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Originally Posted by tinamariefitforme
I have been thinking about getting a food scale! This may sound like a stupid question but how do you know what amounts of foods your supposted to eat?
I start with what I want to eat. So I'll throw 2 pieces of bread on there, then figure out the cals for that many ounces. With cheese, I'll slice what I think I want to eat, weigh it, then check the cals. Do I want to spend that much on cheese? (Like a budget in the store, you have a limited amount of money, do you want to spend it all on that one thing?) If I do, I'll eat it, If I want less, I'll take a smaller portion.
If I'm making a recipe, I weight the ingredients as they are listed, then calculate the calories in the whole thing.
How do you figure out what to eat now?