AN OUNCE???

an ounce is a weight, not a volume so it will look different on each product. An ounce of powdered sugar is much larger in volume than an ounce of dried beans for example. You need a kitchen scale.

ditto on the food scale - it's easier too because then you don't need to constantly wash measuring cups. if i'm making a salad, i start with my bowl, make it go back to zero, add desired spinach, go back to zero, add chicken, back to zero, and so on. no measuring, just weighing. it's alot easier for me!

I agree with this. I use my food scale so much more than measuring cups. You can get decent ones for not that much money either.

A fluid ounce is 2 TBSP, but that's not the sort of "ounce" that is used for cheese. That's a weight measurement, and I'm afraid there is no universal conversion factor to TBSP. It depends on the density of the food being measured. The best thing to do is to either weigh your portion (1 ounce = 28 grams), or work the math out from the info on the package. For example, a half pound of cheese = 8 ounces = 8 servings of 1 ounce each.

This is what I do when I buy cheese; each block is 8 ounces, so I immediately cut the block in half, cut those halves in half, and cut those quarters in half once more. Each slice is an ounce and when I want a snack, I munch on one. Maybe you can do that until you buy the food scale.

I do the same thing!

Another thumbs up for a food scale! You can get a good digital one (I had a non-digital one and thought it was almost useless) for about $20.

Im another vote for a scale. I bought a nice digital one from Walmart for around $17.

Ditto on the food scale...once you get used to using it, it is so much easier than measuring and I always use the grams setting to laser the mutha in as close as possible...Taylor makes a really nice glass top scale...easy to use and easy to clean.

You just make me giggle.

Wait... Where is the weight vs. heavy thread??!?

To OP: food scales are cheap and a tremendous value when counting calories. It can be confusing talking about ounces when that term is used for both weight and (liquid) volume.

When away from home, you sometimes just have to guess. I find it's much easier to guess size/volume rather than weight, so I try to look for foods that have servings sizes in cups. After awhile, you can get pretty accurate eyeballing 1/4, 1/2, 1 cup. (US measurements, I know.)

Get a food scale, digital ones are cheap, and have a button to zero the scale. That means you can put a plate on it, zero the weight, add food (e.g. a bread roll), note the weight, zero it again, add more food (e.g. some cheese) and get the weight of that too.

Meanwhile, an ounce of cheese is approximately a quarter of the amount you think it should be.

This is what I do when I buy cheese; each block is 8 ounces, so I immediately cut the block in half, cut those halves in half, and cut those quarters in half once more. Each slice is an ounce and when I want a snack, I munch on one. Maybe you can do that until you buy the food scale.

I use this approach a lot. And if you get it wrong it works itself out. Example: you have a glass of wine, but you measue by the bottle. You log 1/3 of the bottle. If the bottle lasts for 3 servings, and you logged 1/3 each of your servings, you've fully accounted for the wine. You may be slightly off on a given day, but it's not that big of a deal. Sometimes thinking in terms of the portion of the container works well in the long run.