It's sad, but at 3 years out I still don't know/understand how to measure my food. It was covered pre surgery, I didn't get it then. I think I "blocked" the info because I didn't want to be a slave to the band. I thought I would be able to make the changes without it running my whole life. Now that I am not loosing, and will be getting a small fill next week I have to own that I will need to do more to get (loose) more. I have a scale, it's easy to put on a chicken breast, but no idea how to deal with frozen veggies. Is is 3 oz. of meat and 1 oz of veggie for the 1/2 cup I should be eating? Some say volume, again I am lost. They showed me a deck of cards, that's easy enough for the meat but..... HELP!

It's sad' date=' but at 3 years out I still don't know/understand how to measure my food. It was covered pre surgery, I didn't get it then. I think I "blocked" the info because I didn't want to be a slave to the band. I thought I would be able to make the changes without it running my whole life. Now that I am not loosing, and will be getting a small fill next week I have to own that I will need to do more to get (loose) more. I have a scale, it's easy to put on a chicken breast, but no idea how to deal with frozen veggies. Is is 3 oz. of meat and 1 oz of veggie for the 1/2 cup I should be eating? Some say volume, again I am lost. They showed me a deck of cards, that's easy enough for the meat but..... HELP![/quote']

It should be three ounces cooked meat and then the 1/2 cup veggies. If veggies are prepared without added stuff, you should be fine to eyeball as they won't contain many calories. If they are prepped with butter, etc I would measure.

Another way of measuring food is to use an actual salad plate and fill 1/2 with Protein, 1/4 with veggies, and the last 1/4 with carb, if interested. Then you eat protein, veggies, carb in that order.

I do have the same issue!!

I was banded 1 year an 1/2 ago and is really hard for me to know portion control, I just purchased this plate from my Dr.it helps. Even do the 3 oz of protein dance in the plate.

Good luck !!!!!!!!!

I love that plate.

My dr told me 1/2 cup total of food. 2-3oz Protein and 1-2oz vege.

The funny thing for me is I understood what my dr told me about measuring but I have been ignoring it :-| I MUST get back to it.

That plate is GREAT! It should come with the band!!

That plate is GREAT! It should come with the band!!

Not only that, I need a family set! Love it, love it, LOVE IT!!!!