Nick Bare

I added 10 ounces of potatoes and nine ounces of meat.

It was four ounces of steak and five ounces of chicken.

And I do this not so that I can then go back and add the foods and the amounts into MyFitnessPal or any of the other food tracking apps that you might be using, but I do this for portion control.

So I would encourage you, if you struggle with filling your plate, if you are a person whose eyes are much larger than their stomach, then maybe use a scale.

and weigh out your food so you have appropriate portions.

There's some people, and I used to be this way, by the time dinner comes, I'm starving.

And I would load that plate up.

I would fill every part of that plate so you couldn't even see the plate.

And I'd pile it high.

And in some cases, I probably had 20 ounces of meat

and 20 ounces of potatoes and just loaded it up.

And that'd be stuffed and uncomfortable afterwards.

So get a food scale.

You can get one for $20 at Target or probably your local grocery store and weigh your food.

I have multiple food scales.

I have one in our pantry.

We have one here at the office, in the break room.

I have one in the main kitchen.

I have one that I travel with.

I like traveling with a food scale for portion control.