17/06/2026
These 4 things are the reason a lot of women THINK they're in a calorie deficit, but actually aren't.
Let's get into the details ⬇️
1. Dry weight vs cooked weight. Most apps log rice and pasta dry, but if you weigh it after cooking and log it as dry, your numbers are way off. Cooked rice is mostly water weight, so 100g cooked has way fewer calories than 100g dry. Pick one method, raw or cooked, and stay consistent with it every time.
2. Not measuring oils and sauces. A "drizzle" of olive oil, a "splash" of dressing, these are some of the most calorie-dense things on your plate. Eyeballing them instead of weighing them can easily add 200+ calories a day without you realising.
3. Logging the app's default weight instead of your actual weight. Type "banana" into your tracker and it'll most like be defaulted to 100g. But your banana could be 80g or 130g, and most people just hit log without ever putting it on a scale. That gap adds up fast across everything you eat in a day.
4. The bites you don't log. A handful of nuts. Tasting while you cook. Finishing your kid's plate or stealing a bite off your partner's. None of it goes in the app, but all of it goes in your body.
Tracking food can be annoying, tedious, and forgotten, but when you are taught you how to track properly it makes all the difference.
📌 Save this post for the next time your "deficit" isn't doing what it should, come back and run through these 4 before you blame your metabolism.
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