{"id":1043,"date":"2014-06-08T18:32:50","date_gmt":"2014-06-09T01:32:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/devinephysiques.com\/blog\/?p=1043"},"modified":"2014-06-08T18:59:05","modified_gmt":"2014-06-09T01:59:05","slug":"how-much-time-do-you-spend-each-day-measuring-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devinephysiques.com\/blog\/2014\/06\/08\/how-much-time-do-you-spend-each-day-measuring-food\/","title":{"rendered":"How much time do you spend each day measuring food?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I measure everything I eat&#8211; \u00a0Unless it&#8217;s something packaged, processed, and sold by weight where I know how much each individual item is, it gets weighed on my food scale. \u00a0Actually, even some of those items get weighed.<\/p>\n<p>I had a client ask my how much of my day is spent weighing my food, so I set out on an experiment&#8211; \u00a0I also made a video about it:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ijn1qzzLMCM\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>To answer the question: 10.5 minutes total. \u00a0Such a small part of my day is devoted to measuring, and that 10.5 minutes isn&#8217;t even all at once&#8211; \u00a0That&#8217;s spread out throughout the day. \u00a0It works out to 0.73% of your day. \u00a0If you think of your day like a dollar bill, that means that less than a penny is &#8220;spent&#8221; on measuring my food for my goals.<\/p>\n<p>Something else I would like to discuss (that isn&#8217;t in the video) is what my day looks like when it&#8217;s planned vs. how it ends up&#8211; \u00a0It evolves quite a bit as I update everything as it&#8217;s measured. \u00a0Here&#8217;s my tracker at the start of the day:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/devinephysiques.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/VlogStart1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1044\" src=\"http:\/\/devinephysiques.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/VlogStart1-300x300.png\" alt=\"VlogStart1\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/devinephysiques.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/VlogStart1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/devinephysiques.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/VlogStart1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/devinephysiques.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/VlogStart1.png 972w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a lot of food there, so my final stats got cut off, but it ended up at 2,261 Calories; 273g Carbs; 54g Fat; 192g Protein. \u00a0Here&#8217;s how my tracker looked at the end of the day:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/devinephysiques.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/VlogFinish.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1045\" src=\"http:\/\/devinephysiques.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/VlogFinish-298x300.png\" alt=\"VlogFinish\" width=\"298\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/devinephysiques.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/VlogFinish-298x300.png 298w, https:\/\/devinephysiques.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/VlogFinish-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/devinephysiques.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/VlogFinish.png 966w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I finished my day at these totals: 2,326 Calories; 280g Carbs; 60g Fat; and 188g Protein. \u00a0I was within my macro ranges, and came in just below my Calorie needs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I measure everything I eat&#8211; \u00a0Unless it&#8217;s something packaged, processed, and sold by weight where I know how much each individual item is, it gets weighed on my food scale. \u00a0Actually, even some of those items get weighed. 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