GET MORE FOR LESS BY WEIGHING
Think weighing things is too much of a hassle? There are good reasons to make it part of your daily routine.
Foods are often listed by cups/percentage measurements... But if you create a new food by the ounce and weigh what you are actually getting, you can save a few points or in some cases a pretty decent amount.
Foods like avocado, potatoes, pasta, meat, snacks etc can be high points if you just use the basic system.
Avocados are one of the most questioned foods on WW. The guides tell you 1/4 of a medium is a serving and it's 3PP+. Hmmmm - well 1/4 is pretty subjective.
Here are two avocados - one Californian/Hass and one Floridan. Is the Hass (little one) a small, medium or large? Yeah - 1/4 med doesn't really work there.
1/4 would be 2-3pts depending on your plan. In this case the whole avocado, including skin and pit weighed just over 5oz with 4oz being edible. When I created a by the oz measure using the nutritional info - the entire avocado was 5.2PP+ - NOT 8-12 points.
Pasta is 2oz dry or 1 cup cooked - you usually get a fair amount more measuring dry depending on the type of pasta and how it fits in the cup.
The same is true of things like potatoes - 2 1/2 - 3 1/2 inches? Do you really know what that is or just think close enough? Can you use a rough guide? Of course but it takes 2 sec to throw it on the scale and see what you have...
IT CAN ALSO GO THE OTHER WAY
Many people think they are measuring things accurately but are really using an overfilled or heaped measure thinking it doesn't really matter... And maybe it doesn't but here is an example of where it can quickly add up.
M&Ms - serving size 1.5oz or about 1/3cup
The first is an accurate weighed measure and the second is what many people would count as 1/3 cup...not everyone overfills but I know many people who feel cheated, or that it won't matter or they pack the cup down to get that extra in there with things like rice and potato.
In this example - the second has about another 1/2 again!
Does it matter in fruit and veg, or even protein - probably not.
Does it matter in carbs and sweets - I think so...
So if you feel like you are following the plan and not losing - are your measures out? Are you not measuring at all?
You might be surprised by the difference when you do weigh things out.
You might be cheating yourself out of enough or going overboard. A little food scale left on the counter in an easily accessible area can make all the difference.
Think weighing things is too much of a hassle? There are good reasons to make it part of your daily routine.
Foods are often listed by cups/percentage measurements... But if you create a new food by the ounce and weigh what you are actually getting, you can save a few points or in some cases a pretty decent amount.
Foods like avocado, potatoes, pasta, meat, snacks etc can be high points if you just use the basic system.
Avocados are one of the most questioned foods on WW. The guides tell you 1/4 of a medium is a serving and it's 3PP+. Hmmmm - well 1/4 is pretty subjective.
Here are two avocados - one Californian/Hass and one Floridan. Is the Hass (little one) a small, medium or large? Yeah - 1/4 med doesn't really work there.
1/4 would be 2-3pts depending on your plan. In this case the whole avocado, including skin and pit weighed just over 5oz with 4oz being edible. When I created a by the oz measure using the nutritional info - the entire avocado was 5.2PP+ - NOT 8-12 points.
Pasta is 2oz dry or 1 cup cooked - you usually get a fair amount more measuring dry depending on the type of pasta and how it fits in the cup.
The same is true of things like potatoes - 2 1/2 - 3 1/2 inches? Do you really know what that is or just think close enough? Can you use a rough guide? Of course but it takes 2 sec to throw it on the scale and see what you have...
IT CAN ALSO GO THE OTHER WAY
Many people think they are measuring things accurately but are really using an overfilled or heaped measure thinking it doesn't really matter... And maybe it doesn't but here is an example of where it can quickly add up.
M&Ms - serving size 1.5oz or about 1/3cup
The first is an accurate weighed measure and the second is what many people would count as 1/3 cup...not everyone overfills but I know many people who feel cheated, or that it won't matter or they pack the cup down to get that extra in there with things like rice and potato.
In this example - the second has about another 1/2 again!
Does it matter in fruit and veg, or even protein - probably not.
Does it matter in carbs and sweets - I think so...
So if you feel like you are following the plan and not losing - are your measures out? Are you not measuring at all?
You might be surprised by the difference when you do weigh things out.
You might be cheating yourself out of enough or going overboard. A little food scale left on the counter in an easily accessible area can make all the difference.
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