measuring lettuce

aries66 · 11-16-2007, 07:08 AM

What is the easiest way to measure lettuce?
I use romaine every day for chef salad...I do not measure it as i didnt
think it would make that much difference...maybe that is the reason for my stalling...I just fill the bowl and add my ham and cheese...

gina1 · 11-16-2007, 08:22 AM

i use my hand. one handfull is 1 cup. i use two handfulls everyday for lunch. 1 cup of romaine is only 0.4 carbs.

sarieliz · 11-16-2007, 08:28 AM

I just take a loose, medium sized handful and kind of eyeball it. If I feel that the portion size has crept up a bit, I might use a loosely packed measuring cup, but usually just eyeball it.

Right now, I have a bag of baby spinach from Trader Joe's, which says it contains two four cup servings. They list 3 grams carbs for each of those servings, which comes to 1.5 carbs per day if you're eating an Induction safe amount. Assuming this information is correct for other types of salad greens, you'd really have to be eating a lot of them to cause a stall, IMHO. Plus, you're supposed to get a certain number of carbohydrates from vegetables while doing Induction, so greens might not be the first thing to eliminate from your diet.

Do you eat much cream and cheese? I found it so easy to overdo these carb containing Induction foods, especially as I hit the second week and got sort of sloppy. I've heard other people mention that such items as flaxmeal or artificial sweeteners seem to stall them. So I'd look at these items first before looking at veggies. (Though if you feel that you're eating excessive greens, do measure them.)

Also, how long have you been on Induction? A true stall is a month without inches or pounds lost.

Reenwad · 11-16-2007, 12:02 PM

I with Gina, by the handful is the easiest!

2big4mysize · 11-16-2007, 12:04 PM

you can use a food scale and get the same proteion each time regardless of the size of the item you are weighing.
if you have a quart measureing cup you can put your amount in and then fill with water to the nearest cup line. remove the lettuce leaves shaking as much of the water back into the container as possible and subtract the remaining water from your total cup amount and that is the amount of lettuce that was in the container.

lisabinil · 11-16-2007, 12:46 PM

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Originally Posted by aries66

What is the easiest way to measure lettuce?
I use romaine every day for chef salad...I do not measure it as i didnt
think it would make that much difference...maybe that is the reason for my stalling...I just fill the bowl and add my ham and cheese...

Lettuce is extremely lc-I don't I've ever read a post from someone stalling on it. It would more than likely be from what you are putting on your lettuce. Are you overdoing salad dressings, cheeses, etc?

flourchild · 11-16-2007, 05:29 PM

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Originally Posted by lisabinil

Lettuce is extremely lc-I don't I've ever read a post from someone stalling on it. It would more than likely be from what you are putting on your lettuce. Are you overdoing salad dressings, cheeses, etc?

Zactly. Ain't nobody ever ended up on a diet board because they had too much lettuce. But to answer the question - measuring cups are dandy if you really want to be precise.

Antigone · 11-16-2007, 06:52 PM

I never measure lettuce. I just eyeball. figure if I go over, what harm can it do? I mean, it's really hard to pile on the carbs eating lettuce.

11-16-2007, 07:08 AM	#1
aries66 Junior LCF Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 47 Gallery: aries66	measuring lettuce What is the easiest way to measure lettuce? I use romaine every day for chef salad...I do not measure it as i didnt think it would make that much difference...maybe that is the reason for my stalling...I just fill the bowl and add my ham and cheese...

11-16-2007, 08:28 AM	#3
sarieliz Senior LCF Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: NY Posts: 111 Gallery: sarieliz Stats: 142/next weigh-in April 6/cute in bikini WOE: No bread, no sugar, writing everything down Start Date: October 24, 2007	I just take a loose, medium sized handful and kind of eyeball it. If I feel that the portion size has crept up a bit, I might use a loosely packed measuring cup, but usually just eyeball it. Right now, I have a bag of baby spinach from Trader Joe's, which says it contains two four cup servings. They list 3 grams carbs for each of those servings, which comes to 1.5 carbs per day if you're eating an Induction safe amount. Assuming this information is correct for other types of salad greens, you'd really have to be eating a lot of them to cause a stall, IMHO. Plus, you're supposed to get a certain number of carbohydrates from vegetables while doing Induction, so greens might not be the first thing to eliminate from your diet. Do you eat much cream and cheese? I found it so easy to overdo these carb containing Induction foods, especially as I hit the second week and got sort of sloppy. I've heard other people mention that such items as flaxmeal or artificial sweeteners seem to stall them. So I'd look at these items first before looking at veggies. (Though if you feel that you're eating excessive greens, do measure them.) Also, how long have you been on Induction? A true stall is a month without inches or pounds lost. __________________ Sarah, mom to T (who has been 2 for a while, but I forgot to change my sig) First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do. Epictetus

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11-16-2007, 08:22 AM	#2
gina1 Senior LCF Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 335 Gallery: gina1 Start Date: new start everyday	i use my hand. one handfull is 1 cup. i use two handfulls everyday for lunch. 1 cup of romaine is only 0.4 carbs.

11-16-2007, 12:02 PM	#4
Reenwad Senior LCF Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Northern Michigan Posts: 829 Gallery: Reenwad Stats: 203/179/135 WOE: Atkins Start Date: 1-1-2003 & Re-Start Oct 2007	I with Gina, by the handful is the easiest!

11-16-2007, 12:04 PM	#5
2big4mysize Very Gabby LCF Member!!! Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 4,959 Gallery: 2big4mysize Stats: 313 to current goalie 169-173 WOE: Atkins 2002 Start Date: june 1 2002	you can use a food scale and get the same proteion each time regardless of the size of the item you are weighing. if you have a quart measureing cup you can put your amount in and then fill with water to the nearest cup line. remove the lettuce leaves shaking as much of the water back into the container as possible and subtract the remaining water from your total cup amount and that is the amount of lettuce that was in the container.

11-16-2007, 06:52 PM	#8
Antigone MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Earth Posts: 2,038 Gallery: Antigone	I never measure lettuce. I just eyeball. figure if I go over, what harm can it do? I mean, it's really hard to pile on the carbs eating lettuce.