WHY is weighing food not in the stickies?

[Nickthegreat1]

Did I miss it these last 2 years? I have read all about calculating, counting, macros, etc, but up until I asked why I wasn't losing anymore yesterday, I had never even heard of weighing food.

Someone suggested it and I still didn't get it. Did about an hours worth of research on it and figured out how important it is. I bet I've been eating at maintenance for the last month, not a deficit. Estimating portion sizes and calories on things like peanut butter, cereal, and meats had me way off, several hundred cals a day.

If you are cutting/dieting you NEED to be weighing. And this info needs to be.in a sticky, or if it already is it needs to be made more available to see and more imprortance put on it. Noobs need to know this info

[dmacdonal9]

I think much of the material in the stickies were written with athletes and bodybuilders in mind, and for most of those folks, precision is almost a given. Whereas to the average person, it sounds neurotic and obsessive.

[jsmoor09]

I don't mean to sound rude man, but I think most people just assume you will measure.

PB especially is very calorically dense. Being off on that, can add up way too quickly. I've always used a measuring spoon.
I've always used a scale to weigh out 4 oz of raw meat.

Estimating is maybe moreso ok once you've been weighing/measuring things for a long time. But blindly guessing what 4 oz is?

[Ammex]

If someone made an extremely comprehensive post that was well organized and helpful about specifically HOW to accurately count calories, I'd sticky it.

[mattvdh]

Why? Because it's obvious. Watch a couple of bb videos and see that its common practice.

[Nickthegreat1]

Why? Because it's obvious. Watch a couple of bb videos and see that its common practice.

Unhelpful post/10

Obviously its not obvious

[tara19]

If someone made an extremely comprehensive post that was well organized and helpful about specifically HOW to accurately count calories, I'd sticky it.

Hmm interesting.
How detailed should it be?

[Oatmeal25]

Cause all you do is weigh it...a monkey can do it