Serving of meat, chicken, pork, fish & seafood

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2/16/13 1:21 A

I've been managing my nutrition for 88 week. Through the first 30 weeks and 65 pounds of loss, I did a lot of guesstimation along the lines of the excellent referenced article. However, then calorie allowances began to shrink much faster, and I found I needed to weigh or measure the volume of everything I consumed, and my own weight, and exercise output. I told my wife that the only thing I wanted for my birthday was an accurate kitchen scale that measured in grams and ounces and that automatically subtracted tare weight.

That little gem is the best purchase we've ever made.

This morning I weighed in at a weight that my wife of 43 years has never before seen me at.
That scale is one of a hand full of tools that have not only made over 100 pounds of weight loss possible -- but relatively comfortable.

Five factors in establishing fitness: plan, execute, *MEASURE*, record, adjust.

SP provides many planning, recording, execution (e.g., fitness exercises, recipes), and adjustment tools. The weight and kitchen scales are two, that I think that each user will be better off with.

Just one guy's opinion ...

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2/11/13 9:54 P

Generally you would measure it after it is cooked. If you haven't seen this article on portion sizes, you may find it helpful: www.sparkpeople.com/resource/nutrition_art
icles.asp?id=177.

Coach Denise

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2/11/13 6:20 P

I am confused as to when to weigh servings of protein. Do you measure it before or after it is cooked?

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