Wrapping my head around food quantities

[Jammy 24]

Maybe it's because I don't have my nutrition appointment until tomorrow, but I can't seem to get my head around some of this. Maybe it's also that my Americanized brain doesn't want to convert ounces into cups very easily. Can someone give me an idea of what a normal day of meals are for them, minus all the ounces etc. For example, 2 chicken wings and 6 teaspoons of peas. I live alone and want to get an idea of quantities of food that I should get accustom to cooking or ordering when I get banded (less than 4 weeks away!).

[Rachel412 116]

Well... I tend to measure by volume, not weight. A pound is 16 ounces. A cup is 8 ounces. So 4 ounces of meat is about 1/2 a cup.

My Breakfast is usually a container of greek yogurt with 2 or 3 spoonfuls of Kashi GoLean Cereal sprinkled on top. lunch can be a small can of chicken (mine are 3 ounces) mixed with low-fat mayo, and I use 5 or 6 celery sticks to scoop it up and eat it. dinner... it's a piece of meat about the size of a deck of cards and a cup or so of salad.

[Jammy 24]

I guess what I was looking for is for someone to give me an idea of what their typical meals look like... I get conversions.

[Rachel412 116]

I guess what I was looking for is for someone to give me an idea of what their typical meals look like... I get conversions.

I know... which is why I wrote out for you what my typical meals look like... maybe you saw the post before it was finished?

[elcee 3,341]

I don't weigh or measure. I eat off normal sized plates but put a lot less on. I know a lot of people use a side plate instead of a dinner plate. If you use a small plate imagine about 1/2 filled with Protein, 1/6 carb and 2/6 veg.

My typical Breakfast is 1 poached egg on a slice of wholegrain toast.

lunch might be tuna, salad + crackers or something on toast or a slice of quiche etc.

dinner is the same as the rest of the family but a much smaller portion.

I also snack on yogurt, fruit(not very often) and nut bars.

[Jammy 24]

I know... which is why I wrote out for you what my typical meals look like... maybe you saw the post before it was finished?

Yep. You are absolutely right!