Another Measuring question

newheavensearth

Is measuring food in ounces acceptable? Or only grams? Not all foods are listed in gram measurements, only by ounces. Also when I cook from a recipe, the serving sizes are often broken down into calories by cup measurement . I'm pretty sure if I just weigh it, I could get the gram/ ounce weight of the serving then quick add the calories from there.
Thanks. I'm really not used to using the scale except for meats.

Cchioles

Most Scales Let You Measure By Oz Or Grams And Some By Kg .. You Can Measure In Whichever You'd Prefer, So Long As Your Calculating Calories Correctly.

StaciMarie1974

28.35 grams is 1 ounce. You can always convert manually.

Generally grams is recommended because a) its more precise. You may round off and say something is 1 ounce when its really 35 grams, which is more than 1 ounce. And b) because there can be confusion between liquid ounces and dry ounces.

If you're going by a recipe that has cups/spoons for solids, you can probably look up online what is considered a standard conversion. But depending on how you pack the food into the cup, you could easily be over or under what is required. So not only can using cups for recipes distort the nutritional totals, but it can give you wrong quantities of ingredients and impact the outcome of the recipe.

callsitlikeiseeit

i generally weigh everything in grams.

when i prelog i do ounces simply because i can envision that better, but when i actually prepare and cook my food, i weight it in grams and then change the weight in my diary.

SezxyStef

I weigh in grams and find an entry that is in grams that is correct. If I can't I make my own entry or edit one already in the database.

mkakids

If you make a recipe that has serving sizes in cups, enter the recipe into the recipe builder here. Then weigh the entire recipe in grams. Put the total amount of grams as the number of servings. Lets say i make a casserole that is 1000 grams total. I enter each ingredient (weighed and measured) into the recipe builder. Then i weigh the total meal. Then i enter 1000 servings (the total weight of the recipe minus the pan/dish).

Then when i take a portion, say 200 grams, i just enter 200 servings.

I have a 'cheat' sheet taped to the inside of a cabinet with the weights of all my pans to make it easier.

ASKyle

StaciMarie1974 wrote: »

28.35 grams is 1 ounce. You can always convert manually.

Generally grams is recommended because a) its more precise. You may round off and say something is 1 ounce when its really 35 grams, which is more than 1 ounce. And b) because there can be confusion between liquid ounces and dry ounces.

If you're going by a recipe that has cups/spoons for solids, you can probably look up online what is considered a standard conversion. But depending on how you pack the food into the cup, you could easily be over or under what is required. So not only can using cups for recipes distort the nutritional totals, but it can give you wrong quantities of ingredients and impact the outcome of the recipe.

Question- Do you think it's acceptable to use oz if you use a decimal place? As in your example, what if you put 1.23 oz (which is 35 grams)?

auddii

StaciMarie1974 wrote: »

28.35 grams is 1 ounce. You can always convert manually.

Generally grams is recommended because a) its more precise. You may round off and say something is 1 ounce when its really 35 grams, which is more than 1 ounce. And b) because there can be confusion between liquid ounces and dry ounces.

If you're going by a recipe that has cups/spoons for solids, you can probably look up online what is considered a standard conversion. But depending on how you pack the food into the cup, you could easily be over or under what is required. So not only can using cups for recipes distort the nutritional totals, but it can give you wrong quantities of ingredients and impact the outcome of the recipe.

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ASKyle wrote: »

StaciMarie1974 wrote: »

28.35 grams is 1 ounce. You can always convert manually.

Generally grams is recommended because a) its more precise. You may round off and say something is 1 ounce when its really 35 grams, which is more than 1 ounce. And b) because there can be confusion between liquid ounces and dry ounces.

If you're going by a recipe that has cups/spoons for solids, you can probably look up online what is considered a standard conversion. But depending on how you pack the food into the cup, you could easily be over or under what is required. So not only can using cups for recipes distort the nutritional totals, but it can give you wrong quantities of ingredients and impact the outcome of the recipe.

Question- Do you think it's acceptable to use oz if you use a decimal place? As in your example, what if you put 1.23 oz (which is 35 grams)?

And yes, this is also what I do if there are only ounces in the database; measure accurately in grams then convert.

shadowfax_c11

If you just don't care to math, Just use the handy dandy grams to oz converter.

http://www.convertunits.com/from/oz/to/grams

I prefer to always weigh in grams. If ai can't find an entry with a grams choice for serving size I just convert the number to OZ. if I can't find one for Oz or Grams I create a new entry or edit an existing one.

namelesshere

As a general, I use 29 grams to the ounce. For me it is close enough and I am able to convert on the fly if I need to. My scale does weigh in both, and I usually weigh in grams as it is more accurate being a smaller unit. So if the serving size is 1 ounce, I just weigh out 29 grams of whatever it is. If I want 2 servings, then I weigh out 58 grams.

newheavensearth

Thanks for all the help. My difficulty isn't with the math. I've lost close to 60 lbs weighing food in ounces and measuring in cups or fractions of cups. I was taught this method by Weight Watchers and nutritionists, and am very used to this method. Also trying to get hubby to weigh what he cooks in grams and then doing the math will be impossible, since he doesn't really care for my weight loss anyway. I'm just afraid all the new math will make me frustrated and quit when I'm so close to goal.