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Weight or volume?

Do you weigh your food or measure the volume instead? I have read where people will state how many ounces they can eat in a sitting and just wasn't sure if it is typical to use weight rather than volume.

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I go by weight. I literally weigh everything, even nearly 2 years post op. If I stop for a couple weeks and then go back and weigh what I have prepared for myself, it has always crept up a little bit.

Unlike the bathroom scale, the kitchen scale is your best friend! :P

It's primarily a matter of common sense.

It's easier to measure Soup by volume than ounces. I doubt that anyone anywhere measures it by weight.

Salmon steak? Weight.

Vegetables most often by volume.

Chili? Volume.

Follow the terminology in the printed guidelines you received from your surgery practice You'll be fine.

Solids are measured in weight and liquids in volume.

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I weigh virtually everything. Only exceptions are things that come in pre-packaged single serving type containers, like a container of yogurt.

Even single-serving containers I will sometimes weigh. For example, the little packets of tuna usually say they are 2.5 or 2.6 ounces, but if you scrape out the package and weigh the tuna, they are usually closer to 2.3 or 2.4.

Measuring by volume tends to be not as accurate.

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