Measuring my cereal
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fastingrabbit
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How on earth do I do this? I measured out 2/3 of a cup of Dorset brand cereal ("fruit, nuts & seeds muesli") but when I try to figure out the calories, I am expected to know the weight of what I ate (how many grams) instead of the volume. Yikes! Advice? (And if anyone can tell me the calorie count, I'd be grateful.)
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do you have a food scale? For solid food, weight (grams) is far more reliable than volume (cups).4
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No food scale. I guess I may have to invest in one, if I want to do this properly.2
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It really is the best, the problem with cups is that you can get wildly differing weights in a cup depending how you squish it, whereas calories are a calculation based on weight. You don't need to splurge, a little digital sale shouldn't set you back much.0
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As for kitchen scales, you can find some cheap ones on Amazon0
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get some scales... you will notice you are eating aproximately 6 million calories with that sort of cereal!!!5
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The weight is far more accurate than volume. I've found this true for most foods.0
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Tavistock Toad, I think you're right, and my calorie budget doesn't leave room for the extra 6 million!6
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fastingrabbit wrote: »How on earth do I do this? I measured out 2/3 of a cup of Dorset brand cereal ("fruit, nuts & seeds muesli") but when I try to figure out the calories, I am expected to know the weight of what I ate (how many grams) instead of the volume. Yikes! Advice? (And if anyone can tell me the calorie count, I'd be grateful.)
Yo use a food scale...0 -
fastingrabbit wrote: »Tavistock Toad, I think you're right, and my calorie budget doesn't leave room for the extra 6 million!
I have a similar cereal, I have 30g on fat free Greek yoghurt and the cereal it's self is 160 calories for that teeny amount!0 -
A scale is critical for cereal. And you will be sadly disappointed with the actual serving size! I love cereal of all kinds, but rarely have it now because it's just not worth the calories most of the time.2
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When I started weighing my cereal, as opposed to using measuring cups, I found that I was eating almost double the calories I thought. A scale is a must!1
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Dates, which I dip in almond butter almost every night, were also way off when I started measuring. That was a huge let down.0
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I have vegetables (carrots and cucumber) with my cereal now, the 30 gram serving is too little and the calorie count is too high.
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Food scale. Amazon has great ones for $10-20 with hundreds of excellent reviews. I was amazed how many thins I was really inaccurate on before I started weighing everything from peanut butter to cooking oil.0
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I was shocked when I started using a food scale, things became so much easier too. 1oz of pretzels, or 28 grams, I get more w the 28 g!0
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I do have a food scale. When I have Cocoa Puffs, I put my bowl on the scale, tare it, then add the amount of Cocoa Puffs which I want, disregarding the suggested serving size. It turns out that I want 65 g of Cocoa Puffs.5
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I add milk cause I eat oats, but I will try the dressing in future1 -
Ditto on the scale. Before I got mine, I was going by the box. Quaker Harvest crunch, 2/3 cup (45 grams) is 210 calories. I would have a cup so ~315 calories. Then I got a scale and found 1 cup was 97 grams, or ~450 calories.3
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Thank you for the example, grmckenzie. It confirms what people are saying about cereal and scales and so on.0
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