Portion Question

meredith050 · Senior Member

Portion Question

Chelle · Co-Moderator

See if this site will help: http://www.metric-conversions.org/volume/ounces-to-cups.htm

Hope that is what you are looking for! Good luck!

Cassi · Blonde Dumb

It's hard to figure, isn't it?

That's why I broke down and bought a scale at my WW meeting. I have to say I LOVE it and use it all the time!

I would "guess" that is 8 oz is a cup, then just under 1/3 cup would be 3 oz?

Sorry I'm not much help! Like I said, that's why I bought the scale! LOL My blonde brain didn't want to work that hard

*edited to add. I weighed out 3 oz of grapes and it came to a little over 1/3 cup.
Hope that helps!

-- Edited by Cassi at 11:59, 2007-04-10

Cassi · Blonde Dumb

Bumping to make sure Meredith sees it

meredith050 · Senior Member

Thank you guys!

Chelle - that was a perfect website

Cassi - you were right - it is just over a third of a cup

I still may need to buy a scalle soon! :)

Cassi · Blonde Dumb

I'm here to tell ya, you wouldn't regret it. It cuts down on the guess work and it's much quicker and of course more accurate!

Colette · Moderator

Meridith, great question! You might be able to find a nice food scale at any discount store, or you can get the WW scale...I love it.

I posted a category called "Portion Primer", it's on the front page but here is a link PORTION PRIMER

A 3 ounce serving of cooked lean ground beef is about the size of deck of cards. The portion primer section has visual examples of what certain portions should look like, that's helpful when you're eating out and don't have a scale or measuring cup with you! biggrin

So, you can even print this out and keep it in your purse to help you judge portions (that's what I do..it helps!)

Good luck...blessings,

Colette

meredith050 · Senior Member

That forum has helped me - read and re-read before my brunch on Easter. I am just thinking I am a terrible visualizer! :)

Chelle · Co-Moderator

I know the feeling! wink

You are welcome! Glad it helped!

Colette · Moderator

meredith050 wrote:

That forum has helped me - read and re-read before my brunch on Easter. I am just thinking I am a terrible visualizer! :)

LOL...me too! My "visiualization" is always bigger than what it should be! There's alot of that problem going around...so don't feel bad!

meredith050 · Senior Member

I have to agree - I usually want the portions to be larger as well but ever since I started this I have been shocked that a portion of something is usually a good size of food!