I went out to dinner last night and am about to get in to some left over scampi. I loaded up the bowl, logged 300g of pasta and was about to pop it in the microwave when I saw the calorie total and thought… this feels like more food than that.

Folks there was a POUND of pasta LEFT OVER from the meal the night before! 200g more than I had estimated. We are really bad at estimating portion sizes.

I saved myself 400 calories by stopping and weighing before eating.

It doesn’t matter if you’re trying to gain weight, lose weight, or maintain. If you aren’t weighing you have no idea how much you’re eating. I weigh my cat’s food to keep his weight stable, I owe it to myself to do the same.