 wrote: » VasquezDoreen43 wrote: » higgins8283801 wrote: » That two tablespoons of peanut butter is closer to 1 scoop when not weighed. Before I started weighing I was eating closer to 4tablespoons and not even knowing it. Chips and nuts that say 9 pieces 100 grams (example) is not remotely close to 9! When weighed, it's more like 5 pieces for 100 grams. And ground turkey and 97% ground beef are actually pretty close in calories and 4ozs of chicken is a lot of chicken! How do you weigh Peanut butter? I'm new to this and having trouble figuring how to "weigh" things like this... for example I'm having a small amount of rice and refried beans today, leftover from my Cinco de Mayo lunch yesterday which I only ate half of as to not blow my daily calories, and I'm trying to figure out how to "weigh" them. I did bring a 1/2 cup measuring cup to work and I was going to go that route as I don't see how to place refried beans and rice on a scale, LOL! Put plate on scale, tare the scale, put food on scale, and tare between each food. Easy, no clean up, I'll never understand why people use measuring cups, it's more stuff to clean! Sorry but I don't know what "tare" means. And wouldn't I have to clean the scale or plate you place on scale? So there's still some clean up involved, right?
VasquezDoreen43 wrote: » seska422 wrote: » VasquezDoreen43 wrote: » How do you weigh Peanut butter? I'm new to this and having trouble figuring how to "weigh" things like this... for example I'm having a small amount of rice and refried beans today, leftover from my Cinco de Mayo lunch yesterday which I only ate half of as to not blow my daily calories, and I'm trying to figure out how to "weigh" them. I did bring a 1/2 cup measuring cup to work and I was going to go that route as I don't see how to place refried beans and rice on a scale, LOL! For peanut butter (and anything in a jar), weigh the jar, remove what you want, and then weigh the jar again. The difference in weight is what you removed. For things in a container, you can weigh the container before you add the food or after you've eaten the food and then subtract that container weight from the total weight of food+container. Oh duh! LOL! okay... thanks! But what about my rice and beans?
Francl27 wrote: » VasquezDoreen43 wrote: » Francl27 wrote: » VasquezDoreen43 wrote: » higgins8283801 wrote: » That two tablespoons of peanut butter is closer to 1 scoop when not weighed. Before I started weighing I was eating closer to 4tablespoons and not even knowing it. Chips and nuts that say 9 pieces 100 grams (example) is not remotely close to 9! When weighed, it's more like 5 pieces for 100 grams. And ground turkey and 97% ground beef are actually pretty close in calories and 4ozs of chicken is a lot of chicken! How do you weigh Peanut butter? I'm new to this and having trouble figuring how to "weigh" things like this... for example I'm having a small amount of rice and refried beans today, leftover from my Cinco de Mayo lunch yesterday which I only ate half of as to not blow my daily calories, and I'm trying to figure out how to "weigh" them. I did bring a 1/2 cup measuring cup to work and I was going to go that route as I don't see how to place refried beans and rice on a scale, LOL! Put plate on scale, tare the scale, put food on scale, and tare between each food. Easy, no clean up, I'll never understand why people use measuring cups, it's more stuff to clean! Sorry but I don't know what "tare" means. And wouldn't I have to clean the scale or plate you place on scale? So there's still some clean up involved, right? Unless you eat in your hands, you're going to have to clean the plate anyway Hmm I don't know if it's spelled 'tare' or 'tar'. Anyway, it's a button that zeroes the scale.
BigLifter10 wrote: » DeterminedFee201426 wrote: » That advocados are tasty> and are not packed with as many calories as i thought . Goes for me too. I just started incorporating avocados into my diet this year. I actually like them and think they really have the ability to smooth out a fruit/fiber/protein smoothie! (I've also made chocolate pudding with them). Wish I'd have given them a chance earlier.
DeterminedFee201426 wrote: » That advocados are tasty> and are not packed with as many calories as i thought .
That everything has more calories than I thought... even veggies (well, not cucumbers, zucchini and tomatoes, which I know, are a fruit, but everything else). The only thing that shocked me about how few calories they had were caramels. I always thought they were so 'bad for you'... but nope, only like 25 calories each!
