Scales arrived.

[smile4loubie]

yay my new scales have arrived! Now I just gotta work out how to carb count lol.
I weighed some brown bread and it came to 75g but on the packet it said its 14.5g of carbs per slice (I had two slices on the scales). What do I go by? The carb content or the weight???

Many Thanks 🙂

xx

 

[Northerner]

yay my new scales have arrived! Now I just gotta work out how to carb count lol.
I weighed some brown bread and it came to 75g but on the packet it said its 14.5g of carbs per slice (I had two slices on the scales). What do I go by? The carb content or the weight???

Many Thanks 🙂

xx

You're interested in the weight of carbs in the bread, not the weight of the whole bread. The bread packet should say how much carb is in 100g, so in this case you would take that number and multiply by 0.75 as you have 75g of bread. That's probably more accurate than the 'per slice' value since slice thickness and size can vary. Most of the time though, ou can just take the slice amount - so your two slices would be 29g carbs. It would be interesting to know how close it comes to that by weighing it though!

 

[smile4loubie]

"It would be interesting to know how close it comes to that by weighing it though!"

Sorry Northerner but what do you mean???

 

[Northerner]

Sorry Northerner but what do you mean???

What I mean is that the packet tells you it is 14.5g carbs per slice, so you would expect 29g total carbs for two slices. However, if you weigh two slices and then do the calculation (weight of bread x (Carbs per 100g/100)) you might find that the actual bread you are weighing contains 25g or maybe 35g of carbs, because the size of a slice is not always the same - some are bigger than others. The 14.5g is just an average value.

 

[rachelha]

Lou - are these the Salter scales?
If so you need to put the bread on the scales then press the food button.
Then you enter the type of food in the same way as you would a text message. If you put in bread you can then use the arrow keys to choose between the different types of bread.
Once you have got the correct food press enter again. It should then beep at you.
You then use the arrow keys again to scroll through the different nutrition things, calories etc. until you get to carbohydrate. It then gives you the amount of carb in your 2 slices of bread.


I hope I have remembered that right. I was playing around with mine last night.

 

[smile4loubie]

Lou - are these the Salter scales?
If so you need to put the bread on the scales then press the food button.
Then you enter the type of food in the same way as you would a text message. If you put in bread you can then use the arrow keys to choose between the different types of bread.
Once you have got the correct food press enter again. It should then beep at you.
You then use the arrow keys again to scroll through the different nutrition things, calories etc. until you get to carbohydrate. It then gives you the amount of carb in your 2 slices of bread.


I hope I have remembered that right. I was playing around with mine last night.

Nah they aren't, I couldnt get them Had to go for normal scales from littlewoods its all I could afford.

 

[smile4loubie]

Ok I think I've done it right but want to check...
39g per 100g so

39
x.75
38.25

so I take enough insulin for the 38???

 

[rachelha]

39 x 0.75 = 29.25

which matches what it said on the bag 🙂

 

[smile4loubie]

39 x 0.75 = 29.25

which matches what it said on the bag 🙂

Where did I get my answer from!!!?? lol


( I know now, I pressed - instead of x lol)