I keep seeing people say they can eat 1/4 cup of food or 1/2 cup or 3/4 cup-

does this mean the chewed up version -kind of picturing our stomachs like a mesauring cup!

what does this look like before it's all chewed up and it's on our plates?

Its ridiculously simple isnt it?

I've vowed to do this for the next month and see if I cant lose that last 4kg. Its also good incentive to cook dinners that can be easily separated - not like the lasagne I made last night (oops).

I understand what she is saying in a strange kind of way. Not the chewed up part, but the actual measuring part. For example, brussel sprouts. If you put the brussle sprout whole into the 1/2 cup, it is not much. But if you cut them in half, it makes a big difference. So although I don't quite get the "chewed up" part, I do understand how a 1/2 cup can be two different things. Kind of the same things as cutting up the chicken. Or 1/2 cup of canned tuna fish. That is a lot of tuna fish. When you are new this kind of thing can drive you nuts in trying to obey all the rules. I know it did me.

My nutritionist said vegetables are not counted as they are condensed to water in a blender and the measurement would not be accurate. So, I think we can eat more as long as it's not starchy veggies.