Stone?

[BecDee]

What the heck is a weigh in stone?

[moreless Administrator 7 stone]

A stone is an imperial measurement of weight, equivalent to 14lbs.

[BecDee 7lbs in reply to moreless]

Wow ... I did not know that ... thank you for the info!

[moreless Administrator 7 stone in reply to BecDee]

My pleasure

[Hidden in reply to BecDee]

Some of us in the UK still find stones and pounds easier to relate to than kilogrammes. And our pre-metric weights and volumes are still permitted measures for some food and drink.

My doctors now use kilos but many of the scales show both weights. I know how big I look when weighed in stones, but kilos above 5kg (ie when buying fresh food in shops) are difficult to imagine.

[cheritorrox in reply to Hidden]

I can cope with kg but still need inches not cm! Off at a tangent, I get really annoyed when I cant find calories or macros (how much fat carbs and protein) per 100g. The US sites that use "cups" drive me crazy!

[Hidden in reply to cheritorrox]

And you need to remember that US cup and spoon measures are different from UK/AU ones.

I hate recipes that ask for a cup of butter - that is so messy to measure! I prefer to stand my bowl or pan on the kitchen scales and weigh everything straight in.

Even worse is finding out that US sites have the 'wrong' carb counts for foods - they include indigestible carbs in the total, so come out higher. The UK/EU measure is net carbs, minus the unuseable fibre.

[cheritorrox in reply to Hidden]

Aha! I didn't know that - explains why googling something comes up with such different results sometimes!

[BecDee 7lbs in reply to Hidden]

Wow ... I did not know that either ... thank you!

[S11m in reply to Hidden]

I had always hoped that calories were net human metabolizable calories... otherwise, how many calories per gram is straw?

[BecDee 7lbs in reply to S11m]

I believe you are asking about Veggie Straws, correct:

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 oz

Calories in 365 Veggie Straws

Calories130.0

Total Fat7.0 g

Saturated Fat0.5 g

Polyunsaturated Fat2.0 g

Monounsaturated Fat4.0 g

Cholesterol0.0 mg

Sodium250.0 mg

Potassium0.0 mg

Total Carbohydrate16.0 g

Dietary Fiber0.0 g

Sugars1.0 g

Protein1.0 g

Vitamin A0.0 %

Vitamin B-120.0 %

Vitamin B-60.0 %

Vitamin C0.0 %

Vitamin D0.0 %

Vitamin E0.0 %

Calcium15.0 %

Copper0.0 %

Folate0.0 %

Iron0.0 %

Magnesium0.0 %

Manganese0.0 %

Niacin0.0 %

Pantothenic Acid0.0 %

Phosphorus0.0 %

Riboflavin0.0 %

Selenium0.0 %

Thiamin0.0 %

Zinc0.0 %

[S11m in reply to BecDee]

Thank you for the detailed info., but I meant wheat barley or oat straw, which cows can eat, but has, I think almost zero net human metabolizable energy... ¿Good low-calorie snack?

[Hidden in reply to S11m]

Indeed straw is a good filler, unfortunately both it and fresh grass are bad for our teeth*. As for calories, the current system is fairly crude, it's been proposed that we switch to counting useable calories but there's a lot of work to do to get there.

* Cows' teeth grow throughout their lives so the fact that grass wears down enamel doesn't affect them.

[S11m in reply to Hidden]

Thank you

[BecDee 7lbs in reply to Hidden]

Hmm ...

[BecDee 7lbs in reply to S11m]

Got it

[BecDee 7lbs in reply to cheritorrox]

Yes indeed ... I completely agree about "cups" among other references!

[BecDee 7lbs in reply to Hidden]

Thank you ... it sounds I will not only lose weight, but learn very much as well ...

[G1nny]

The way I figure stones is divide by weight by 14. Then I multiply that number by 14 and subtract that number from my actual weight. That gives me my weight in stones and then so many pounds left over.

[BecDee 7lbs in reply to G1nny]

Well ... that is definitely different!