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Author: sg
Date: 09-14-04 19:18
the box says that 2 oz of spaghetti is 200 calories.
is that 2 oz of cooked spaghetti or 2 oz of dry pasta?
thanks
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Author: simply trying
Date: 09-14-04 19:21
usually the calories content for pasta is listed as dry pasta, sometimes they will add the content for cooked pasta with nothing on it....
200 cals for 2oz dry pasta does sound about right....G
5` 4 and 3/4 inches
previous weightloss from 2002- 2003
jan 2002 --198 lbs/ down to 160 lbs
start losing weight again July 19th 2004
168 lbs/ 157 lbs / 145 lbs
inches lost from may 5th to-oct 2nd 2004=15.5in
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Author: miranda
Date: 09-15-04 07:09
I checked Fitday, and 2 oz. of dry spaghetti comes to 211 calories, and 2 ounces of cooked spaghetti comes to 79 calories, so G must be right--the information is for the dry pasta.
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Author: LeeV
Date: 09-15-04 07:11
It's usually for dry on most pasta boxes. But it would seem to me that if you cook that 2 oz. of pasta, and as long as you don't add oil or butter to it during cooking, that the calories will remain the same.
I never did understand why they give calorie numbers for it DRY. Who sits around and eats dry pasta? But they probably do it that way because that's how many calories it has before WE get ahold of it and cook it with butter, oil and salt.
220/175/130
Began New Lifestyle June 18, 2004
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Author: LeeV
Date: 09-15-04 07:12
But why would the cooked have less calories than the dry? I mean, isn't 2 oz. of pasta 2 oz. of pasta?
This stuff confuses me, I should just give all this up, lol.
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Began New Lifestyle June 18, 2004
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Author: miranda
Date: 09-15-04 07:30
I think it's because when it's cooked, the dry pasta absorbs water, making cooked pasta heavier than the dry pasta.
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"I don't need to compromise my principles, because they don't have the slightest bearing on what happens to me anyway."--Bill Watterson, "Calvin and Hobbes"
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Author: miranda
Date: 09-15-04 07:32
I use the dry and raw options on Fitday a lot, because it's often easier to measure your ingredients before you cook them.
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"I don't need to compromise my principles, because they don't have the slightest bearing on what happens to me anyway."--Bill Watterson, "Calvin and Hobbes"
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Author: LeeV
Date: 09-15-04 07:39
That's what I was thinking too.
I've read some stuff on pastas and the the U.S. Department of Agriculture defines a standard serving as 1/2 cup. But the Food and Drug Administration, which regulates food labels, says a standard serving is one cup.
I think one cup sounds a little more realistic, since pasta bulks up when cooked. 1/2 cup really isn't all that much.
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Author: miranda
Date: 09-15-04 07:46
By the way Lee, I've been noticing your numbers going down, down, down. Good job!
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"I don't need to compromise my principles, because they don't have the slightest bearing on what happens to me anyway."--Bill Watterson, "Calvin and Hobbes"
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Author: LeeV
Date: 09-15-04 08:07
I do that too. I like fitday having all that info for you to choose from. However, I wish their serving "sizes" were a little more consistent. Like some foods you can choose serving sizes in cups, ounces, slices, pounds, etc. And other food items only give you one choice.
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Began New Lifestyle June 18, 2004
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Author: LeeV
Date: 09-15-04 08:08
Only 50 more to go, lol.
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