Proper entry amount?

asuhoops

I'm beginning to enter my food each day. I eat 1/3 cup oatmeal (dry). Once I add the water it cooks up to a cup. Do I enter it as 1/3 cup or one cup??

Alatariel75

if you measure it dry, add it for the entry with dry weight. The weight that makes it 1 cup is water, which has no calories.

But for true accuracy, consider weighing non-liquids rather than using cup measures.

Aerona85

The oatmeal container should have the calories listed for dry and "prepared as indicated". I always measure as close to base form as I can, so I would use dry. Then add whatever you use to make it. And yes, weighing is better than measuring cups, if you gave a scale (container should give you weight as well).

cmriverside

I'd warn you on cereal to not fill that cup to the brim. The dry measure of oats is about a 1/8 to 1/4 inch below the rim of the cup if you are using a cup to measure. I use a digital food scale, and cereal is one item I was making big errors (not in my favor, BTW) by using a volume cup to measure dry items like cereal.