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A visual guide for portion sizes.

curlylocks302
curlylocks302 Posts: 38 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
http://blog.photocalorie.com/portion-sizes/

I sometimes weigh my foods, but as a human we can't do it all the time. This site helped me a lot in visualizing portion sizes and I thought it might help others.

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  • BWBTrish
    BWBTrish Posts: 2,817 Member
    edited March 2015
    curlylocks302 wrote: »
    http://blog.photocalorie.com/portion-sizes/

    I sometimes weigh my foods, but as a human we can't do it all the time. This site helped me a lot in visualizing portion sizes and I thought it might help others.

    As a human i weigh ALL my solid food and measure ALL my liquids. ALL the time!
    Its as simple as that. :)

    But handy link

  • curlylocks302
    curlylocks302 Posts: 38 Member
    Heh, yeah I admit I am the laziest dieter I know. But it has worked out in my favor. Like really wanting a snack but being too lazy to go out and get one.

    But seeing portions on plates helped me a lot.
  • crazyjerseygirl
    crazyjerseygirl Posts: 1,252 Member
    Cool! Very useful for lunches at work! Thanks for posting!
  • ana3067
    ana3067 Posts: 5,623 Member
    edited March 2015
    TheOwlhouseDesigns wrote: »
    curlylocks302 wrote: »
    http://blog.photocalorie.com/portion-sizes/

    I sometimes weigh my foods, but as a human we can't do it all the time. This site helped me a lot in visualizing portion sizes and I thought it might help others.

    As a human i weigh ALL my solid food and measure ALL my liquids. ALL the time!
    Its as simple as that. :)

    But handy link

    Yup, I weigh and measure like, 99% of the time. Only time I don't is when I am in a restaurant (in which case portions don't matter since I usually eat at chains and just use the nutritional info online) or eating at a relative's house, at which time I will estimate the weight of the food.

    Since I do not use volume for solids, this website helps me in no way.
  • curlylocks302
    curlylocks302 Posts: 38 Member
    Cool story.


  • butbygrace206
    butbygrace206 Posts: 394 Member
    Thank you! I weigh most of the time but this def helped for those times I can't. :)
  • kommodevaran
    kommodevaran Posts: 17,890 Member
    edited March 2015
    Relieved to see this visualizing of portions, instead of the usual and annoying decks of cards, computer mouse and six dice. A portion is mostly very straightforward, just one piece, glass, cup, dish, etc, not filled to the brim. Thank you.

    But I still have the opinion that everybody has to decide for themselves how much to eat of each food to stay within their own goals, and I love how MFP is completely neutral as choices of foods or amounts are concerned.
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    Cool site, but personally, I need to weigh.
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