Husband's got a question :)

MommyLyssa

So, he loves cereal in the morning. Always has. One of his favorite cereals says it has, per cup, just 110 calories. But, it also says next to the cup, 31g. Well, we finally got a food scale for Christmas, and he weighed his cereal. He measured out one cup, went to weigh it, and the one cup is around 65g per cup.

His question is- does he go by the measurement, or the grams?

(Sorry if my phrasing is awful today. i am SO tired, and have no clue why!)

pucenavel

Did he tare the scale first? That is, was he weighing the cereal and the measuring cup together?

arewethereyet

Many recipes are going by weight now instead of cups to have a more accurate outcome.

I always weigh the food. Cups are different shapes, foods sit differently in containers and so forth. Some foods I get a bit more, some a bit less, but I know with the scale I am eating the right amount.

This means a lot to me as I am only 5'2" and every calorie counts

MommyLyssa

He does - He 0's it out, then adds the cereal . It is just so much higher, we were both kind of shocked

arewethereyet

Did he tare the scale first? That is, was he weighing the cereal and the measuring cup together?

that is a great idea. My scale has it's own bowl, so it is tared (?word?) for that bowl. Also this is helpful when adding other ingredients.

My friend puts her bowl on and 0s out. then puts in the cereal. 0s out and then puts in the milk. she knows exactly what she is eating.

pucenavel

The nutritional info would be based on the weight, not the volume. So, sorry to say, your 110 calorie portion is going to be half the size you thought it would be.

:ohwell:

MommyLyssa

We aren't incredibly strict about it, and tend to try not to weigh too much (we have three small kids running around, adn are VERY observant- so we work really hard for them to just see healthy benefits, and not weighing ourselves often, always weighing food, etc.- we will weigh cheeses and meats sometimes (although we are both really good at estimating. I have found that I have never been more than .5oz off with a piece of meat before! Random, cool trick. ha!).

It was just incredible HOW different the cup and the scale number were!

MommyLyssa

The nutritional info would be based on the weight, not the volume. So, sorry to say, your 110 calorie portion is going to be half the size you thought it would be.

:ohwell:

Yeah, that is going to make him rather sad. It is what we were thinking, but he just had to have me ask, in the hopes he could keep eating his cup Thanks!

cramernh

1 Cup = 8 fluid ounces

While the milk can be measured without a hitch, the problem lies with cereal (or anything that isnt a fluid, in general)

For the particular cereal your husband eats, if the box says 31 grams, that means the cereal portion (if you were to convert it), is probably around 1.09 ounces - and thats a rough estimate if you are converting grams to ounces in general.