Food scale shock!

autumnblade75

midwesterner85 wrote: »

mkakids wrote: »

midwesterner85 wrote: »

jennas312 wrote: »

Hi, I haven't purchased a food scale yet, but was wondering how it works exactly. So if one cup equals 8 ounces, but we're talking about cereal how would I know if it's equal to one serving or not? Would the scale read 8 ounces, or something else?

When you look at the nutrition facts for your cereal, there is a 1 cup (x grams). You want to use the food scale to calculate the grams and then log that many cups. For example, if the label serving size is 1 cup (59g) and the scale shows 87g, then you log 1.475 (rounded, of course) cups: 87 / 59 = 1.475 rounded to 3 digits

Or the easier way to do it is to weigh it and then click on the entry serving size and select 1gram...then enter the exact # of grams....no math involved!

Only if that is an option. There are a lot of foods in the database without that option.

Aha! But you can FIX that! If you edit the food entry so that it's serving size is in grams, it will automatically add the 1 gram option to the drop-down box.

LivingtheLeanDream

JeromeBarry1 wrote: »

Jicama is the scales best friend. 100g fills the tummy and costs under 50 calories.

What the heck is jacama...I googled it and am no wiser.

Tacklewasher

LivingtheLeanDream wrote: »

JeromeBarry1 wrote: »

Jicama is the scales best friend. 100g fills the tummy and costs under 50 calories.

What the heck is jacama...I googled it and am no wiser.

You spelled it wrong

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pachyrhizus_erosus

PAV8888

Google sez: j *i* cama

lujako

On the other end...spinach...serving size looks huge!

pinuplove

All I know is jicama is not a replacement for tortilla chips with guacamole, despite what anyone may try to tell you!