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Weighing Out Food?
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What Rebecca said. Our meals should be by volume. 6-8 oz being 3/4 to 1 cup. Solid Proteins, about 2-3 oz on a food scale, then add in the side dishes by volume. As a note, I've never measured my f
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I must admit i dont like weighing out food so i dont, protein i do around the size of a pack of cards, green veg i tend to just put on the plate 2 tablespoonfuils normally, i am not so precise that i
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im seven years into this caper nd really, i have no idea how much i eat volume wise, at a sitting. I just serve myself small portions and stop when ive had enough
I am admittedly a bit challenged in areas of math and science (thats why I'm in law school), so bare with me...
We were told that meals should be between 6-8oz in total. I've been weighing my food on a kitchen scale and making sure thats what I am following. However, I recently realized (duh) that not everything can be measured in Fluid ounces as it was on the scale.
Now I am hopeless confused on how to properly weigh or measure my food, how to know which foods need which kind of measurement, and how to determine the total size of the meal....
Help?