Measuring Lettuce

Heather7
Heather7 Posts: 23
edited September 19 in Food and Nutrition
How do you measure lettuce in cups? The package says it is 5 ounces. Do you get a measuring cup and just smash it in there?!
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  • Heather7
    Heather7 Posts: 23
    How do you measure lettuce in cups? The package says it is 5 ounces. Do you get a measuring cup and just smash it in there?!
  • hmo4
    hmo4 Posts: 1,673 Member
    Lettuce is a lot of water. Who cares. Take 10 and you're good.
  • likes2bwet
    likes2bwet Posts: 275 Member
    I chop or tear mine up pretty fine and then put it in my measuring cup. I don't smash it down, but I add a little over for good measure until it falls into the bowl :tongue:
  • MrsTomy
    MrsTomy Posts: 504 Member
    I just guess...that looks like 2 cups...ish...since lettuce is so low cal you will be fine!! I'm pretty sure you could eat 2 whole heads of lettuce a day on top of your allotted calories and you would still lose!
  • RKJR925
    RKJR925 Posts: 254
    I start the tape measure at the stalk and wrap in around the fattest part at the top :laugh: :laugh: :bigsmile:
  • genabug
    genabug Posts: 1,820 Member
    For some reason, this just really cracked me up! I guess I have never thought about it, I don't measure it. :laugh:
  • Poison5119
    Poison5119 Posts: 1,460 Member
    If it says a cup, I take 3. Lettuce isn't something I generally worry about.
  • meg0112
    meg0112 Posts: 344
    I eyeball my lettuce but don't measure it. Its like 10 calories in a cup so I wouldn't stress
  • Heather7
    Heather7 Posts: 23
    Well good. I'll put that silly measuring cup away for now. :happy:
  • elelynjanv
    elelynjanv Posts: 10 Member
    I just had the same question about measuring lettuce. What I ended up doing was looking at my package of Romaine Hearts. The serving size said 85 grams. Then I used my nutritional scale and measured my lettuce in a 2 cup measuring cup until it came to 85 grams (not including the weight of the measuring cup). It worked out to 2 cups packed! :happy: I wasn't harsh with it, and had already gave it a wash with water and a little vinegar which makes your lettuce crisper, so didn't have a problem with it bruising. :wink:
  • LisabethG
    LisabethG Posts: 24 Member
    I didn't know lettuce had calories until coming on this website. Honestly... I don't count them. A water filled vegetable, eat to your hearts content.
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    That's one of those things you can kind of guesstimate. I don't bother to measure the lowest calorie vegetables.
  • GenesisandEden
    GenesisandEden Posts: 338 Member
    but for the rest of your foods, I suggest getting a food scale. I love mine =)
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,451 Member
    Don't pack your lettuce into a cup.


    It will bruise.
  • n0ob
    n0ob Posts: 2,390 Member
    You can be off by about 200% and it only matter 5-10 calories...just saying.
  • faireplay
    faireplay Posts: 126
    I never even give lettuce a second thought. I truly can say I did not get fat from eating lettuce. it was all the crap I was putting on the lettuce and the fattening stuff I ate along side the the salad.
  • Cranktastic
    Cranktastic Posts: 1,517 Member
    No
  • DontStopB_Leakin
    DontStopB_Leakin Posts: 3,863 Member
    It's just lettuce......I don't think I've ever measured lettuce.
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  • auroranflash
    auroranflash Posts: 3,569 Member
    I don't measure lettuce, spinach, or raw onion or bell pepper slivers, it's too inconsequential and I frankly can't be bothered to. I just estimate.

    Too bad that doesn't work as well with slices of ooey-gooey cheesy pepperoni pizza with all the fixins...
  • pyrowill
    pyrowill Posts: 1,163 Member
    Lettuce is a lot of water. Who cares. Take 10 and you're good.

    pretty much this. It's almost nothing. I'd put it in so i know I had some., But I wouldn't bother about the calorific value. Unless it was deep fried lettuce.
  • jesswait
    jesswait Posts: 218 Member
    I either estimate or use a food scale.
  • SofaKingRad_
    SofaKingRad_ Posts: 276
    You could measure it and be super concerned if you got it right. Or you could just not bother with it because it's just lettuce. Or you could weigh it with a food scale.
  • Eat_clean_stay_tiny
    Eat_clean_stay_tiny Posts: 67
    I just lightly put it in the cup.. mashing it in there would be cheating and would be more then calories obviously ( being serious here ) Just because it's lettuce doesn't mean it shouldn't be counted or measured.
  • Contrarian
    Contrarian Posts: 8,138 Member
    Don't pack your lettuce into a cup.


    It will bruise.

    Yes then it will get mad at you.

    Especially if it suffers from Hemophilia.
  • capriciousmoon
    capriciousmoon Posts: 1,263 Member
    If it says 5 ounces of lettuce you'd want to use a food scale, not a measuring cup.
  • LorinaLynn
    LorinaLynn Posts: 13,247 Member
    If it's enough for a sandwich, I call it a cup. If it's enough for a small salad, I'll call it two cups. But it's so low cal, it's almost pointless to log it.
  • _Timmeh_
    _Timmeh_ Posts: 2,096 Member
    Free range lettuce?
  • auroranflash
    auroranflash Posts: 3,569 Member
    Free range lettuce?

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  • _granola
    _granola Posts: 326
    I break each piece off carefully into the exact same size pieces. Then I measure one piece at a time and add all of those numbers together. Then, if there is any lettuce remaining in my salad bowl, I make equal pieces out of the leftovers and weigh each piece. Then, you got it, add those numbers together. And then I subtract that number from the initial weigh-in. This is the number I log.

    Works every time. Consistency is key here.
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