Guest guest Posted January 9, 2007 Report Share Posted January 9, 2007 I'm kickstarting my vegan slimming (need to lose 15 pounds by March or my doctor threatens to turn me into a druggie to lower my bloodpressure) by only eating raw foods for a week or so. I am using the online Fitday.com program recommended by Laura - cheers to Laura and sorry, Rachael who wanted me to use Sparkpeople (how do you stop Sparkpeople filling my inbox with spam every hour?). One prob I have with Fitday is many of the measurements are in Cups. Now I look in my cupboards and I have cups ranging from egg to grapefruit size. I tore apart the help in Fitday but couldnt find what volume they used for Cup. Is there a standard cup in the US? Help? BTW eating raw food might sound slimming - NO bread, biscuits, butter, marg, and so on - but a cup of mixed nuts is nearly 900 cals! Hence my need to know how big a cup is! Also those dried fruit like dates and figs (48 cals each). To rein in my ravenous appetite I inherited (thanks mum) I have some vegan Hoodia tabs. Take one with a glass of water and it makes you feel full - eventually, or it could be the water, temporarily. Worth a try anyway as it is not a synthetic messing around with your head chemicals method, but the insides of the Hoodia cactus plant. Only two days into my raw food diet, and I don't miss cooked food so far - just as well cos I'm still cooking veggie meals for my dominatrix wife Geoff Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 9, 2007 Report Share Posted January 9, 2007 A standard cup in the U.S. is 8 ounces:-) Debra Lee Thompson First Horizon Home Loan Corp Asset Recovery Database Analyst 214.441.5416 debrathompson On Behalf Of Geoff Nelder Tuesday, January 09, 2007 3:39 PM What cup size are you? I'm kickstarting my vegan slimming (need to lose 15 pounds by March or my doctor threatens to turn me into a druggie to lower my bloodpressure) by only eating raw foods for a week or so. I am using the online Fitday.com program recommended by Laura - cheers to Laura and sorry, Rachael who wanted me to use Sparkpeople (how do you stop Sparkpeople filling my inbox with spam every hour?). One prob I have with Fitday is many of the measurements are in Cups. Now I look in my cupboards and I have cups ranging from egg to grapefruit size. I tore apart the help in Fitday but couldnt find what volume they used for Cup. Is there a standard cup in the US? Help? BTW eating raw food might sound slimming - NO bread, biscuits, butter, marg, and so on - but a cup of mixed nuts is nearly 900 cals! Hence my need to know how big a cup is! Also those dried fruit like dates and figs (48 cals each). To rein in my ravenous appetite I inherited (thanks mum) I have some vegan Hoodia tabs. Take one with a glass of water and it makes you feel full - eventually, or it could be the water, temporarily. Worth a try anyway as it is not a synthetic messing around with your head chemicals method, but the insides of the Hoodia cactus plant. Only two days into my raw food diet, and I don't miss cooked food so far - just as well cos I'm still cooking veggie meals for my dominatrix wife Geoff Laura Confidentiality notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient(s), or the employee or agent responsible for delivery of this message to the intended recipient(s), you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this e-mail message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please immediately notify the sender and delete this e-mail message from your computer. ============================================================================== Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 9, 2007 Report Share Posted January 9, 2007 A week of diet change will make no significant difference. Three months provides you with the opportunity to make life style changes. Reducing blood pressure, along with better lifetime food choices, requires exercise. You can't do three months of exercise in a day, it simply requires daily consistency. And, if you don't sweat, you aren't goiing to accomplish much at all. Consider adding resistance training. I'd be welcomed to explain the reasons for that privately if you wish. There's no magic pills or herbs that will do anything. Even Ephedria, which helped people who worked out by encouraging them to work out longer and harders beneift was simply because people exercised more. It wasn't a magic pill, it is the exercise. Geoff Nelder <geoffnelder Tuesday, January 9, 2007 1:39:10 PM What cup size are you? I'm kickstarting my vegan slimming (need to lose 15 pounds by March or my doctor threatens to turn me into a druggie to lower my bloodpressure) by only eating raw foods for a week or so. I am using the online Fitday.com program recommended by Laura - cheers to Laura and sorry, Rachael who wanted me to use Sparkpeople (how do you stop Sparkpeople filling my inbox with spam every hour?). One prob I have with Fitday is many of the measurements are in Cups. Now I look in my cupboards and I have cups ranging from egg to grapefruit size. I tore apart the help in Fitday but couldnt find what volume they used for Cup. Is there a standard cup in the US? Help? BTW eating raw food might sound slimming - NO bread, biscuits, butter, marg, and so on - but a cup of mixed nuts is nearly 900 cals! Hence my need to know how big a cup is! Also those dried fruit like dates and figs (48 cals each). To rein in my ravenous appetite I inherited (thanks mum) I have some vegan Hoodia tabs. Take one with a glass of water and it makes you feel full - eventually, or it could be the water, temporarily. Worth a try anyway as it is not a synthetic messing around with your head chemicals method, but the insides of the Hoodia cactus plant. Only two days into my raw food diet, and I don't miss cooked food so far - just as well cos I'm still cooking veggie meals for my dominatrix wife Geoff Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 9, 2007 Report Share Posted January 9, 2007 All good points, Bob. I should have mentioned that I am a journalist for a cycling mag, and so although I spend a lot of time sitting at a PC (I write novels too, in the evenings when not asking people what their cupsize is), I spend an hour or two a day cycling up the Welsh hills near here. At least once a month I cycle 70 - 80 miles a day for 4 or 5 consecutive days. In between I do a bit of resistance work and swimming but admittedly not much. I'll work on it, thanks. Geoff , Bob <comarow wrote: > > A week of diet change will make no significant difference. Three months provides you > with the opportunity to make life style changes. Reducing blood pressure, along with > better lifetime food choices, requires exercise. You can't do three months of exercise in a day, > it simply requires daily consistency. And, if you don't sweat, you aren't goiing to accomplish much at all. > > > Consider adding resistance training. I'd be welcomed to explain the reasons for that privately if you wish. > > There's no magic pills or herbs that will do anything. Even Ephedria, which helped people who worked out > by encouraging them to work out longer and harders beneift was simply because people exercised more. > It wasn't a magic pill, it is the exercise. > > > Geoff Nelder <geoffnelder > > Tuesday, January 9, 2007 1:39:10 PM > What cup size are you? > > > I'm kickstarting my vegan slimming (need to lose 15 pounds by March > or my doctor threatens to turn me into a druggie to lower my > bloodpressure) by only eating raw foods for a week or so. > > I am using the online Fitday.com program recommended by Laura - > cheers to Laura and sorry, Rachael who wanted me to use Sparkpeople > (how do you stop Sparkpeople filling my inbox with spam every hour?). > > One prob I have with Fitday is many of the measurements are in Cups. > Now I look in my cupboards and I have cups ranging from egg to > grapefruit size. I tore apart the help in Fitday but couldnt find > what volume they used for Cup. Is there a standard cup in the US? > Help? > > BTW eating raw food might sound slimming - NO bread, biscuits, > butter, marg, and so on - but a cup of mixed nuts is nearly 900 cals! > Hence my need to know how big a cup is! Also those dried fruit like > dates and figs (48 cals each). > > To rein in my ravenous appetite I inherited (thanks mum) I have some > vegan Hoodia tabs. Take one with a glass of water and it makes you > feel full - eventually, or it could be the water, temporarily. Worth > a try anyway as it is not a synthetic messing around with your head > chemicals method, but the insides of the Hoodia cactus plant. > > Only two days into my raw food diet, and I don't miss cooked food so > far - just as well cos I'm still cooking veggie meals for my > dominatrix wife > > Geoff > > > Laura > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 10, 2007 Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 For liquid measure, a cup in the US is 8 fluid ounces. However, because of volume differences with solid foods, you are better off using a kitchen scale to weigh things out in grams. The nutrition labels will have both cups and grams, with the latter being far more accurate. An example would be a serving of cereal listed as 3/4 cup or 55 grams. But another cereal, such as a puffed rice, may only weigh 30 grams for the same volume. Hope this helps, -Erin www.zenpawn.com/vegblog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 10, 2007 Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 Thanks Erin, also thanks to Cindi and Debra who found the answers for me. Geoff , " Erin " <truepatriot wrote: > > For liquid measure, a cup in the US is 8 fluid ounces. > However, because of volume differences with solid foods, > you are better off using a kitchen scale to weigh things > out in grams. The nutrition labels will have both cups > and grams, with the latter being far more accurate. An > example would be a serving of cereal listed as 3/4 cup > or 55 grams. But another cereal, such as a puffed rice, > may only weigh 30 grams for the same volume. > > > Hope this helps, > -Erin > www.zenpawn.com/vegblog > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You are posting as a guest. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.