Uh-oh. Is 1/2 cup cooked rice NOT the same as 4 oz?

CeeBeeSlim wrote: »

Thank you all. I think I'm there. Here's what i ate last night.

http://m.minuterice.com/en-us/products/92/WholeGrainBrownRice.aspx

If I understand, I incorrectly measured and ate 4oz of cooked rice on the food scale.

Before hand, I would just put enough cooked rice in one of those glass Pyrex glasses. That was sooo much less rice.

So the word problem I now have is how many calories of the rice did I have?

And from now on I should convert the oz to grand and weigh that on the scale, right?

It doesn't matter if you use grams or ounces on your scale, as long as you are weighing instead of using a measuring cup.

You should weigh your rice BEFORE you cook it, while it's dry. That is what the weight on the package is using.

The package you linked, states that a serving is 1/2 cup dry, or approx 2/3 cup cooked. Since at this point all you can do is make an educated guess since you only measured cooked, I would log 3/4 of a serving and chalk it up to a learning experience. It won't be accurate, but it should be close.

CeeBeeSlim wrote: »

Thank you all. I think I'm there. Here's what i ate last night.

http://m.minuterice.com/en-us/products/92/WholeGrainBrownRice.aspx

If I understand, I incorrectly measured and ate 4oz of cooked rice on the food scale.

Before hand, I would just put enough cooked rice in one of those glass Pyrex glasses. That was sooo much less rice.

So the word problem I now have is how many calories of the rice did I have?

And from now on I should convert the oz to grand and weigh that on the scale, right?

Ok I used a similar type of brown rice in the past and it came out to 205 calories for 4oz cooked. Of course if you're talking about volume, there's no way to know.

In the future though... put one (or two, or three) servings worth in your pan, then weigh it cooked, so you know how many grams is a serving cooked.

I'd tell you to use USDA or MFP's database for cooked rice but it's WAY off in my experience (like it says that 4oz cooked is 125 calories. I wish).

CeeBeeSlim wrote: »

I'm dense! So does that mean I should or shouldn't use the food scale for the rice? And if so, I should've used grams as a measure - not oz? I saw 1/2 cup and figured oh, that's 4 oz.

You're comparing 1/2 fluid cup = 4 fluid ounces...you're trying to translate fluid ounces to weight and it doesn't work that way. 1/2 cup of a solid will have variable weights depending on what that particular product is. When you use a food scale, you weigh it and log the weight...you can log it in either grams or ounces...the point is that you log the weight.

I'm not sure how much 1/2 cup of cooked rice weighs. Do you have any leftover that you could weigh?

jillian909 wrote: »

kimny72 wrote: »

jillian909 wrote: »

I've read this whole thread and I'm still a little confused on the rice issue specifically. I JUST bought a food scale, so of course I'm super excited about using it (yay!). I usually make rice for myself and my husband. With that said, if I'm weighing the rice dry, then what do I do once the rice is cooked if I am not eating the entire amount? How would I measure the calories for that?

Weigh out two servings dry. Cook the rice. Now put the cooked rice back on the scale, and divide that by two to figure out a portion size cooked. Done!

Ahh. Thanks. I think I get it. Now, I have a follow-up question that might be dumb: The amount of rice I eat cooked has the same amount of calories as the same amout of dry rice? (Assuming I'm cooking the rice in water, I know some people like to use other liquids like chicken broth or something) i.e. 10 grams of cooked rice has the same calories as 10 grams of dry rice? I am aware this might be a silly question, but I promise I will appreciate the answer! :-)

If you cook it in water, it won't add additional calories. The 10 grams of cooked rice will have fewer calories because there is more water and less actual rice. The water and rice combined make up that 10g, when it's dry, it's all rice.

Yes! Thank you guys! It just 'clicked'. :-)