Paying attention to portions

Jengoing2015
Jengoing2015 Posts: 28 Member
in Food and Nutrition
This is the first time I have every really paid attention to my portions. For instance, I assumed that I was eating 1 cup of cereal every morning. I realized and was happy because I'm a short person who does need the extra calories and found out that I usually only eat 1/2 cup. I do add nuts and fruit but never knew until MFP. Yay! Now I can correctly figure out my calorie intake. Who knows maybe there are other things I can measure and figure out too. Do you measure your food? You may be surprised.

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  • megomerrett
    megomerrett Posts: 442 Member
    I was gutted when I first weighed my cereal! It's nothing!! This is why I've ended up like this.
  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    I measure all solids with a food scale and all liquids with measuring cups. Much more accurate than guessing or measuring cups alone.
  • PRMinx
    PRMinx Posts: 4,585 Member
    megomerrett wrote: »
    I was gutted when I first weighed my cereal! It's nothing!! This is why I've ended up like this.

    Yep. Cereal! Gah!

    I actually don't even eat it that much anymore because I can have eggs and bacon for the amount of cereal that would fill me up.
  • MYhealthyjourney70
    MYhealthyjourney70 Posts: 276 Member
    i measure and weigh everything that goes on my plate... i thought i could eyeball.. yea not so much.. good luck on your journey
  • neschamarie
    neschamarie Posts: 8 Member
    My food scale has changed the way I look at food completely. But now instead of wanting 300 cals of something bad, I realize I could eat a pretty big meal of proteins and veggies for half the cals and less of the fat/carbs/sugar which I'm trying to cut back on.
  • MsJulesRenee
    MsJulesRenee Posts: 1,180 Member
    Don't even eat cereal anymore due to one serving does not fill me up at all. I would rather have oatmeal with an egg and be satisfied most of the morning with almost same amount of calories. A serving of cereal isn't even a snack for me lol

    I never knew how big a serving of shredded cheese was until I bought a food scale. Hurrah! That was my happy moment.

    Dunkin Doughnut Munkins are about 70 calories EACH 0.0; Used to pop about 5 or 6 in a morning...
  • urloved33
    urloved33 Posts: 3,323 Member
    I am now working on portion control.
  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
    Useful links for anyone just starting out who might want to find some ways to log more accurately:
    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1290491/how-and-why-to-use-a-digital-food-scale
    http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1234699/logging-accurately-step-by-step-guide

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