Serving sizes

luvchi3

Does anyone have a rough estimate of what two tablespoons actually looks like, i like to have a peanut butter sandwich for a snack, sometimes i'll have a couple and thats all i eat all day, but i don't put alot of peanut butter on it so i don't know if i should put down one serving and just know that i've had a little less calories or if i should put down half a serving, not knowing if it was more or not. i tried looking it up and one site said the size of a ping pong ball, but i have no idea how big those are either?

luvchi3

Does anyone have a rough estimate of what two tablespoons actually looks like, i like to have a peanut butter sandwich for a snack, sometimes i'll have a couple and thats all i eat all day, but i don't put alot of peanut butter on it so i don't know if i should put down one serving and just know that i've had a little less calories or if i should put down half a serving, not knowing if it was more or not. i tried looking it up and one site said the size of a ping pong ball, but i have no idea how big those are either?

BetterVersion

My best advice would just be to experiment. Go get out your measuring spoons and measure out two tablespoons. Try making your next sandwich using the tablespoons, and then you might have a good enough idea to just "eyeball" it in the future. Also, I've learned a valuable lesson and that is to not pack foods in tight to measuring spoons/cups when counting calories. Pack it loosely and don't fill quite all the way to the rim.

tashjs21

When in doubt measure it out!

carvan

Does anyone have a rough estimate of what two tablespoons actually looks like, i like to have a peanut butter sandwich for a snack, sometimes i'll have a couple and thats all i eat all day, but i don't put alot of peanut butter on it so i don't know if i should put down one serving and just know that i've had a little less calories or if i should put down half a serving, not knowing if it was more or not. i tried looking it up and one site said the size of a ping pong ball, but i have no idea how big those are either?

You know that fleshy part of your hand, right under your thumb? Make a fist and the bulge is approx a tbsp. Just a quick way to "estimate" a serving, when measureing spoons aren't available

Carol

banks1850

its about the size of a silver dollar around and about an inch high for peanut butter. I know that doesn't sound like much, but it goes a long way.

shorerider

Measure, measure, measure, measure! You can be waaayyy of by "eye-balling" and with something like PB, an extra 1/2 tablespoon or so can add a lot of unaccounted for calories!

jlwhelan1

its about the size of a silver dollar around and about an inch high for peanut butter. I know that doesn't sound like much, but it goes a long way.

Which silver dollar?
Eisenhower
Anthony
Sacagawea

I'm guessing not the big ones I got for losing a tooth as a kid.:laugh:

I thought they were huge! (But my hands were smaller then.)

greeneggsam

My tablespoon rule is this:

2 tbsp is about the size of a golf ball

I also like this one for portioning meat:

3oz of meat is about the size of a deck of cards