Re: ratios and kitchen scale

[Guest guest]

>

> Hi all

>

> I have been eating my carbs, protein and fats randomly for the past 8 weeks or

so.

>

> Just stumbled across info on ratios and got to calculate my ratios recently

and still struggling to sort out food quantities even with nutritional

calculation link (you see, me and numbers dont gel very well). Will a kitchen

scale (in grams) help?

>

> If anybody has similar or close to the following ratios, can you please just

tell me your ratios of fat in terms of spoons, protein in terms of piece(s)

and/or size and carbs in terms of spoonfulls or cups.

>

> My ratios are as follow:

> protein: 69 grams

> fat : 172.5-241.5 grams

> carbs: 55.2 grams

>

Hi Shael,

A kitchen scale in grams definitely won't help you. As my www.fitday.com

instructions say: " You cannot translate grams to any quantity, measurement,

weight, etc. since it doesn't work that way. "

Grams are on all food labels, and they are by serving size (if specified), or

according to the total amount/quantity in the container.

Not all foods listed on a nutritional calculator are by weights either, some are

by size, i.e. small, medium, large for tomatoes, or in slices, or cut up

vegetables by the 1/2 cup or cup.

So ensure you follow these instructions when entering foods to determine the

quantities, and then you can see where you need to adjust your intake up or

down:

http://www.healingnaturallybybee.com/articles/foods9.php

All the best, Bee

[Guest guest]

>>Will a kitchen scale (in grams) help?<<

+++ I have a kitchen scale, which i love. I use it to measure out my coconut

oil, for instance, and I used it to measure out protein portions.

>> If anybody has similar or close to the following ratios, can you please just

tell me your ratios of fat interms of spoons,protein in terms of piece(s) and/or

size and carbs in terms of spoonfulls or cups.

>

> My ratios are as follow:

> protein: 69 grams

> fat : 172.5-241.5 grams

> carbs: 55.2 grams

+++ Your ratios are the same as mine.

Here is a sample of my day (but I don't eat the full 55g carbs):

2 cups bone broth

6.5 Tbsp coconut oil

3 oz chicken

3 oz ground beef

1/2 c cooked broccoli

3 Tbsp butter

This gives me:

70g protein, 169g fat, 10 g carbs.

I just find it way easier to weigh food than to measure using a cup measure. So

I would use the scale to weigh out the 3 oz of chicken. Fitday, as Bee

suggests, will tell me that 3 oz of chicken contains: 23 grams protein and 11 g

of fat.

HTH

[Guest guest]

>

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> >

> > My ratios are as follow:

> > protein: 69 grams

> > fat : 172.5-241.5 grams

> > carbs: 55.2 grams

>

> +++ Your ratios are the same as mine.

>

> Here is a sample of my day (but I don't eat the full 55g carbs):

>

> 2 cups bone broth

> 6.5 Tbsp coconut oil

> 3 oz chicken

> 3 oz ground beef

> 1/2 c cooked broccoli

> 3 Tbsp butter

>

> This gives me: 70g protein, 169g fat, 10 g carbs.

>

> I just find it way easier to weigh food than to measure using a cup measure.

So I would use the scale to weigh out the 3 oz of chicken. Fitday, as Bee

suggests, will tell me that 3 oz of chicken contains: 23 grams protein and 11 g

of fat.

+++Hi ,

Most meat is about 16 grams protein for 3 ounces. I just checked fitday and 6

ounces is only 32 grams protein.

Your fats don't seem right either.

All the best, Bee

[Guest guest]

Hi and Bee

Thanks for the input. highly appreciated. Now have some sort of reference point

to work from.

> >

> <snip>

> > >

> > > My ratios are as follow:

> > > protein: 69 grams

> > > fat : 172.5-241.5 grams

> > > carbs: 55.2 grams

> >

> > +++ Your ratios are the same as mine.

> >

> > Here is a sample of my day (but I don't eat the full 55g carbs):

> >

> > 2 cups bone broth

> > 6.5 Tbsp coconut oil

> > 3 oz chicken

> > 3 oz ground beef

> > 1/2 c cooked broccoli

> > 3 Tbsp butter

> >

> > This gives me: 70g protein, 169g fat, 10 g carbs.

> >

> > I just find it way easier to weigh food than to measure using a cup measure.

So I would use the scale to weigh out the 3 oz of chicken. Fitday, as Bee

suggests, will tell me that 3 oz of chicken contains: 23 grams protein and 11 g

of fat.

>

> +++Hi ,

>

> Most meat is about 16 grams protein for 3 ounces. I just checked fitday and 6

ounces is only 32 grams protein.

>

> Your fats don't seem right either.

>

> All the best, Bee

>

[Guest guest]

> >

> > >

> > > My ratios are as follow:

> > > protein: 69 grams

> > > fat : 172.5-241.5 grams

> > > carbs: 55.2 grams

> >

> > Here is a sample of my day (but I don't eat the full 55g carbs):

> >

> > 2 cups bone broth

> > 6.5 Tbsp coconut oil

> > 3 oz chicken

> > 3 oz ground beef

> > 1/2 c cooked broccoli

> > 3 Tbsp butter

> >

> > This gives me: 70g protein, 169g fat, 10 g carbs.

> >

>

> +++Hi ,

>

> Most meat is about 16 grams protein for 3 ounces. I just checked fitday and 6

ounces is only 32 grams protein.

>

> Your fats don't seem right either.

>

> All the best, Bee

>

+++ Bee - all of the above came directly from Fitday. I used their calculations

for chicken, butter, coconut oil, broth; i did not 'create' any of those foods

since, IMO, they are 'basics'...

It sounds like you think I'm not getting enough of those nutrients?

[Guest guest]

> > >

> > > >

> > > > My ratios are as follow:

> > > > protein: 69 grams

> > > > fat : 172.5-241.5 grams

> > > > carbs: 55.2 grams

> > >

> > > Here is a sample of my day (but I don't eat the full 55g carbs):

> > >

> > > 2 cups bone broth

> > > 6.5 Tbsp coconut oil

> > > 3 oz chicken

> > > 3 oz ground beef

> > > 1/2 c cooked broccoli

> > > 3 Tbsp butter

> > >

> > > This gives me: 70g protein, 169g fat, 10 g carbs.

> > >

> >

> > +++Hi ,

> >

> > Most meat is about 16 grams protein for 3 ounces. I just checked fitday and

6 ounces is only 32 grams protein.

> >

> > Your fats don't seem right either.

> >

> > All the best, Bee

> >

>

> +++ Bee - all of the above came directly from Fitday. I used their

calculations for chicken, butter, coconut oil, broth; i did not 'create' any of

those foods since, IMO, they are 'basics'...

>

> It sounds like you think I'm not getting enough of those nutrients?

>

+++Hi ,

Yes I am wondering if you are eating enough food. Would you give me exactly

what you enter into fitday for chicken, beef, and broth?

Cheers, Bee

[Guest guest]

> > > > >

> > > > > My ratios are as follow:

> > > > > protein: 69 grams

> > > > > fat : 172.5-241.5 grams

> > > > > carbs: 55.2 grams

> > > >

> > > > Here is a sample of my day (but I don't eat the full 55g carbs):

> > > >

> > > > 2 cups bone broth

> > > > 6.5 Tbsp coconut oil

> > > > 3 oz chicken

> > > > 3 oz ground beef

> > > > 1/2 c cooked broccoli

> > > > 3 Tbsp butter

> > > >

> > > > This gives me: 70g protein, 169g fat, 10 g carbs.

[Guest guest]

> >

> > Yes I am wondering if you are eating enough food. Would you give me exactly

what you enter into fitday for chicken, beef, and broth?

>

> +++ Bee,

>

> Here is my Fitday food journal:

>

> <http://www.fitday.com/fitness/PublicJournals.html?Owner=my5kidsmom>

>

> Look on April 4, 2011

+++Hi ,

Oh, I see. You did not list eggs in your message, and without them your protein

would only be 50.2g per your original message, so that's why I asked.

With 3 eggs your intake and ratios are great!

Cheers, Bee