Measuring Cup or Food Scale??
FuzzyScribbles
Posts: 4 Member
I'm just curious with what everyone thinks is more accurate when you want your calories to be as accurate as possible.
Which is better: Measuring Cup or Food Scale??
Which is better: Measuring Cup or Food Scale??
I used a measuring cup most of the time but I feel I might not have been accurate enough since I didn't lose as much weight as I had hoped for even though I exercised properly.
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Scale. No contest.0
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Food scale for everything except measuring cup for liquids0
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Food scale. Absolutely.
Digital is best.0 -
This is an actual question??? Digital scale.
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Food scale for solids, 100%. I can pretty much fit a whole block of grated cheese into a cup measure if I try hard enough.0
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Scale. And I've found a lot of things I've measured with spoons amounts to less than what the scale gives me (so I get to eat more). Super big plus.0
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Best? Do you mean most accurate, or most practical? Scales are definitely most accurate. Most practical too, by the way.0
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Digital food scale0
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Scale.0
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Food scale for the most accuracy.0
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Scale0
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You're going to be more accurate with a scale, but if you can measure consistently and aren't filling cups to the brim (no heaping cups!) you can be quite successful with cups and spoons.
Just be ready for everyone to say "weigh your food!" if you get stalled.0 -
digital scale for solid food, liquid measuring cup for liquids. read the label of your food and it will tell you whether to measure in grams or milliliters.0
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Scale for solids, measuring spoons and cups for liquids.0
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How to Measure Wet and Dry Ingredients for Baking
http://www.seriouseats.com/2015/03/how-to-measure-wet-dry-ingredients-for-baking-accurately-best-method.html
This is a great article that may help clear up your understanding.0 -
How to Measure Wet and Dry Ingredients for Baking
http://www.seriouseats.com/2015/03/how-to-measure-wet-dry-ingredients-for-baking-accurately-best-method.html
This is a great article that may help clear up your understanding.
Thank you!!! It does help clear up my understanding.
Thank you everyone.
I was just wondering on what has helped you most since a nutritionist friend of mine and my husband were saying to just measure out the food in cups, etc. I heard food scale was better though and just wanted to hear the community's input since a lot of your have been pretty successful with your food intake to lose weight0 -
Calories are actually based upon mass measurements (i.e. gram protein is about 4 calories...)not volume so scale is always more accurate0
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