Amount of food to eat and how to weigh it..please help me pleasee

[shauntil6266 0]

Hi everyone i was wondering if someone could explain to me how i could manage my eating i know we are suppose to eat a certain amount for each meal...but how do you know what amount to eat..as in how many ounces are there weighs for food? ???

[Marimaru 7]

There are weights for food, and there are lots of people who weigh their food.< /p>

Other people go by "cups", ie; I eat 1 cup per meal, or 2 cups per meal, etc.

I don't measure my food or weigh my food, other than to measure a 'serving' and that's only so I know how many calories I am getting. Things like chicken, I have to kind of guestimate, but they say that a 3 oz serving of meat is about the size of a deck of cards, and frankly, that's close enough for me.

Has your doctor given you any instruction on this? I know that lots of people get instructions on how to eat, or what their portion sizes should be from their doctor (but then some don't, just general guidelines like me).

[Alexandra 55]

Oh, my, this is exactly why I never bothered to weigh my food. It's not worth obsessing over! If you're eating slowly, and stopping when you are full, you will eat less than you did pre-banding and you will lose weight.

That's all there is to it.

[maryb 1]

Don't know how this happended to double.

[maryb 1]

Eat on small plate with 1/4 of plate Protein, 1/2 of plate veggie, and 1/4 of plate starch/fiber is a good start. Low Fat mayo, or Low Fat Margarine - 1 tablespoon is about the size of the end of your thumb, 3-4 ounces of protein about the size of your palm, 1/2 cup is about the size of your cupped hand. Our you can buy a food scale and lots of measuring spoons and measuring cups like I did. I learned these tricks in weight watchers. Good luck to you! www.fit.com is a great way to track your food, calorie intake, and nutrition.

[JAYGERL05 0]

I never eat over 8 ounces. My dr said i should not eat more than a cup. So i used to measure all my food. I am so restricted now i just measure by the spoon. I eat 2 spoon fulls.

[drstan1 0]

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