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Cup size?

Pirates178
Pirates178 Posts: 2
edited November 2023 in Getting Started
Hi just got started with this today. I've noticed that quite a lot of the food in the food diary is measured in cups. How big is a cup?

Thanks!
Pirates

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  • YearsWorthOfFAT
    YearsWorthOfFAT Posts: 210
    I've always wanted to know this!
  • Danger2OneSelf
    Danger2OneSelf Posts: 883 Member
    wrong cups :sad: I'm moving on
  • Helenca76
    Helenca76 Posts: 125 Member
    I bought measuring cups a few weeks ago.
    1cup is 250ml
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    wrong cups :sad: I'm moving on

    me too!

    and OP, dont measure in cups, get scales and measure in grams or ounces
  • xxhawk68xx
    xxhawk68xx Posts: 60 Member
    Invest in a food scale its the only way to be accurate :)
  • kregerems
    kregerems Posts: 100 Member
    It is best if you buy yourself cooking measuring cups, however depending on your hand size it would be the equivalent of your hand in a ball give or take.
  • Pirates178
    Pirates178 Posts: 2
    Thanks everyone! (And sorry for disappointing some of you!) :wink:
  • trisH_7183
    trisH_7183 Posts: 1,486 Member
    My measuring cups show 1C is 8 oz
    1/2C...4oz
    1/4C...2oz
  • QuilterInVA
    QuilterInVA Posts: 672 Member
    1 cup does not always = 8 ounces. You can only use ounces if it is a liquid. A cup of food can be any weight and is best weighed. If you wanted 4 ounces of meat, you could measure it as 1/2 a cup, for example. You need a scale to be accurate.
  • kennysmith5099
    kennysmith5099 Posts: 1
    word
  • Camera_BagintheUK
    Camera_BagintheUK Posts: 707 Member
    Keep searching the database to find the equivalent ingredient in a weight (usually it's there both in metric and imperial), or enter it yourself. Cups measure volume not weight. Measuring weight is much more accurate.
  • saxmaniac
    saxmaniac Posts: 1,133 Member
    One inch difference between bust and band per letter. Oh wait...

    A US cup is a unit of volume that is... one cup.
    It's also 8 fluid ounces. A fluid ounce is a unit of volume, too, it doesn't always weigh one ounce.

    A non-fluid ounce is a unit of weight, not volume.

    That said, measuring things by weight is more accurate (ounces or grams), so a digital scale really helps here.
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