How do you measure?
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GouchisGirl
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If we don't use scales and measuring cups it is generally human nature to over measure a little bit when just eyeballing things. How do you measure?
Scale: Do you go under or over the weight of the food that you are weighing or right on?
Measuring cup: Do you squish the food down in the cup? Measure it level? Measure it under? Put it in lightly?
And.... do you measure/weigh your food before or after it is cooked?
For me it depends on the food. Veggies I measure raw. Chicken I weigh cooked. When I weigh my food I am always a little under except for things like a potato, then I'm right on. And for items like cooked rice, I put it in the measuring cup loosely rather then pack it in like a chinese carton.
I was just curious how everyone measures their food. It is surpising to some people how doing this different ways can really add to calorie intake or free you of calories that aid in weight loss
Scale: Do you go under or over the weight of the food that you are weighing or right on?
Measuring cup: Do you squish the food down in the cup? Measure it level? Measure it under? Put it in lightly?
And.... do you measure/weigh your food before or after it is cooked?
For me it depends on the food. Veggies I measure raw. Chicken I weigh cooked. When I weigh my food I am always a little under except for things like a potato, then I'm right on. And for items like cooked rice, I put it in the measuring cup loosely rather then pack it in like a chinese carton.
I was just curious how everyone measures their food. It is surpising to some people how doing this different ways can really add to calorie intake or free you of calories that aid in weight loss
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Oh I use a food scale. I weight everything, dead on weight. I rarely use a measuring cup anymore unless it's liquid. I get a little crazy about the weight. 0
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I use a food scale too and it is usually before the food is cooked, as I normally enter in each ingredient in my food log in it's raw form.0
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I use a food scale too.0
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i generally use meausring cups, i have a scale on my counter, but i never really use it (i should )0
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weigh your meats before cooking them, that's what the serving is based on...
example:: 6 oz raw steaks
you have 3 6oz raw steaks... cook 1 raw, 1 medium, and 1 well done
*all 3 started off weighing 6oz... but bc they were cooked to different doneness they will all weigh different amounts
i dont use a scale so im not sure about that, but when i use measuring cups i just scoop it out or pour into the cup if possible, i dont pack anything.0
