This is why it's a good idea to weigh your food...

livi_cowgirl

http://uk.lifestyle.yahoo.com/do-you-know-your-portion-sizes.html

Thoughts? x

laumar3012

thanks for the info! i dont weigh my food (have in the past on old old weight watchers) so i am somewhat aware of portion sizes. I do count out crackers or something like that and do check serving sizes on labels. my biggest issue is protein (chicken, turkey, etc) that i make fresh. when i buy fish i usually get the indiviually wrapped frozen portions, but i guess really the only way to know how much fresh meat i am eating is to weigh it??

laumar3012

thanks for the info! i dont weigh my food (have in the past on old old weight watchers) so i am somewhat aware of portion sizes. I do count out crackers or something like that and do check serving sizes on labels. my biggest issue is protein (chicken, turkey, etc) that i make fresh. when i buy fish i usually get the indiviually wrapped frozen portions, but i guess really the only way to know how much fresh meat i am eating is to weigh it??

livi_cowgirl

thanks for the info! i dont weigh my food (have in the past on old old weight watchers) so i am somewhat aware of portion sizes. I do count out crackers or something like that and do check serving sizes on labels. my biggest issue is protein (chicken, turkey, etc) that i make fresh. when i buy fish i usually get the indiviually wrapped frozen portions, but i guess really the only way to know how much fresh meat i am eating is to weigh it??

I guess it depends on the individual. If you are more relaxed about what you eat or if you are stricter with your logging. It can be a bit of a fiddle weighing all the time so I can't say I'm very strict but it does help when you first start to give you an idea of portion sizes.

sandislim

LOL every food in that article is on my no-no list!

Portion sizes set by manufactures are indeed a lot smaller than we think. However, most of the stuff (not all) is pack with food additives, sugar, sweeteners, trans fats and unnecessary food.

They do this to increase the shelf life and their profit margin. They hardly have fresh fruit or vegetables in them because they go off too quick!

If you were to cook say a curry at home would you really just have chicken and a bit of sauce like in the ready meals? I don't - I have tons of vegetables, a little fruit and meat and it is a lot lower calorie yet I can eat bigger portion sizes.

If you want to eat bigger portion sizes, eat real food and lots of vegetables - after all this time dieting I think this is one of the most important things I've learnt.

catcrazy

I've always just poured breakfast for my kids from a large packet, they weren't interested in the mini multipacks because there just wasnt enough. i recently weighed a "portion" of my 3 year old nephews breakfast and it was 100g...recommended is a 30g portion. Very strange where they get portion size from because I KNOW he would be hungry immediately after eating it, its not a case of over feeding either, hes far from fat.

laumar3012

thanks for the info! i dont weigh my food (have in the past on old old weight watchers) so i am somewhat aware of portion sizes. I do count out crackers or something like that and do check serving sizes on labels. my biggest issue is protein (chicken, turkey, etc) that i make fresh. when i buy fish i usually get the indiviually wrapped frozen portions, but i guess really the only way to know how much fresh meat i am eating is to weigh it??

im sorry, dont know how or why this double posted?

kendrafallon

I started measuring how much I ate when I was doing the Rosemary Conley plan. It was an eye-opener for sure!! Certainly on the cereal side of things - I'd been over-eating BIG time on cereal! (I don't eat cereal very often now as a result!!)

I will weigh food that I'm using in recipies or for my own helping to eat. The hard thing though is working out how much is a 'serving' when you're either eating out, or eating at somewhere other than your own home. I know by our family standards, my idea of what is a serving is a tad on the light side, but it works for me.

kitinboots

When I bought a scale I found I was giving myself portions too small. Especially cereal.

carrie1128

Toddler bowls! I still have my kids bowls from when they were babies and that is what I eat ice cream and other snacks in to stop myself from overeating. Our dishes are too big.

sugarbone

I can't imagine anyone counting cals and NOT weighing their food! Estimating portion sizes must create hundreds of calories of errors every day.