It's really frustrating. One cup of cucumber is pretty obvious, one cup of romaine lettuce is not. Do you mash it down in the cup? Does anyone have a reference by mass and not volume for salad greens?
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Re: How do you measure the volume of salad greens?
Jane asked me this question yesterday LOL - strange!!
lettuce is literally water, so yah, mash it down and get as much as you can in!!
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Re: How do you measure the volume of salad greens?
Thanks!
Walk cheerfully upon the earth, and let your lives speak.
Female, 43, 5'9"
Start date 8/24/2008
263.8/235.4/199
First goal: 252
Second goal: 243.8
Third goal: 237.4
Fourth goal:223.8Comment
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Re: How do you measure the volume of salad greens?
welcome! HW 303Aug '04 SW-287 LW-232Restart - Apr 07 - SW 266 CW 225
"Don't let your past dictate who you are, but let it be a part of who you become."Comment
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Re: How do you measure the volume of salad greens?
There is a sticky in the 14-day induction forum that lists the weight per cup of the induction veggies .
Soliwit compiled it from the info in the USDA database and posted it for us to use.
http://www.atkinsdietbulletinboard.c...ad.php?t=41620Wondering how to get 'most' of your net carbs from your induction veggies?
Take a look at the thread from the latest Veggie Challenge to see how others manage it!
Check out our Low Carb Recipes website and add to it!!
F/60 yrs/5ft 5.5" (Though due to collapsing vertebrae I am now only 5'3" - but I refuse to recalculate my BMI
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Re: How do you measure the volume of salad greens?
I do mine by weight. It is just easier in my opinion. I do it for all vegetables. I printed out the list (mentioned already) with the vegetables and their weights and put it on the fridge.Heidi
28 year old female
HW 302
SW 267.6
CW 267.6
GW 175
Total Weight Loss
Pounds 302-267 Weight Watchers/Atkins (starting/restarting...)
Pounds 267-??? Atkins (with 100% devotion)
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What a great idea! I think I'll finally pick up one of those cheap scales and find out how far off I've been with my "guestimating" quantities!5'4" Female, 39 Years
Restarting after Major Ups & Downs!- SW: 194.5 [October 22, 2008]
- CW: 165.0 [February 12, 2009]
- GW: 150
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I thought I read somewhere else on the site that it should be loosely packed. So you mean to tell me I haven't been eating enough? I'm thrilled!36/f
Restarted Atkins August 5/08
SW: 213.5/CW: 188.8/GW: 150
Mini Goal #1: 199 (Onederland) - Goal met Sept 14/08!!!
Mini Goal #2: 189 - Goal Met Nov 20/08
Mini Goal #3: 179
Mini Goal #4: 169
Mini Goal #5: 159
"Final" Goal: 150 (we'll see when I get there)
First "during" photos to be taken at 20 pound loss!
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Re: How do you measure the volume of salad greens?
Hello All,
I checked my Atkins book.
On page 123
"and away you go: the induction phase"
It lists the "rules of induction"
Number 3.
(I am typing this out from the book)
You can eat three cups-loosely packed-of salad,
Now, I admit that I can't visualise how much a "cup of something" is because it's not a measurement unit I've grown up with using.
If something was described as -firmly packed- , then I bet that using my upper body strength, I could very firmly pack salad into a cup. The next person even more or less so firmly.
The book does say -loosely packed- on page 123. It also makes sense, because loosely packed is the only way to write about something that describes a sense of proportion and portion.Hayden.
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