measurement question......oz
 

when I buy a small wheel of cheese, like Brie or Camembert, the packaging says 8 oz. on the outside yet when I weigh it sometimes, I seem to be getting a different quantity.
Is the packaging weight for soft cheeze in fluid ounces instead of whatever the alternative is called? If so, what should I use to keep track.
My FitDay software has an optional measurement of oz. which is what I have been using to keep track of carbs and calories etc.. Would the FitDay default nutrients totals be based on fluid weight or the other kind?
Maybe I am over complicating this but I am trying to FatFast for a few days and would kind of like to do it properly.
I already messed up day one by failing to read the label on the Metamucil powder I grabbed the other day and mistakenly using the one with 9 g or sugar per tablespoon........what a way to start a diet!

The cheese is by weight. It may have weighed 8 oz. at the time of packaging but moisture evaporates from the cheese as it sits. The longer it sits, the less it weighs.

Generally, if something is liquid, the ounces would be fluid ounces. If solid, it's ounces by weight. :)

Karen

thanks
 

that is probably what happened..........also, I just realized I was comparing a piece of Brie to a piece of Camembert and there may be a slight difference there as well.
I found 4 wheels of Camembert marked down to $2.79 per 8 oz. wheel because they were close to the date for being sold.....and it was just as I was starting a FatFast so I guess there will be a lot of Camembert consumed here the next few days.
Too bad the Liederkrantz factory burned down years ago...that was one of my family's all-time favorites.