Food Estimation

itzentoytainment

Hey guys!

Just wanted to ask about different ways to estimate food intake. Obviously your not always going to readily have access to a food scale or bar code to scan foods on the go. For example, estimating the amount of chicken your eating at a friend's house or something along those lines. What are some good tips in estimating foods? Thanks!

Meerataila

When in doubt, over-estimate. And if you are estimating that day, don't eat back all your exercise calories.

RodaRose

Depending on the size of your hand you can do this:

closed fist or baseball = one cup
palm of hand = three oz of meat, fish or chicken . . .
http://lifehacker.com/5880630/use-your-hand-to-estimate-your-portions

also

1/2 cooked cup rice ---- tennis ball
1 pancake (1 ounce or 5") ---- compact disc (CD)
1 piece of cornbread (2 ounces) ---- bar of soap
1 slice of bread (1 ounce) ---- audiocassette tape
1 cup of pasta/spaghetti (2 ounces) ---- a fist
1 cup of cereal flakes (1 ounce) ---- a fist

1 cup green salad ---- baseball or a fist
1 medium baked potato (1 cup) ---- computer mouse or a fist
1/2 cup cooked broccoli ---- light bulb
1/2 cup serving ---- 6 asparagus spears; 7 or 8 baby carrots; 1 ear of corn on the cob

1/2 cup of grapes (15 grapes) ---- light bulb
1/2 cup of fresh fruit ---- 7 cotton balls
1 medium size fruit ---- tennis ball or a fist
1 cup of cut-up fruit ---- baseball or a fist
1/4 cup raisins ---- large egg

1 1/2 ounces hard cheese ---- 9-volt battery or your index and middle fingers
1 ounce of processed cheese ---- your thumb
1 cup of ice cream ---- baseball

2 tablespoons peanut butter (= 2 oz. meat) ---- ping-pong ball
1 teaspoon peanut butter (= 1/3 oz. meat) ---- fingertip
1 tablespoon peanut butter (= 1 oz. meat) ---- thumb tip
3 ounces grilled/baked fish or chicken ---- checkbook
3 ounces cooked meat, fish, poultry ---- your palm, a deck or cards or a cassette tape

970Mikaela1

When I'm weighing my food I'll cut off what I think is it then weigh it to check myself. practice practice practice. you'll find you get pretty close the more you do it