The importance of a food scale
So last week, I made some steel cut oatmeal. I used the points for 1/4 cup uncooked oatmeal per the WW online points tracker. 2 points for 1/4 cup which is cool.
This morning, I made another batch of steel cut oatmeal but weighed and measured it. 1 cup (4 servings) came to 200 grams. I know a usual grain serving is 45 grams so I took out 20 grams to make 4 45 gram servings which are a little under 1/4th cup.
When I ended up putting the 45 grams into the online points tracker only to see 3 points staring back at me rather than 2 points. So I'm guessing a serving is really 30 gram weight.
So despite the fact that WW online reports 1/4 cup as 2 points and 45 grams was less than 1/4th cup, the points really are 3 points. Not that 1 point is huge but points can add up if you are estimating and expecting measuring cups to give you the right serving amount.
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