Food Measurements

[B_Darkly 18]

Questions for everyone how did you measure your portions after the liquid stage? Actual food is different with measurements from liquid or so I've been told. I've heard that an ounce of chicken breast is about the size of a chicken nugget, is this accurate? Also has anyone found any special scales or measuring cups that work well? I'm looking for some tools to buy lol.

[TXMissy 211]

Because my eating is still so erratic, weighing has not been necessary. I know if I eat a half cup of food, I've eating all I can. Anymore it's not going to pretty. I focus more on Protein then veggies and fruit. Chewing has been my main focus. Anything larger than a small bite is more than i can handle and it's painful.

[rnyryry 8]

Ditto! chew chew chew and don't eat foods that are too hard to begin with, I have felt them get stuck even with extensive chewing. I have the full feeling now, I haven't gotten uncomfortably full, just a one or two bite too much full, it's a learning curve for sure.

[innwtitdtity 57]

My nut said the size of your thumb is approximately 1oz for meat and fish. I generally use that. Also all cut pieces must be smaller than the size of dice before going in your mouth-then chew chew chew. Good luck!

[wildGoose 207]

In the beginning, I don't think measuring was as important as it is mor me now that I'm seven months out and down about 100 lbs. At first, your job is to get as much food and Water down as possible. Your new stomach and your throat are needing to heal. It will be a while. you won't be able to eat very much. Water is probably more important than food. As for scales, get a digital scale that will measure ounces. I'm an Amazon person because I can look at a whole line of things and pick the one that's going to work for me. As for measuring cups, I have one and two-cup Pyrex cups and stainless and plastic sets as well. I hope this helps.

[James Marusek 5,244]

I took the approach of eating high Protein homemade Soups and chili. I used measuring cups. Since my food groups were combined, the cups measured the total allotment for each meal rather than smaller individual allotments. Some measuring cups were hard to find such as the 3/4 cup, but they are available. My approach including recipes are contain in the following short article. http://www.breadandbutterscience.com/Surgery.pdf