Do you all have tips on how to portion out your food

GlorianasTears
GlorianasTears Posts: 212 Member
edited November 24 in Food and Nutrition
I personally think the easiest way to portion out snacks like chips is to read how many servings are in the package and then take some sandwich bags and make that many bags of the snack. For instance if you get a bag of chex mix and the entire bag is 8 servings then you should make 8 little bags of chex mix and be close to the correct portion size.

Please add how you portion out food below <3
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  • glassyo
    glassyo Posts: 7,744 Member
    GlorianasTears wrote: »
    I personally think the easiest way to portion out snacks like chips is to read how many servings are in the package and then take some sandwich bags and make that many bags of the snack. For instance if you get a bag of chex mix and the entire bag is 8 servings then you should make 8 little bags of chex mix and be close to the correct portion size.

    Please add how you portion out food below <3

    I do that with cereal or else my hand continually makes it's way into the box (for just a handful or two) and it never gets logged.
  • counting_kilojoules
    counting_kilojoules Posts: 170 Member
    For me the portion sizes on the label are a curiosity and little else (I'm often interested to know whether I eat more or less than what they think the portion size is). However, when I'm actually going to eat it I go by how much I want and can fit into my calories. Then I get the scale out.
  • amusedmonkey
    amusedmonkey Posts: 10,330 Member
    livingleanlivingclean wrote: »
    counting_kilojoules wrote: »
    For me the portion sizes on the label are a curiosity and little else (I'm often interested to know whether I eat more or less than what they think the portion size is). However, when I'm actually going to eat it I go by how much I want and can fit into my calories. Then I get the scale out.

    I'm extremely grateful our labels show nutrition info per 100g. I don't even bother looking at food "per serving"!

    Yeah, our labels show info per 100g too, sometimes with an additional column for nutrition info per recommended portion or just list the number of portions in the package with a portion recommendation on the side, but info per 100g is the standard.

    I do look at portion size out of curiosity, but only use it for some foods like ice cream or oatmeal for no discernible reason.
  • yirara
    yirara Posts: 9,944 Member
    I found that serving sizes often don't add up. I might read something on a packaging like: contains approximately 5 servings (40gr). And at the bottom of the package I read that there's a total of 230gr inside the package, thus nearly 6 servings.
  • RuNaRoUnDaFiEld
    RuNaRoUnDaFiEld Posts: 5,864 Member
    GlorianasTears wrote: »
    I personally think the easiest way to portion out snacks like chips is to read how many servings are in the package and then take some sandwich bags and make that many bags of the snack. For instance if you get a bag of chex mix and the entire bag is 8 servings then you should make 8 little bags of chex mix and be close to the correct portion size.

    Please add how you portion out food below <3

    But the labels are out by up to 20% ?

    Scale everytime
  • callsitlikeiseeit
    callsitlikeiseeit Posts: 8,626 Member
    apullum wrote: »
    I just put the bowl on the scale, turn on the scale, and put food in the bowl until the scale reaches the weight of food I plan to eat.

    that.

    i either eat it then or put it in a container to take to work that day.

    im far too lazy to do an entire bag of chips or whatever at one time, not to mention keeping track of all the *kitten*.


    no thanks.
  • amc2509
    amc2509 Posts: 219 Member
    I weigh the pack, use what I want, reweigh the pack and subtract... then I log the amount of grams I've had!
    This works particularly well with cream cheese, peanut butter, spreads etc... but works for nuts, crisps and snacks equally well
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  • maybe1pe
    maybe1pe Posts: 529 Member
    amusedmonkey wrote: »
    amc2509 wrote: »
    I weigh the pack, use what I want, reweigh the pack and subtract... then I log the amount of grams I've had!
    This works particularly well with cream cheese, peanut butter, spreads etc... but works for nuts, crisps and snacks equally well

    An easier scale trick if you're not using a separate bowl for something: instead of subtracting, put the bag/jar on the scale, tare it to zero, remove the portion you want, and the scale will show the weight of the portion removed without having to subtract. Some scales don't go into the negative, so may not work for everyone.

    This. I set the containing on the scale. take out what I want. it read the -g that I took out. done.
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  • OhMsDiva
    OhMsDiva Posts: 1,073 Member
    I like the idea of making portioning out a whole bag of something to just grab. Currently the only thing that I would have to do that for are chicharrones. If I keep the bag in the kitchen, I might weigh out a serving, but if I keep them in the dining room I just dig in the bag and eat. I rarely buy chips and if I do they are already prepackaged. Everything else I just weigh it before I eat it.
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  • GlorianasTears
    GlorianasTears Posts: 212 Member
    OhMsDiva wrote: »
    I like the idea of making portioning out a whole bag of something to just grab. Currently the only thing that I would have to do that for are chicharrones. If I keep the bag in the kitchen, I might weigh out a serving, but if I keep them in the dining room I just dig in the bag and eat. I rarely buy chips and if I do they are already prepackaged. Everything else I just weigh it before I eat it.

    Can't lie I'm often lazy so when snacking I just put stuff in baggies to exercise some self control especially if I'm watching t.v while snacking lol
  • sportychic87
    sportychic87 Posts: 214 Member
    I use a scale for meat and items I know I tend to underestimate the weight of. Veggies and milk I use a half cup measuring cup. For cheese, I buy the mozzarella sticks or presliced cheese
  • Marykaylady2010
    Marykaylady2010 Posts: 69 Member
    I’m all about the food scale for things most things. But I still like to portion out snacks by serving so they are grab an go.
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  • bbell1985
    bbell1985 Posts: 4,571 Member
    What if I want two servings? or what if I want 48grams of a 90gram serving because it fits my calories?
  • wenrob
    wenrob Posts: 125 Member
    I have lots of little snack containers and snack baggies. I don’t rely on what the container says for servings though, I use my scale and go by the serving size in grams. If I don’t portion it out like this, I use my scale and put it on a plate or in a bowl. I never eat straight out of the bag.

    I don’t need the barcode/info because I’ve already added it my foods in the app.
    If I want more, I eat more. If I want less, I eat less.
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