Food measuring question?

skyhigh315
on 5/27/14 4:11 am

Hi,

 

I'm sure this is going to sound really ignorant, but are you all using volumetric or weight measurements for the 1/4 cup of food?

Jackie T.
on 5/27/14 4:32 am - KS
VSG on 12/19/12

Not sure what surgery you have had but I am VSG and I measure by ounces.  I feel it is more accurate than by cups.  Cups work if a liquid but it is harder when you are measuring dense protein.

Highest Weight: 285 SW: 264.6 CW:163.1   Surgeon's GW: 189  PCP's GW: 165-170  

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poet_kelly
on 5/27/14 4:32 am - OH

For a 1/4 cup?  That's a volume, not a weight. 

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Tracy D.
on 5/27/14 5:25 am - Papillion, NE
VSG on 05/24/13

If it's a liquid I measure by cup but for dense food I measure by ounces on my digital scale.   A 1/4 c. of ground beef crumbles might weigh a lot more than the 1-2 oz. I was eating in the first few months after surgery.  

 Tracy  5'3"     HW: 235  SW: 218  CW: 132    M1: -22  M2: -13  M3: -12  M4: -9  M5: -8   M6: -10   M7: -4

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MissyMe2
on 5/27/14 8:38 am

My surgeon says volume is what matters, not weight of food but that some foods you can eat more of than others because it isn't dense.

Missy

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