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Pages: 1 Useful guide to portion sizes       #214122 - 09/18/05 10:11 AM Edit Reply Quote retrograde Reged: 04/15/04 Posts: 1569 Thought some folks on here might find this useful. 1 teaspoon (5 ml) - about the size of the top half of your thumb 1 ounce (28 g) - approximately inch cube of cheese - volume of four stacked dice - slice of cheese is about the size of a 3 1/2 inch computer disk - chunk of cheese is about as thick as 2 dominoes - 1 handful (palm) of nuts 2 ounces (57 g) - 1 small chicken leg or thigh - 1/2 cup of cottage cheese or tuna 3 ounces (85 g) - serving of meat is about the size of a deck of playing cards - 1/2 of whole chicken breast - 1 medium pork chop - 1 small hamburger - unbreaded fish fillet 1/2 cup (118 ml) - fruit or vegetables can fit in the palm of your hand - about the volume of a tennis ball 1 cup (236 ml) - about the size of a woman's fist - breakfast cereal goes halfway up the side of a standard cereal bowl - broccoli is about the size of a light bulb 1 medium apple = A tennis ball (from ExRx.net) Print     Remind Me     Notify Moderator     Re: Useful guide to portion sizes       #214284 - 09/19/05 09:56 AM Edit Reply Quote jaime g Reged: 07/27/05 Posts: 961 Loc: new york city thanks! though it must be a very long time since i've seen a tennis ball... or i have tiny hands... because a tennis ball doesn't seem half the size of my fist at all. j -------------------- jaime ibs-a (mostly d) // vegetarian Print     Remind Me     Notify Moderator     Re: Useful guide to portion sizes       #214315 - 09/19/05 11:18 AM Edit Reply Quote Shell Marr Reged: 08/04/03 Posts: 14959 Loc: Seattle, WA USA Thanks!! -------------------- www.facebook.com/shell.marr www.myspace.com/shellmarr Print     Remind Me     Notify Moderator     Pages: 1

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