I've got a question for all you ladies . . . I count calories, and use fitday to measure them. The problem is, I don't know if I'm underestimating how much I'm eating, or if I'm eating less than I thought I was. For example, yesterday I felt like I ate quite a bit. But when I put it in fitday, it was barely 1200 calories. The question is: did I just think I ate a lot, when in fact I didn't eat much? Or did I underestimate the amount I ate when I entered it into fitday?
I don't have a kitchen scale and I don't really weigh out my portions. I try to eyeball it to figure it out. Last night I had a piece of salmon, which I estimated at 4 oz because I bought a pound of salmon, then cut what looked like about 1/4 of it off and put it on my plate. Is this a good way to estimate? I had some rice, about one serving spoonful, which I estimated at about 3/4 C. I guessed that my handful of green beans was about 1/2 C, and that my bowlful of salad was about 1 C.
Is there a good way to eyeball portion sizes? Or should I start actually measuring every single thing I eat?