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Originally Posted by PRP
Does anyone know if it is allowed to weigh your vegetables before cooking to get the 8 oz and then cook them vice weighing out 4 oz after cooking? Most of the time I just kind of "stir fry" them so they don't lose much water and I can get a lot more to eat by going by the raw serving size vice cooked. The counselor at my center couldn't give me a good reason why this wouldn't be allowed, she just said it wasn't but it seems to me that total calories would be the same either way unless cooking somehow converts fiber to something that can be metabolized. Thanks
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Have you tried weighing the cooked veggies (that were 8 oz raw) after you cook them? You might want to try it & see how much of a difference it actually makes.
The sugars are more concentrated in cooked veggies because of the loss of some of the water. Most of the veggies I eat, tho, seem to be plenty when I weigh out 4 oz of cooked - and I like veggies.