Figuring out serving sizes is making me want to break things
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Weigh it.
ETA: Wait.......you're not new? So this is your first time eating cheese? :huh: In the 2 years you've been a member...no cheese?:glasses:
nice reply, Made my day! . ... Really dude you are too angry over 28g of cheese... Just cut it out all together0 -
cheese is usually in one ounce servings. I just weigh out my one ounce. And it is turkey taco night at my house too!
28g=1oz0 -
Sorry that was blurry, but I'm not taking it again.
Thank you for posting photos
The only explanation I can think of is the fact that my cheese is finely shredded (so it's less dense), and your shreds look quite a bit thicker than mine. :ohwell: But again, this just brings me back to the point that using cups as a measurement is pretty much useless.0 -
Weigh it.
ETA: Wait.......you're not new? So this is your first time eating cheese? :huh: In the 2 years you've been a member...no cheese?:glasses:
nice reply, Made my day! . ... Really dude you are too angry over 28g of cheese... Just cut it out all together
FYI, I've only been tracking my food for 2 weeks, not 2 years. Just because I signed up on the site on a certain date doesn't mean I've been using it religiously ever since then. I don't even remember when the hell I signed up on here, to be honest.
And seriously, if you think a thread is stupid, DON'T POST A REPLY. It really serves no purpose, other than making you look like a ****.0 -
Thank you to everyone who gave a serious response, or offered a useful opinion without just trying to make me look like an idiot.
I think I'm done here.0 -
Since ive gotten a scale ive noticed i was underestimating other things by using measuring cups too. Id trust the scale.0
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I have never understood the American cup thing.
edit, and wth is a STICK of butter? Butter comes in 8 oz pats. How would you even make it into a stick?0 -
4 sticks in a pound of butter, so 1/4 th of a pound0
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See,this is why we UK peeps have such difficulty with cups as a measurement!
And 'sticks' of butter! How much is a stick ffs?0 -
Our butter here in the U.S. does not come in pats. Unless you go to a cafeteria or the hospital then you might see a pat of butter and that is just a single serving.0
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I've been having problems figuring out serving sizes ever since I started tracking, so I bought a scale. I'm making tacos tonight, and I wanted to figure out the servings of all the ingredients.
The serving size for the shredded cheese is 1/4 cup (28g). Out of curiosity, I weighed out the 28g IN the 1/4 cup measuring cup. As you can see in the photo, it's heaping and falling all over the place because it will not fit in the cup. It actually FILLED the 1/2 cup measuring cup, which would mean 28g is TWICE AS MUCH cheese as 1/4 cup. Even squishing it down wouldn't get it to fit in the 1/4 cup.
So.....WHICH IS IT?? Which serving has 110 calories as the package states? Because obviously 28g has quite a few more calories than 1/4 cup. Why the hell can't they just make the serving sizes according to WEIGHT for everything that's not a liquid?? How the hell is anyone supposed to know how many calories they're consuming when the measurement system is so completely f**ked?? :explode:
OMG, this is beyond frustrating.
If I don't know or I'm eating a home cooked meal I didn't prepare I usually just pick something that's similar and guess.
Like if it's homemade tacos, I'd type in tacos to search and pick something that looks similar. I try to go on the high side with the calories and I'm sure I'm wrong sometimes but I'm not eating home cooked meals everyday so it's not a big deal.
I agree. Do what works best for you, but I would have gone crazy weighing stuff. I did this for a 1 1/2 years and I never weighed or measured squat. I always guessed on just about everything. Somehow it still worked, so it's probably ok to make a rough estimate now and then.0 -
Put a 2 dollars on your scale, it should weigh about 2grams. If it doesn't register it, then the issue is with your scale accuracy.
I don't have any bills, but according to the US Mint website, a nickel weighs 5g. (http://www.usmint.gov/about_the_mint/index.cfm?action=coin_specifications)
So, just to put the arguments about my scale to rest:
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I'd tend to go with the 1/4 cup shredded. there's less of it.....0
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*chuckles* This is funny! Strange that they put cup measurements on packets - in the UK all nutritional measurements are in grams so there's no confusion
As for your cuppage dilemna - shred size would be an issue so next thing those dudes will be having to do is tell you what size shred you need! LOL0 -
I'm going to buy a scale so I can eat more shredded cheese!! What brand of scale is that?0
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See,this is why we UK peeps have such difficulty with cups as a measurement!
And 'sticks' of butter! How much is a stick ffs?
I have just checked and apparently a US tablespoon isn't the same as a UK tablespoon. And a US teaspoon is a whole 3rd bigger than a UK one. AND a US pint is 0.8 of and English one! So one cup is half a US pint, but only 0.4 of a UK one.
No wonder I can never get American recipes to work! That and they always seem to require ingredients that don't exist here.0 -
I'm going to buy a scale so I can eat more shredded cheese!! What brand of scale is that?
EatSmart Precision Pro - Multifunction Digital Kitchen Scale w/ Extra Large LCD and 11 Lb. Capacity
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002CM6TVI/ref=oh_o00_s00_i00_details0 -
Not sure what kind of measuring cup you have but when I measure out 28grams it fits in 1/4 cup easily. When I pack it down I can easily get 2 servings into the 1/4 cup.0
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Not sure what kind of measuring cup you have but when I measure out 28grams it fits in 1/4 cup easily. When I pack it down I can easily get 2 servings into the 1/4 cup.
So now that it's not my scale, it's my measuring cup that's the problem! *facepalm*0 -
I find some things in the MFP database don't have gram options.. they just go by cups, or serves.. I want grams for everything! Grams are the best.0
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