Accurately counting calories is ridiculously difficult. Whats a reasonable approach to keep calorie intake in a target range without needing a traveling laboratory?
First, be aware of how many calories you need to maintain the weight you are, or want to be at. Familiarize yourself with something like this tipsheet for sizing LINK: http://www.nhlbisupport.com/chd1/Tipsheets/sevenways.htm When you have a good idea the size of portions you eat and what size portions you need and will remember them (LOL, that’s the key here!), just be aware of what you’ve eaten that day each time you are going to eat something else and make a mental note of it so you know what you should and shouldn’t eat. Always remember when they refer to a “serving size” it’s not usually the size you will eat or want to eat! After a while you can determine closely what a serving size is and how many you’ve had, etc. If this sounds too difficult and you don’t mind carrying something not too big with you, or if you eat at home a lot; the Richard Simmons Food Mover is very easy to kee
