how to measure oatmeal?

roxypoptart
roxypoptart Posts: 30 Member
edited October 4 in Food and Nutrition
i know when you cook the oatmeal it says to put in 1/2 cup dry but after its cooked do you eat all of it and thats considered a serving or do you measure out 1/2 cup of whats cooked?

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  • shovav91
    shovav91 Posts: 2,335 Member
    Generally a half cup dry is a serving- check the label to make sure :)
  • trotter664
    trotter664 Posts: 13
    I weigh out the grams. 40 grams is one serving. Water has no calories so assumining you are making it with the water it is only the calories associated with the 40 grams of oatmeal.
  • Healthyby30
    Healthyby30 Posts: 1,349 Member
    1/2 cup dry is one serving. After it cooks it generally doubles in size, but its still the same amount of oats, so it's still one serving.
  • dustyhockeymom
    dustyhockeymom Posts: 537 Member
    You measure the serving dry and then eat all of what's cooked. A serving is usually a 1/2 cup dry.
  • dezedeze
    dezedeze Posts: 96 Member
    Back when I had a nutritionist, she said to count 1/2 cooked as a serving of carb.

    (but then again, this was through South Beach where carbs are cut back a bit)
  • mrmanmeat
    mrmanmeat Posts: 1,968 Member
    i know when you cook the oatmeal it says to put in 1/2 cup dry but after its cooked do you eat all of it and thats considered a serving or do you measure out 1/2 cup of whats cooked?

    it tells you, 1/2 cup dry, that's a serving.
  • Suzymo3
    Suzymo3 Posts: 77 Member
    I always count 1/2 cup dry - the rest is just water
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