Food scale shock!

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  • autumnblade75
    autumnblade75 Posts: 1,661 Member
    midwesterner85 wrote: »
    mkakids wrote: »
    midwesterner85 wrote: »
    jennas312 wrote: »
    Hi, I haven't purchased a food scale yet, but was wondering how it works exactly. So if one cup equals 8 ounces, but we're talking about cereal how would I know if it's equal to one serving or not? Would the scale read 8 ounces, or something else?

    When you look at the nutrition facts for your cereal, there is a 1 cup (x grams). You want to use the food scale to calculate the grams and then log that many cups. For example, if the label serving size is 1 cup (59g) and the scale shows 87g, then you log 1.475 (rounded, of course) cups: 87 / 59 = 1.475 rounded to 3 digits

    Or the easier way to do it is to weigh it and then click on the entry serving size and select 1gram...then enter the exact # of grams....no math involved!

    Only if that is an option. There are a lot of foods in the database without that option.

    Aha! But you can FIX that! If you edit the food entry so that it's serving size is in grams, it will automatically add the 1 gram option to the drop-down box.
  • LivingtheLeanDream
    LivingtheLeanDream Posts: 13,342 Member
    JeromeBarry1 wrote: »
    Jicama is the scales best friend. 100g fills the tummy and costs under 50 calories.

    What the heck is jacama...I googled it and am no wiser.
  • Tacklewasher
    Tacklewasher Posts: 7,122 Member
    LivingtheLeanDream wrote: »
    JeromeBarry1 wrote: »
    Jicama is the scales best friend. 100g fills the tummy and costs under 50 calories.

    What the heck is jacama...I googled it and am no wiser.

    You spelled it wrong :)

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pachyrhizus_erosus
  • PAV8888
    PAV8888 Posts: 14,252 Member
    Google sez: j *i* cama
  • lujako
    lujako Posts: 87 Member
    On the other end...spinach...serving size looks huge!
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