Weight-Loss Scale VS Measuring Cup

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the_walrus0

the_walrus0

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Ok, so I am a little confused. Well super very confused.

My shredded cheese bag says 1/3 cup is 110 cals, right? Yeah, makes sense.

For no good reason though, I used the scale instead the other. I think it's something like 24 grams is the weight it gives.

Well, I don't know if I'm doing something wrong but 1/3 cup is way smaller than 24 grams!

I noticed the same thing with pasta. It says 2 ozs and in a measuring cup 2 ozs is about half of what I get when I measure out 2 ozs.

Am I dumb, missing something? x.x

Right now I've been trusting the scale. I like to think it's because I believe it's more accurate, but I think it's because the scale gives me more food, lol. I've been losing weight still, so I don't know...

I get very nervous and anxious when I start to worry that my calorie count might be off. As long as I am losing weight I am trying to put it to the back of my mind, but I had to ask.
 
I've always lived by the rule that the scale is more accurate than measuring cups. Do you use a digital scale? Is it calibrated?
 
I believe the digital scale is more accurate.
While using measuring cups, you can slightly over/under fill and may not even know it. You definitely don't want to over fill. You may find out things using the scale that you can't with measuring cups.
Story:
I once bought a box of pasta that said it was 3.5 servings total. But when I weighed the contents with my digital scale, it turned out to only be 2.5 servings in the whole box!
Just something I thought I'd add. ^_^
 
I think legally the producers are allowed to be off by as much as 10%. And that's what's allowed by law, not what they get away with. So I'm not at all surprise to find that the servings by weight vs percentage of box aren't the same!

The shredded cheese also makes a lot of sense because you can compress the cheese, or it can be full of air... so measuring by volume can give you very different responses. I've heard that even for something like flour, adding to a measuring cup by spooning in a little at a time ends up with 10 to 15% less than if you scoop it all at once with the cup, and then sweep the extra off. More compressed.

Also, when you say oz by your cup, are you looking at liquid ounces on your measuring cup, or just that 2 oz of pasta fills more than whatever the equivalent amount in cups etc. is supposed to be? :) Unless for some reason the pasta was expecting you to measure it cooked and you measured it raw? Or something... I definitely prefer to measure by weight, though.
 
I think I am just going to stick to weight. Except I did just experiance an issue with figuring out the calories in pasta cooked, since it only gave uncooked calories. My mom made dinner so I couldn't separate out my pasta beforehand.

I did a lot of intense googling and have come down the conclusion that 1 cup of cooked noodles is the same as the 2 oz dry. Hopefully, cause I just ate that.

Anyways, I'm just going to trust my scale. ^.^ Thanks for the feedback guys.
 
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