Watch portion sizes!

[Perry]

It's all too easy to underestimate the size of the portion in front of you which means you end up eating more grams of carbs than you realize. Here are a few estimates on appropriate portions of protein and cheese at a glance. Share yours!

2 tablespoons of peanut butter = 2 tea bags
3 oz. of beef, chick or pork = a small pack of tissues
1 oz. cheese = 1 pair of dice
1 oz. nuts = a ping-pong ball

(note: some of these foods are not Induction friendly. I just mentioned them here as reference. consume them in the proper Atkins phase!)

[not2late]

Originally Posted by Perry

(note: some of these foods are not Induction friendly. I just mentioned them here as reference. consume them in the proper Atkins phase!)

I'll agree! Dice, ping pong balls and small packets of tissues aren't on the Induction list, OWL/Pre-Maintenance lists and I don't think they're even allowed on Maintenance!

[america57]

An ounce of cheese is a pair of dice? Yikes! Thanks for posting Perry, I might be going too heavy on the cheese! I guess it's time to get out my old Weight Watchers scale and do some measuring!!!

[CalvinFish]

Perry,

I read your post today at work and was a bit suprised about the 2 dice cheese thing. I was eating a lot of cheese until last week when I decided to go without to see if there was any change. Still curious though, I stopped at the store on my walk home and went to look at the cheese sticks I had been taking for my lunch. The mozzarella is round, but the pepper jack and the colby are square and almost exactly the size of dice. They are about 4 inches long and weigh 1 ounce. I could get about 8 dice from one of those sticks. Either we play with different dice, or your cheese is denser than mine.

Cheers,
Dave

[Iapetus999]

He's talking about the fuzzy dice that hang from rear-view mirrors!
Duh!

[CalvinFish]

Oh, Sorry, my mistake. I thought perhaps he was playing D&D.

[Deflating Diva]

Great point Perry! Portions are a lot of my downfall especially Pork skins 6 is a serving and I was eating them like they were going out os style. All I can say is get a scale that way you know for sure. In the end you are responsible for what goes into your mouth.
Deflating Diva

[Iapetus999]

Originally Posted by CalvinFish

Oh, Sorry, my mistake. I thought perhaps he was playing D&D.

I always wanted to see a 36-sided die.

[CalvinFish]

Well, If you take 6 of those 8 die I made out of that cheese stick, and wad them up, in theory, you will have the equivalent of 36 sides. Still less than an ounce though!

[Iapetus999]

How would you fit 36 dots on one side?

OK let's figure this out:
I have a 3-sided die
I have 6 dice.
I rolled a pair of dice.
I have 3 different dies that fit this hole punch.
She dyes her hair, doesn't she?
Dice those tomatoes, won'tcha?
Don't get me started on tie-dyeing.

It's dicey language goodness.