why is weight in grams?

cwolfman13

I would like to add a recipe to MFP. However, everything is in grams or kilorgrams and for those in the United States it would be easier to add ingredients that we use like pound, tbsp, cups. Am I able to adjust the measurements in MFP

most food packages also have grams listed. Besides that, the US is one of the only countries not using the metric system as a standard unit of measure...so that pretty much puts us on the outside looking in when it comes to international applications like this one.

just get a food scale...grams are far more accurate than measuring cups and spoons for solids. Most decent food scales will have grams and ounces as options.

LiftAllThePizzas

My car gets 40 rods to the hogshead and that's the way I likes it!

AbsolutelyAnnie

My digital food scale will do either grams or ounces.

When I load food into my MFP diary or recipe builder I have found foods listed in grams and ounces and volume. You just have to scroll through a bit sometimes to find the unit of measurement you feel most comfortable using.

ItsCasey

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=imperial+to+metric+conversion+chart#

skullshank

I am American, and it drives me nuts when things aren't in grams. I like to be as precise as possible when weighing food, sometimes cups, tablespoons, etc. just don't cut it.

dis.


also, your scale should have a mode button.

subsonicbassist

I would like to add a recipe to MFP. However, everything is in grams or kilorgrams and for those in the United States it would be easier to add ingredients that we use like pound, tbsp, cups. Am I able to adjust the measurements in MFP

If we Americans were able to understand how many grams are in a serving size of most foods, I bet obesity would be less of a problem. A cup of milk actually fits in a small drinking glass, a cereal bowl holds over 3 servings of most cereals and milk, even fruits liks apples are occasionally more than 1 serving when they are not even that large... weighing in grams is the most accurate and consistent way to weigh ingredients because of the precision and standard used. Off topic, but don't you hate when you are working on a car/motorcyle and you have metric and SAE sockets in use??? Sorry, that makes me upset lol... must be time to eat!

devil_in_a_blue_dress

This is the most Murrican post I have seen in a while.

MURRICA!

WakkoW

American here.

Grams make the maths so much easier! Count me among those annoyed when items aren't listed in grams.

Ready2Rock206

I'm Amercian. I have a digital scale. I'm keeping the grams. Like someone else mentioned there's too many things where measuring cups/spoons just don't work - like veggies and fruit. Or meat.

FoxyLifter

My car gets 40 rods to the hogshead and that's the way I likes it!

You there, fill it up with petroleum distillate, and re-vulcanize my tires, post-haste.

EHisCDN

As a Canadian, I get upset when the only food listings I can find are in ounces. But that's what google's for (inversely you can search for values in grams).

Myhaloslipped

I used to think of measurements mostly by volume (ie:cups, tblsp, etc) and ounces but now I am used to grams and irritated when I the first things in the data base show up in ounces :ohwell:

Lol, same here. Sometimes I am in a hurry and just rely on the database to enter things. I will be thinking, " why on earth would someone enter 3 cloves of garlic or a cup of broccoli into the public database and not include the weight? This makes no sense! Grrrr." They are small things, of course, but this thought still goes through my mind.

bizco

I am American, and it drives me nuts when things aren't in grams. I like to be as precise as possible when weighing food, sometimes cups, tablespoons, etc. just don't cut it.

^This. Measuring spoons and cups are terribly inaccurate for everything with the exception of liquids. Buy a digital food scale; best <$20 investment you can make. You're eating way more than you think, guaranteed.

eldamiano

I would like to add a recipe to MFP. However, everything is in grams or kilorgrams and for those in the United States it would be easier to add ingredients that we use like pound, tbsp, cups. Am I able to adjust the measurements in MFP

Start a revolution and bring the US up to speed with the rest of the world. Who honestly measures in cups?

053069

I guess regardless your nationality or how you were used when you were liddl' it would be wise to know both systems. Helps in life...not only here. Everything in life is a challenge, pick your battles :flowerforyou:

astronomicals

You're talking about two different things. Grams are a measurement of weight. Tablespoons and cups are a measure of volume.

FFS... THANK YOU!!!!!!!

im sitting here smashing my face into my desk....

WVprankster

Weight is in grams because grams are units of weight. Cups, tablespoons...these are measures of volume.

Pirate_chick

google gram to oz conversions. there is a quick and easy chart that pops up.

Betty_Rubble

However, grams is actually waaaaaay more accurate than cups, tbsp, etc. Why not invest in a food scale? You'd be surprised how much you are really eating.

This. I couldn't believe how bad I was under/over estimating foods until I started using a food scale.