How do you weigh your food?

klynn_cox
klynn_cox Posts: 17
in Food and Nutrition
So I have been wondering when you measure something out say Green beans for instance. How are you suppossed to weigh them? I have been weighing out all my food on a scale. So if a cup of green beans is the recommended serving size I weigh out 8 oz. But MAN its a lot! So I started wondering if I was suppossed to weigh them out physicaly in a measuring cup. Then it wouldnt be 8oz becasue they take up more room in the cup. What is the correct way? Because weighing things out on the scale just seems like the serving I end up with is a lot of food to be eatting.

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  • karliwelhoelter
    karliwelhoelter Posts: 22 Member
    You are suppose to measure them in a measuring cup. When you weigh them, it should be in grams, the nutritional info should say how many grams a serving is
  • lauraniwa
    lauraniwa Posts: 131 Member
    Sometimes it not obvious if the serving is by weight or by volume. The second poster had this right. I tend to worry less about green veg, or anything leafy, I'll eyeball. Protien sources, whole grains, and fruit, I measure.
  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
    My measuring cups is all I have been using so far for most things. If I need the weight, it is usually for meat, and I can make a good guess based off the weight of the total package and then the fact that the whole package is divided into four fairly equal parts for each of my family members. I'm not in a hurry to buy a food scale, at least not until I am much closer to goal weight.
  • alpine1994
    alpine1994 Posts: 1,915 Member
    I only weigh meat so I know how many ounces I'm eating. For everything else I use measuring cups/spoons.
  • juliaamilee
    juliaamilee Posts: 262 Member
    I only weigh meat so I know how many ounces I'm eating. For everything else I use measuring cups/spoons.

    ^^ this is what I do as well!
  • smilesalot1969
    smilesalot1969 Posts: 392
    i never weigh by cups i always weigh by weight on a good set of scales.
  • Sidesteal
    Sidesteal Posts: 5,510 Member
    I stand on the bathroom scale and eat.
  • fiona2785
    fiona2785 Posts: 82
    I use scales to weigh everything, but then in the UK we don't really have measuring cups.

    I have noticed though that 'serving' on the pack of something isn't always a sensible size. Use your common sense a bit - if it looks like too much, have less!
  • sweetnlow30
    sweetnlow30 Posts: 497 Member
    I use a combination of both. If it is a low calorie food like veggies then a ball park measureing in a cup is fine. For things like peanut butter I realized that you have to be careful when using tablespoons. A 1 tbsp serving by weight is actually only about 3/4 of the tbsp full. If you are using a whole tbsp, especially if it is not level, you will be getting quite a bit more calories than what you log. These little things can add up very quickly.
  • SouthernArt77
    SouthernArt77 Posts: 223 Member
    1 cup = 8 fluid ounces, not 8 ounces by weight

    If you want the most accurate measurement, weigh your food. The nutritional info should give you volume as well as weight, whether it's in ounces or grams. If you have a digital scale, you should be able to toggle between grams and ounces depending on what your nutritional info is given in.
  • klynn_cox
    klynn_cox Posts: 17
    Thank you all! That helps a lot! So now that I know I have been eatting far my veggies than I need I will stop making my portions so gigantic! :)

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