Stupid Serving Size

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  • trojan_bb
    trojan_bb Posts: 699 Member
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    ANY frozen entree or prepackaged meal, snack, chips, etc.

    My serving size is always, always 1 container. Doesn't matter what's in it or how many calories. If it's in the bag or box, I eat it.
  • Jade0529
    Jade0529 Posts: 213 Member
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    This must be a US thing...the lables in Canada seem to have reasonable serving sizes.

    nah we have the same thing here.
  • prettyface55
    prettyface55 Posts: 508 Member
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    Peanut butter.. one tbs is 90 calories?!!!

    Chocolate lol
  • wbranson2014
    wbranson2014 Posts: 1
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    I got a pickle at a gas station while traveling. It said 0 calories.

    When I logged it, I realized that a service size was: 1/5 of the pickle.

    Went sky-high on sodium because of it.
  • tinglesby
    tinglesby Posts: 96 Member
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    Pop Tarts - 1 pastry.

    If the serving is ONE pastry why do they put TWO in a package?!! Trickery

    THIS!!!! SO annoying!!!
  • lexbubbles
    lexbubbles Posts: 465 Member
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    Pop Tarts - 1 pastry.

    If the serving is ONE pastry why do they put TWO in a package?!! Trickery

    I was JUST about to say this! What am I supposed to do with the other one? I'm a single lady with nobody to share my pop tarts with :sad:
  • gwynb041109
    gwynb041109 Posts: 85 Member
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    I love peanutbutter and so that i stop at just one serving I do measure it out haha
  • Camish911
    Camish911 Posts: 150 Member
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    Tortilla chips get me every time. I recently glanced at the nutrition on a bag of chips and thought, "woohoo! A serving size is 20 chips!" then I realized I was looking at how many servings were in the bag and a serving size was 7 chips (like the OP said). It was a very sad day. I pass up sugar all of the time, but it's a lot more difficult to pass up chips and salsa. Really need to look up a low calorie alternative...
  • pinkraynedropjacki
    pinkraynedropjacki Posts: 3,027 Member
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    PEANUT BUTTER! who uses ONLY 2 tbsp?!? and have you actually MEASURED out 2 tbsp... :sad:

    PB2 will get you way more.
  • lmhbuss
    lmhbuss Posts: 282 Member
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    Girl Scout Tagalongs: 2 cookies...

    2 cookies? LOL That's called "just getting started!"

    This. Totally this. There are two boxes in my kitchen right now just mocking me....
  • Slacker16
    Slacker16 Posts: 1,184 Member
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    ANY frozen entree or prepackaged meal, snack, chips, etc.

    My serving size is always, always 1 container. Doesn't matter what's in it or how many calories. If it's in the bag or box, I eat it.
    Pretty much this. If I cook a meal myself, portion control works fine. If it comes out of a bag, the bag is the portion. I can _sometimes_ stop halfway through a family-sized Doritos bag...
    Because we can't just do the math ourselves??
    Most people either can't or don't, actually.
  • FinallyDoingMe
    FinallyDoingMe Posts: 84 Member
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    Ice Cream and Cereal for me. I mean who in the world eats only 1/4 cup ice cream or 3/4 cup cereal? It's just NOT feasible :huh:
  • 1stday13
    1stday13 Posts: 433 Member
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    Wine.
    You mean 1 serving Isn't "1 bottle'????:sad:
  • ElizabethFuller
    ElizabethFuller Posts: 352 Member
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    Almonds, I bought a "single serving" pack of almonds and when I read the (empty) packet it turned out to be two servings. My big one is granola. I've stopped eating it all together, once I weighed it on scales I found that my perfectly reasonable serving size was three times the recommended amount. I decided that I really shouldn't eat half my calories for breakfast so, for the time being at least, it's off the menu.:sad:
  • jlshea
    jlshea Posts: 494 Member
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    Poptarts. They come 2 in the little silver package yet the serving size is ONE pastry. Oookay.
  • mccindy72
    mccindy72 Posts: 7,001 Member
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    granola. 1/4 cup? that's like a little sprinkle.
  • Sharon5913
    Sharon5913 Posts: 134 Member
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    Nutella, dear sweet Jesus that stuff is evil... The whole jar? not a problem.

    Ice cream... 1/2 cup? really? um, NO. Must. Have. More.

    Wine- yep, it's the BOTTLE for me!! :blushing:
  • RockWarrior84
    RockWarrior84 Posts: 839 Member
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    soda.....a can or bottle is a serving not 2.5 servings
  • ccrdragon
    ccrdragon Posts: 3,366 Member
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    Healthy Choice Devil's Food Cookies - what do you mean 1 package isn't one serving?!?!?!?!

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