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How are you measuring food? Measuring spoons,cups or scale? If a scale what kind? Also how do you find the nutriential value of foods you make? I know there are apps or web sites to do this but which ones are good?

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Good question! I am a newbie too and just getting started on my journey to being sleeved. We need to learn all we can upfront! I actually was wondering about this earlier. To keep from stretching or prevent sickness from overeating we need to be able to visualize an appropriate amount. Kinda funny that this eating expert is going to have to learn how to eat! Let's see if some of our advanced experts will give us our answer! ;)

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Danville, Alabama you need to join our Alabama and MS group! Only a few of us, but we need to represent! By the way Roll Tide or War Eagle? LOL! That's important info you know! ;)

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I use myfitnesspal.com to record everything it really helps me keep track of what I am taking in.

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My fitness pal, measuring cups and a food scale are how I've been doing it. My Fitness Pal offers different measurements for the same item with is very useful. If you have something that doesn't lend itself to being scooped in a measuring cup you can switch the app to grams and put the weight in instead.

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I record my food in my fitness pal....I measure using my old weight watcher measuring spoons and measuring cups....and I bought a small digital "Biggest Loser" scale to measure meat and other stuff...

Got my scale from Bed Bath and Beyond

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i'm using a dixie cup.. its 3 oz... and i do about 1/2 full... i'm day 13...

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I use My Fitness Pal to record all food. I measure my food with measuring cups and a food scale. I also have a portable scale if I'm put and need to measure something.

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I have my fitness pal and use it occasionally. What is everyone's emails so we can all be buddies?

I've been using calorie counter. I like it because you can put in barcodes from foods without having a camera on the "phone" I have an I pod.

I need toi get a scale.

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Danville' date=' Alabama you need to join our Alabama and MS group! Only a few of us, but we need to represent! By the way Roll Tide or War Eagle? LOL! That's important info you know! ;)[/quote']

:) neither :) woo pig sooie!! I'm originally from Arkansas. If I HAD to choose one it would be war eagle! I have joined an alabama group. Where are you?

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