First day! Questions regarding measure net carbs

[ES15]

How do you guys measure portions to track your net carbs accuratley in mixed casserole and stir fry type meals. I.e a stir fry with a variety of vegetables all with different carb counts, or mock lasagna that contains some form of tomato sauce mixed in.

Also today was my first day and I found myself well below 20 carbs for the day. Are we trying to hit 20 carbs each day or just stay under so it doesn't matter if we only eat 12 or 15?

So far so good

[shawn116]

I found that it is much easier on me to keep a log of what I take in throughout the day, but it also is just as easy to measure or weight my ingredients as I prepare my food.  I have very few recipes that come out exactly the same every time...LOL  I like to ad lib a bit    Once I have a carb count for the intire recipe I divide it by portions.  In the beginning I thought I would go nuts trying to keep up with all the different carb counts of things like stir fry but now it is just second nature. 

As long as you are staying below the 20 carbs you are doing great...

[umpa]

I do carb counts for the entire recipe you will notice that in the Bakery Book because everybody has different portion sizes.You are doing great!

[Doug Varrieur]

FAT TO SKINNY Portion Sizes At a glance

Common Equivilents

Fruits and Veggies

1 cup of chopped fruit=  A baseball
1 cup of chopped salad = A baseball
½  cup of cooked  veggies=    A tennis ball

Meat and Poultry

3 oz= A deck of cards
8oz= A small paperback book
   

Fish, Cheese and Nuts

3oz of fish= A checkbook
1 oz of cheese = 4 dice
1 oz of nuts = 2 ping pong balls