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UhuraST
UhuraST Posts: 6 Member
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I have read that cubes the size of dice are a serving. What if I do slices that are thinner than a dice? How do I figure out the servings in that?

And I want to thank everyone for their patience with my questions.

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  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
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    You weigh it on a food scale. If you're out and you can't, you eyeball...and you're decent at it since you are weighing food at home.
  • OyGeeBiv
    OyGeeBiv Posts: 733 Member
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    With a digital scale, you can weigh all your food, which is so much more accurate than other methods, especially "eye-balling". How big are the dice you're talking about?

    You can get a scale for under $10.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
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    Scales
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
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    From what I remember from the OPs previous post, it sounds like someone offered her this block cheese as a party.

    OP, it sounds like you have some practice and reading to do about logging food. A "serving" can mean anything. We don't even know what kind of cheese you're talking about. Servings are measured by weight. I believe cheese would be 1 oz.
  • sheermomentum
    sheermomentum Posts: 827 Member
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    are these Parker-Brothers game dice, or casino-regulation craps dice? Seriously, I don't think you are going to get a very accurate estimate with this method, but if this something that you are trying to log from a place where you can't weigh it, just give it your best guess and move on.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 27,996 Member
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    HappyCampr1 wrote: »
    UhuraST wrote: »
    I have read that cubes the size of dice are a serving. What if I do slices that are thinner than a dice? How do I figure out the servings in that?

    And I want to thank everyone for their patience with my questions.

    I had these same questions when I started. It's what caused me to get a scale. I was stressing myself out trying to do it right and every decision was hard....how big do I cut the potatoes for a cup of cubed potatoes...how tightly packed is a quarter cup of flour....how big is a deck of cards (for my chicken breast)....

    A scale makes all those questions and issues go away. And, as a bonus, once you start weighing everything at home, it's so much easier to estimate things that you end up eating when you're not at home.

    For now, just estimate as best you can. If you cut a chunk and it's a bit smaller than a dice, log 75-80%. If it's a half-dice then log that.

    Well said.

  • OyGeeBiv
    OyGeeBiv Posts: 733 Member
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    Not that this was the question being asked, but...

    I'd resisted getting a scale for so long. I didn't want to be "one of those people" who weighs everything. And I resisted getting a fitness tracker band too, cause I didn't want to be "one of those people". Also, I'm stingy as all get out, so I thought why spend money on something I can do for free? (guess the weight/size of my food - use my phone to track steps).

    Then it hit me one day. I DO want to be "one of those people" because "those people" are the ones who are having success with their weight loss and fitness goals. So I finally decided to make a financial investment in my own well-being. I bought the scale and the fitness band. The band on my wrist and the scale on my kitchen counter are constant reminders that I need to take this all seriously, and it's helping a lot.
  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,426 Member
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    UhuraST wrote: »
    I have read that cubes the size of dice are a serving. What if I do slices that are thinner than a dice? How do I figure out the servings in that?

    And I want to thank everyone for their patience with my questions.

    Weighing is the best way to figure it out.
    Weigh and measure foods at home and pay attention to what the serving amount looks like.
    Compare serving sizes to objects you know the size of if that helps you when you are out and about.
    http://www.dicegamedepot.com/dices-sizes/
    Obviously dice doesn't work as a reference for you as you have no idea what size a die is so choose a different reference object that you are more familiar with.
  • alyssagb1
    alyssagb1 Posts: 353 Member
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    sheermomentum wrote: »
    are these Parker-Brothers game dice, or casino-regulation craps dice? Seriously, I don't think you are going to get a very accurate estimate with this method, but if this something that you are trying to log from a place where you can't weigh it, just give it your best guess and move on.

    Fuzzy car dice... now THAT'D be a great serving lol
  • OyGeeBiv
    OyGeeBiv Posts: 733 Member
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    alyssagb1 wrote: »
    Fuzzy car dice... now THAT'D be a great serving lol

    LOL

  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
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    A dice is definitely not a serving. 3/4 maybe?

    If you want to have a visual, a cheese stick is about 100 calories, and about 1 serving.

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