![]() I also trust packaging to be accurate enough for my purposes, though I’m not fooling myself that a thigh-sized slice of NY pizza is only 250 calories because MFP has a listing that says that. Once in a while I’ll measure things again to make sure my memory isn’t slipping, but once you know what a cup and a half of cereal looks like in your bowls, or how big a glob of rice is half a cup with your serving spoon, then you know. After a few weeks I developed a pretty good eye for what a cup is, what a quarter cup is, a teaspoon, etc. Some years back I did Weight Watchers and measured consistently with cups and spoons, not scales. You DO have to spend some time training your eyeballs, though. I’m losing weight successfully and consistently through eyeballing and estimation. Voice of dissent, here! FWIW I do NOT use a food scale, and it’s fine. How can I estimate how much food I am eating more accurately? Weighing out every gram of food sounds like way to much work and not practical, but I do own a scale so I'm not opposed to using it. When you switched from estimating to using a scale were you shocked by how much you were eating? ![]() But I want to get better idea of my calories so I know what I am working with. I don't think I need to be super accurate because I naturally tend to eat right amount because my weight stays the same. I am more active then I have been in the past. I need to increase my Protein from 70g to 110g so I'm wondering if I can increase my calories too. So since I'm just estimating I'm wondering if I am eating more than I am counting. I am currently counting around 1700 calories which sounds a little low for my height(5'7"), weight(138lbs) and activity level. When I wanted to lose weight I would just reduce portions based on looking at the food and trying to make more healthy choices. I have stayed roughly the same weight for the past couple of years. Hi all, I participating in the ReComp Challenge, (maintaining my weight while trying to build muscle) but posting here to get more responses. ![]() Do you use a scale, measuring cups, or just eyeball it and estimate?
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