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

My GW: 154 MFP: jteaford

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

RNY on 11/04/08

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

Kelly

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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

Goal reached in 7 months and 1 week!

Lower Body Lift w/Dr. Barnthouse 7-8-15

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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