There are no stupid questions!.

You weigh the veggies in the form that you're going to eat them. So for cooked spinach, you'd weigh it cooked. Raw lettuce for a salad would be weighed raw, etc..

Well, that certainly makes sense..

Next time I make spinach guess I will get more than 3 forks full. lol Thanks so much for your help!.

OK since there are no stupid questions I have a question.

How the heck do you weigh 1 cup of lettuce, or say 1/2 cup of tometoes......

I have been cutting up my viggies and putting them into a measureing cup..

For raw lettuce or spinich it seems 1 handfull = about 1 cup..

No problem! Glad to help!.

Lisa, that's what I had been doing too! Then I found a handy chart floating around on the boards somewhere that gives the weight of each veggie, so you can just use your food scale. That thing is wonderful! I'll see if I can figure out where it is..

Found it! Here's a link to the thread:.

The chart is attached to SweetTater0201's post, which is the second post in the thread. Hope this helps!.

Measurement (gram & oz weights) attached. Many people find weighing easier than using measuring cups for lots of vegetables. I typically weigh everything except spinach or salad greens (I'll mush them into a measuring cup), or tomatoes if I have them chopped for a salad.

I measure veggies. Most I eat raw, so it's pretty easy to measure. If I eat cooked I over do by about 1/4 and then measure after. Hard enough weighing the lean with out also having to decide how many grams of green beans I need. I use a measuring cup and go from there. Been working for me for 5 mos..

I use a measuring cup... and I mash it all in there as best I can!.

I have the Lean and Green cookbook and for the Omelet recipe it calls for 3 cups of spinach (plus other veggies). After it's all cooked the spinach seems reduced to about 1 cup. It's amazing how much smaller the spinach gets!.

Here is a list of all the charts I've come across to date. I have found them quite useful. I just bookmarked the sites so I would always have quick access to them.

Veggie Conversion.

Lean options.

Http://www.medifastmedia.com/shared/...tions_list.pdf.

Green options.

Http://www.medifastmedia.com/shared/...tions_list.pdf.

Protein shrinkage chart......... very helpful for me.

Meatless options.

Http://www.medifastmedia.com/shared/...tions_list.pdf.

Condiments and fats.

Http://www.medifastmedia.com/shared/...tions_list.pdf.

They have some weird things on the chart. Who on earth eats raw mustard or turnip greens - why even bother listing them it is just confusing! Thanks for all the charts and info. I do weigh everything and find that often my eyeballing is off a lot..

I used to attempt to measure, but it was very frustrating and I am not sure very accurate. I got a great scale from Amazon, the Eat Smart Precision Pro Kitchen Scale. Super easy and now I weigh everything. If you need to put a plate on the scale first, zero it out after you put the scale on and that's it. So I weigh my veggies in grams and my protein in oz. A life saver..

OMGEEEE! This is a lifesaver! Thank you so much for posting. This needs to be included in the welcome folder of all new Medifast Clients...LOL.

I have saved all the pdfs and have them in folders on all my computers - which is why I was so quickly able to upload it when asked earlier in this thread.

(I also have a binder in the kitchen for checking as I'm measuring).

Hi diannemartini,.

I have the same scale that you do and I would do the same thing when weighing my food on a plate or bowl. (setting it back to zero) Then I discovered if you put the plate or bowl on the scale.

Then.

Turn it on, it automatically will go to zero. The plate has to be empty when you do this though...add the food after you turn the scale on. Love this scale..it is the best..

I read one of the posts that said you weigh according to how the veggie is prepared....

WAIT.



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The cooked weights include LIQUID and assume that you are boiling the veggie. The cooked weights are heavier because they also assume that the boiled veggie absorbs a certain amount of that liquid. If you use a dry roasting method, like the oven or a pan with no added liquid, then the cooked weights will be waaaay off. Therefore, your carb count will be waaaay off..

The SAFEST way to measure your foods is to weigh them out raw, then cook..

I weigh all my veggies raw. Its the proteins I weigh after cooked. The shrinkage chart helps a lot with the guess work on proteins.